The Modern Therapist's Survival Guide with Curt Widhalm and Katie Vernoy Getting Accurate Referrals
An interview with Alison Fussell, LMFT, Co-Founder of Advekit, about making her dream of stronger, more accurate referrals a reality through the responsive algorithm on her online platform. Looking at the platform, the vision, and the ups and downs of being a startup.
It’s time to reimagine therapy and what it means to be a therapist. We are human beings who can now present ourselves as whole people, with authenticity, purpose, and connection. Especially now, when therapists must develop a personal brand to market their practices.
To support you as a whole person and a therapist, your hosts, Curt Widhalm and Katie Vernoy talk about how to approach the role of therapist in the modern age.
Interview with Alison Fussell, LMFT
Alison Fussell is a LMFT and Co-Founder of Advekit - the modern marketing platform for therapists in Southern California. Alison was born and raised in Los Angeles and attended UCLA (Bachelors) and Pepperdine University (Masters). She practiced in a clinical setting for 6 years before starting her company, Advekit. The impetus for Advekit was to bridge the gap between therapists seeking new clients, and clients seeking the right suited therapists per their needs. Alison and her co-founder, Arielle, realized that there was a strong need for an effective platform for both groups to connect, as this concept was lacking in the space. In addition to their matching platform, the Advekit team plans to enhance the therapist and client experience from end to end, with the goal of implementing new tools on the platform and scaling into major cities within the US.
In this episode we talk about:
- Alison’s story
- Identifying the gap in saturated markets, to help people narrow down and find the right therapist
- Shifting from your clinical practice to a “side” business
- The struggles of starting a business
- Increasing accuracy of referrals
- Creating an algorithm to improve matches within Advekit
- Accurately portraying yourself to get better referrals, being specific
- How you can shoot yourself in the foot when you check off too many boxes on online profiles
- Leveraging your clinical skills in other areas in business
- Creating a business partnership with complimentary skillsets
- Moving from vision to reality
- Finding the right steps to move forward
- What you need to know about business to move a big idea forward
- Reading books and learning on your own
- Taking risks
- Finding opportunities beyond clinical work
Resources mentioned:
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Music by Crystal Grooms Mangano http://www.crystalmangano.com/