The Therapist Experience Podcast

TTE 165: The Importance of Making an Income Goal – From $40/Hour to $200/Hour with Rhonda Stalb

Money can feel like a taboo topic when it comes to running your private practice – but it doesn’t have to be.

While your mission is to help people overcome their problems and find solutions, at the end of the day your therapy practice is a business, and businesses need to be profitable if they are going survive and eventually thrive.

In today’s episode, we speak with Rhonda Stalb, who found tremendous success by setting a goal for the income she wanted to generate and then assembling the pieces needed to achieve this goal.

TTE 164: Finding Success by Seizing Opportunity

While it may not feel like it at times, growing a successful practice is never an accident.

With a diverse background serving individuals affected by a wide variety of issues, Maryellen Dance had found out over time who her ideal client was. However, she would often get referral requests from parents looking for someone who could help with their child’s anxiety.

This wasn’t her area of expertise, but what if it could be something her practice offered?

By scaling up and hiring 4 additional clinicians, Maryellen has been able to meet the needs of any client who walks through the door while simultaneously growing a thriving group practice.

Tune into today’s episode to learn more.

TTE 163: Crafting the Business You Want

When you’re building a private practice, it’s important to first consider the personal and professional lifestyles you want to achieve.

For Charette Dersch, this meant crafting a small private practice that gave her the flexibility to set her own hours, while simultaneously allowing for expansion if need be.

Tune into today’s episode to find out exactly how she does it.

TTE 162: Marketing an Established Practice Through Content Creation

As long as you are in business, you should be marketing. In today’s episode, we learn this first hand from experienced clinician Stacey Rose.

While she has over 25 years of experience in Private Practice, Stacey still markets herself regularly by producing high-quality educational and informative content that connects her to her ideal client and promotes her as an expert.

Tune into today’s episode to find out exactly how she does it.

TTE 161: Staying Authentic and Building a Family Business

In the previous generations of mental health, there was often an understanding that the personal and professional parts of a clinician’s life needed to remain separate.

However, as the next generation of private practices emerge, the opposite is proving to be true.

In growing a group practice, Juan Santos has had his family as an active part of the business. His wife handles the practice management, and his children are often seen around the office. This authenticity extends to their marketing efforts, and has helped them connect with the community they serve and become a comfortable place for all.

TTE 160: Finding Purpose and Growing a Group Practice

Throughout The Therapist Experience podcast, you’ve probably heard us talk a lot the importance of determining your ideal client. Today’s episode is great example of why doing so is so powerful.

By marketing to her ideal client Madeleine Shaver was not only able to grow from a solo practice to a group practice in 4 years, but to also work primarily with the individuals she was most passionate about helping. 

TTE 157: The Realities of Becoming a Business Owner with Curt Widhalm

While school and trainings teach you how to identify issues and work with clients, they often do little to teach you about the day to day realities of operating a private practice. 

When launching his own practice, Curt Widhalm saw this firsthand and wanted to help. As the cofounder of the Therapy Reimagined Conference and cohost of The Modern Therapist’s Survival Guide Podcast, he works to help educate new therapists on how they can develop a brand that incorporates their personality as well as professional goals to ensure long term success. 

TTE 156: Creating a Plan and Rolling with the Punches on the Road to Open a Private Practice

Since becoming licensed in April 2019, Johnzelle Anderson knew it was his goal to open his own private practice.

Through effective planning, networking, and marketing Johnzelle has been able to see his dream come to fruition. However, his journey hasn’t come without the occasional bump in the road.

Tune into this week’s episode to find out exactly how he did it!