Private Practice Startup Podcast

Pia Arrendell, LMFT has been a marriage and family therapist in Asheville, NC for the past 10 years. She specializes in working with couple facing the aftermath of infidelity, lack of intimacy and trial separations. In addition, she is certified in EMDR and treats the effects of trauma in people's lives.

The Private Practice Startup is co-owned by Kate Campbell, PhD, LMFT and Katie Lemieux, LMFT. They’re two therapists with entrepreneurial spirits who are crazy about business. They live, work and play in South Florida.  Kate and Katie both built their 6-Figure private practices in less than 2 years from the ground up and love inspiring ambitious mental health professionals to brand themselves and grow their dream private practices! They have a hunger for business, branding and marketing. They love sharing their expertise and inspiring private private practitioners across the globe from startup to mastery.  They have helped therapists increase working with the clients they love the most, profit more, increase their rates, have more time off and enjoy a true lifestyle business.  Together, they have been featured as guest experts on GoodTherapy.org, Therapy Sites, Your Badass Therapy Practice, Abundance Practice Building podcast, Selling the Couch podcast, Practice of the Practice podcast, Brighter Vision’s podcast, Taboo Talk Time podcast, Marketing Workshop podcast, Love Your Practice podcast, and Become a Group Guru.  They provide free podcasts, webinars, online courses, private practice coaching, INSPIRE Networking, and customizable Attorney Approved Private Practice Paperwork for therapists. Visit PrivatePracticeStartup.com for more info! Join our Startup Nation Superheroes in Facebook.

Becky DeGrossa spent many years in the corporate world before becoming a therapist. Once she opened her private practice, she, just like everyone else, struggled with marketing. Figuring out the marketing puzzle was such fun for her, that she decided she liked marketing therapists more than being one, so she launched Counselingwise. Since 2012, CounselingWise has helped over 200 therapists achieve 1000's of page 1 rankings in Google. This experience has allowed them to refine a 9-step roadmap for successfully marketing private therapy practices. Becky teaches this roadmap in Private Practice University, and Counselingwise still does this work for therapists who want to fast-track the process. In his 2017 book, “Private Practice Essentials”, published by PESI, Inc., author Howard Baumgarten said that Becky DeGrossa has "revolutionized the online therapy website building process” with her method. A few fun facts about Becky: -She has traveled to 25 countries (and wants to travel to 25 more!) - She was once trapped in a car with a 100-pound baboon — the scariest experience in her life - She has mastered the art of “Op” language (demo available), and still speaks “Op" with her 91-year old friend during their weekly phone calls.

Melody Wilding is a licensed social worker who help high-achievers mentally and emotionally thrive in their careers. When Melody started her practice a few years ago, she had zero clients and no credibility. Today she has a client waitlist, has given a TEDx talk with over 15,000 views, and has been featured in dozens of top media publications from Inc, Forbes, and Fast Company to Cosmo, Shape, and Glamour. Melody is also the creator of The Media Darling Method, an online course that teaches therapists how to land major publicity that grows their private practice and personal brands.  Fun facts:  - Melody comes from a family of entrepreneurs. She got her name because her parents ran multiple businesses in the music and entertainment industries.  - Melody is a Jersey girl born and raised. And she has the accent to prove it.  - While Melody loves connecting, she is an INFJ and dedicated to helping other introverted and highly sensitive therapists do business in a way that fits their personal style.

Melissa is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Work-Life Balance (WLB) Business Coach who after crushing her three-year financial goals for NewVu Therapy in her first year of private practice (while working an ideal schedule) sought a new challenge and increasing levels of freedom, impact, and wealth.  In the same month that Melissa began crushing five-figure months, she followed another calling and ultimately founded a non-profit, Professionals United for Parkland, to facilitate healing and growth in the aftermath of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas school shooting.  She continues to expand the reality of her dream life through helping high-achieving entrepreneurs whose hustle is sabotaging their families to create work life balance so they can scale their businesses, enjoy their success with the ones they love most, and even have time for themselves.  Through each of her endeavors (including starting a family!) Melissa has been blown away by the power of a clear, aligned intention and a heart of love and service in bringing more and more people into the achievement of a fulfilled life.

Dr. Lisa Herman is the founder of Synergy eTherapy and is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in MN, WI and NY. She started doing her own online work many years ago and has learned A LOT along the way. About a year and a half ago, she expanded her online private practice to include other licensed therapists to join in and "get handed" to them nearly everything needed to start online work within a group practice feel. Dr. Lisa lives in Mpls with her handsome hubby, adorable toddler and she loves karaoke (yep!), fishing, cooking and being with extended family.

John Clarke helps therapists fill the empty slots on their calendars and overcome their fears of digital marketing.  He’s a licensed therapist, business coach, and wordsmith for therapists. John learned a lot of things the hard way in multiple practices from the ground up in highly competitive regions of the country and started writing about those lessons at PrivatePracticeWorkshop.com. Today, John owns a thriving private pay group practice in Charlotte, NC and is the founder of Unconditional Media, the digital marketing team for therapists in private practice nation-wide. Allison Puryear is an LCSW with a nearly diagnosable obsession with business development. She has started practices in three different cities and wants you to know that building a private practice is shockingly doable when you have a plan and support.  Join the Abundance Party Membership to gain the confidence and tools you need to succeed.

Perry Rosenbloom is the CEO & Founder of Brighter Vision, the worldwide leader in custom therapist website design. His connection to therapy and therapists runs deep: His mother-in-law owns a private practice in Jacksonville, FL, his father-in-law is in recovery and just received his 30 year chip, his Uncle (who he never met) died at a very young age due to drug use, and the heroin epidemic has hit his hometown very hard. With so many connections to therapy and therapists, he is immensely proud to be able to help support them in their work and enable them to be successful business owners.

Danielle Kepler, LCPC is the founder and “head insurance guru” at Be Your Own Biller, LLC, where she offers consultation to business owners, solo practitioners, and non-profits local to Chicago and across the nation. Be Your Own Biller’s mission is to empower clinicians and demystify the insurance credentialing and billing world so they do not need to hire a long-term credentialing or billing service.She co-hosts a podcast dedicated to insurance credentialing and billing. In addition to consulting, she is a clinical therapist and has a private practice in downtown Chicago. She is paneled with over 30 private insurance companies/EAPs and does her own credentialing and billing.

I am Greek (visit my country!), I have one mobile app under my belt called Addapp (also in the wellness space) which I grew to 100k downloads and 10k daily active users. I am the Founder & CEO of Therachat, have been doing this one and a half year. My team is my biggest accomplishment. They are all much smarter and more competent than I am on so many fronts. I feel blessed to be working with them. Fun fact: When I was a kid I was pretty unsocial. I started communicating with people when I started playing the guitar and sing. Music can do miracles!