Starting a Counseling Practice Success Stories

We invited Amy on to talk with us about the tricks she used to allow her practice to flourish in a saturated market.  She talks about getting her Psychology Today profile seen, SEO, and sticking to your guns!Check out Amy's website at https://www.thrivetherapyla.com/

Processes can seem soooooo boring but they are critical to your business running smoothly.It doesn't help anyone if everything it takes to run a private practice is sitting up in your brain. It's gotta be documented, thorough and systematized so you can delegate and refine what you do.Getting your systems and processes organized and refined is another way of how you show up for you business is out of respect for yourself, your clients, and your staff. Systems move the business out of the way of the clinical work, so it can flourish.Processes to look at in your private practice:Marketing Processes - how you get your message out there, consistently and aligned with your mission and values.Intake Process - how you communicate the therapeutic process, ensure clinical fit, allow for ease of accessibility and set the framework for all clinical work moving forwardOutcomes Process - how you measure and know what you are doing works with clientsFinancial Processes - payroll, budgets, cash flow, projections, fee setting, investing and growthClinical Supervision/ Case Consultation - processes to ensure development and growth of clinical skills along with improved outcomes with clientsHR Processes - hiring, onboarding, management, employee developmentBusiness Planning Process - evaluation, visioning, planning, delegatingEach of these areas have a direct impact on clinical outcomes as well. They provide a win-win for you and your clients, whether you are a solo practitioner or a group practice owner.How you organize these processes can vary - there are online tools for collaboration such as asana, trello or slack as well as google suite apps to get you organized.Need more help in your private practice? Get on the interest list for Business School Bootcamp

How do you know if your marketing plan is working?I remember what it is like to be on the hamster wheel. Trying everything to see what sticks. Coffee dates, networking meetups, blogging, social media, website copy updates, directory listings, conferences....🤪Truth is, you can get so busy that you forget the most important part of any marketing plan - the planning!A true plan means you are intentional about the strategies you implement in your marketing AND those strategies must be measurable.🌟And a plan that works is one that allows you to work with the clients that you know you can help, so they get great outcomes and you stay inspired doing the work you love. 🌟Planning is not a day by day thing. We recommend our bootcampers to sit down quarterly and lay out everything. But in order to plan you have to analyze what has worked before.Check out some measurements to take into consideration if you want to know how your marketing is working for your business.You know your marketing plan is working if you have your ideal clients calling and you are doing great work that provides great outcomes..Take the Private Practice Challenge today so you can provide better outcomes, have better income and make mental health care accessible.

We sat down to chat with Sara, who is honest and open about her success in private practice and what it really takes to make things happen for yourself and your business.Sara is the owner of Prospect Therapy, providing LGBTQ+ affirming psychotherapy: www.prospecttherapy.com

Yolanda and Shamon join us from a private pay group counseling practice in Florida to share their growth story. They share a little bit of the story of a private practice that was taking over life on nights and weekends to one that has boundaries, has a clear vision, and is successful.

We sit down to chat with Robyn D'Angelo, LMFT, about her experience with bootcamp. Robyn is a the founder of The Happy Couple Experts. You can learn more about her here: www.thehappycoupleexpert.com. Learn more about bootcamp here.

We sit down to chat with Erika about her experience with bootcamp. Erika is a licensed clinical psychologist based in Miami. You can learn more about her here: https://www.envisionwellness.co/. 

We sit down to chat with Yolanda Harper about her experience with bootcamp. Yolanda is a psychotherapist in FL and owner of Harper Therapy. You can learn more about her here: www.harpertherapy.com

Joe from Practice of the Practice shares the power of community for therapists as they grow their private practice. Joe from Practice of the Practice is the creator of Killin’ It Camp, a community for therapists that meets in rockies of CO.

Mercedes, LCSW, founder of the Diversity in Parenting Podcast shares how her two passions are coming together to help private practice owners to improve outcomes in their sessions with the diverse clients they are seeing.