Private Practice Startup Podcast

Rebecca Stone, or Becky, as most people call her, provides counseling services to clients, as well as consulting for mental health professionals. Becky presented about Emotional Support Animals at the 9th annual American College Counseling Association national conference, helped create a university's ESA policy, and specializes in ESAs in her private practice. With her consulting, she strives to help mental health professionals go from confused and stressed out by Emotional Support Animal requests to competent and confident with ESA assessments while preparing their practices to welcome ESA requests along the way!

Alison Pidgeon is the CEO of Move Forward Counseling, a 10 provider group practice, and Move Forward Virtual Assistants which provides VA's for therapy practices. In addition, she works as a business consultant for Practice of the Practice. When she is not building businesses and helping other therapists build theirs, she is chasing after her 2 children. This summer the Pidgeon family will be welcoming baby boy #3!

I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in FL, a certified EMDR therapist, and a Certified Brainspotting Therapist as well as a Certified Brainspotting Consultant. By many standards, my private practice, which I opened in 2006, was highly successful from the very beginning, but the reality is that it was slowly affecting my health. Seeing 30+ clients a week in a trauma specialty caught up with me after 7 years of non-stop 8 clients-a-day days. After staying in denial and avoiding the truth, my body forced me to make some drastic changes in my private practice so I could be healthy and continue to provide exceptional therapy to my clients. As a result of my journey through the struggles of creating the practice that works for me, I began doing business consulting with other driven, passionate solopreneurs who are ready to take control of their practices and their lives. As a Brainspotting practitioner, I used Brainspotting to help me work through a ton of my own head trash around getting off of insurance, but it was when I sought the help of a colleague for a Brainspotting session to help me work through my biggest private practice fear that I was able to make the successful leap into a fully self pay practice. I had been coaching business owners for several years to help them make important shifts in their own businesses, and when I could finally come up for air long enough to think and do some vision planning, I knew I wanted to help other solo and small practice professionals work through their blocks with Brainspotting--just as I had done with my colleague. Now, I have both a private therapy practice and a business coaching practice, where I get to witness amazing transformations every day. I've always loved my work, but now that I have balance, clarity, and the bandwidth to be there fully present for each one of my clients, each and every session, the transformations I get to witness are ineffable! As a Brainspotting Consultant, I also get to help other Brainspotting therapists get certified in Brainspotting, and we also explore how their practice structure impacts their ability to be fully present with their clients. To give back to my local and therapy communities, I serve on the Board of two different 501(c)3 non profits that I am happy to talk more about if there is time!

Katie Read helps therapists grow...then OUTgrow their therapy practices. If your personality is bigger than your office...if you're looking for more income and freedom of time...if your creative side is seeking a lucrative outlet...then you're a Therapreneur! Katie helps clinicians overcome scarcity mindset, get clear on their most meaningful work, and create additional income streams in coaching, writing, retreat leadership, course creation, and more!

After a decade of owning a successful private psychotherapy practice in Florida, Keri followed the call to retire her license and transition into full time mentorship of healing entrepreneurs. She now works with therapists all over the world through her programs, coaching, retreats and events helping them activate the confidence, clarity and skills to upgrade their abundance and attract their ideal clients with ease. In her spare time she loves long walks on the beach, meditating and she’s a little obsessed with checking things off her to-do list.

Lisa is a Marketing Consultant and owner of Woz Marketing; a marketing company dedicated to helping private practice owner enroll more clients through online marketing strategies. Lisa is driven by her passion to help practitioners overcome varying marketing challenges private practice owners face. Lisa has been in the marketing arena for over 25 years. Having worked with several big business clients in a corporate setting, she has realigned her niche to focus on private practice owners by helping them develop and implement creative marketing strategies designed to grow their client base.

Jane Carter is a counselor and coach who helps therapists and other solopreneurs have more fun, freedom, and money in their businesses. She helps therapists balance the roles of clinician & entrepreneur by focusing on a combination of strategy and mindset in coaching. Jane lives in Asheville, NC, where she is an outdoorswoman, coffee connoisseur, craft-beer-snob, and adventure traveler. She can be found at www.janecartercoaching.com, where she offers a free consultation.

Michael Diettrich-Chastain is founder and principal of Arc Integrated, a consulting and coaching firm in Asheville, NC. Arc Integrated specializes in assessment, training and coaching for teams and leaders who want to improve emotional intelligence, leadership and communication.  Michael's professional background includes corporate training, executive coaching, psychotherapy, leadership development, sales and account management. Michael still holds a license in NC as a Licensed Professional Counselor but now focuses exclusively on his coaching and consulting practice. Michael is certified in multiple assessment tools including the Advanced Insights Profile, The Actualized Leadership Profile, The Group Culture Profile and The Actualized Leadership Profile 360. These tools are used for development of teams and leaders within the context of professional coaching and organizational consulting.  As a recipient of the Group Study Exchange scholarship through Rotary International, Michael has presented to various groups in South America on how the fields of training, mental health and coaching exist in the USA. In addition, Michael has published works in various media outlets including Entrepreneur, The Washington Post, Money and Time magazine. His first book will be released in March of 2019.  Michael enjoys hiking, traveling, reading, listening to podcasts and has been studying and teaching at a martial arts school for more than 10 years. Michael often incorporates philosophies from martial arts study into his work with individuals and organizations. For more information, find Michael and his team at www.arcintegrated.com 

Hillary Holmes, of hillytree design, grew up partly in Hawaii, mostly in Florida, with a long stint in NJ. From a young age, she was astounded by the colors and textures she found in nature and knew early on that one's surroundings could be a grounding force in life. A self taught artist and designer, she has taken classes in everything from 'Feng Shui for Interiors' at Moore College of Art & Design, to 'Silkscreening' at Parsons School of Design in NYC. Hillary is certified as a color consultant in the 'Confident Color System' ™. She loves to move around furniture when she's feeling stuck, takes dance classes whenever she can, and spends her downtime with her husband, cat and dog at their 70's ranch just outside of Asheville, NC.

Gordon Smith a licensed professional counselor and professional life coach in Asheville, North Carolina. He works with gifted adolescents, adults, and families to grow fully into themselves. Gordon recently completed two terms as an elected member of Asheville City Council. He has been a practicing counselor for 18 years, in private practice for ten of those years, in solo private practice for six of them. He is the founder and host of Notworking Asheville, a social scene for mental health professionals. Gordon also hosts a regular gathering of private pay practitioners. Gordon and his wife just finished up a building project and moved into a new home in Asheville. He loves traveling, disc golf, craft beer, and awkward situations.