Tia Javier is a private practitioner and one of only 91 Spanish speaking speech-language pathologists in the state of Virginia. She is actually someone who I first came across when she joined the Start Your Private Practice program. Tia saw a huge need in the market for a bilingual private practice. In this episode, she shares how her student loans motivated her to make this decision, what a typical day in her practice looks like and her plans for the future. I really like Tia’s attitude and how she doesn’t look at obstacles as a set-back but instead figures out a way to overcome them.&nbsp; What we discuss:&nbsp;<ul><li>How Tia got into private practice</li><li>What she did to put her plan of starting a private practice into motion</li><li>What her day to day life looks like within her practice</li><li>Her advice for SLPs who want to open a private practice</li></ul>&nbsp;Links:<a href="https://www.speechlanguageconnection.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Speech Language Connection</a><a href="http://startyourprivatepractice.com/waitlist" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Start Your Private Practice Waitlist</a><a href="https://www.startyourprivatepractice.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Start Your Private Practice</a><a href="https://independentclinician.usefedora.com/p/grow-your-private-practice-monthly" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Grow Your Private Practice</a>&nbsp;For more information, visit:<a href="https://www.independentclinician.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> www.IndependentClinician.com</a>

Taking Control of Her Life and Circumstances: Tia's Story

Lauren Meglen is a former school SLP who transitioned to full-time private practice in the Rochester, MN area. In this episode, Lauren shares her journey into private practice and what that looked like for her. She talks about how she decided on a whim to start her private practice and her experience with bringing on employees. She shares so much great wisdom and advice on ditching perfectionism and why you should go for your dreams of private practice What we discuss:&nbsp;<ul><li>Her career journey as a SLP and how she started her private practice</li><li>Her experience with bringing on employees</li><li>The big goals that she has for her practice</li><li>Lessons she’s learned about letting go of perfectionism</li></ul>&nbsp;Links:<a href="http://sixfigureprivatepractice.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Six Figure Private Practice</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/EntreLeadership-Practical-Business-Wisdom-Trenches/dp/1451617852" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">EntreLeadership: 20 Years of Practical Business Wisdom from the Trenches&nbsp;</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Your-Best-Year-Ever-Achieving-ebook/dp/B0741CYBHK" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Your Best Year Ever: A 5-Step Plan for Achieving Your Most Important Goals</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07F3DM7C1/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Free to Focus: A Total Productivity System to Achieve More by Doing Less</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VNHC41J/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Vision Driven Leader: 10 Questions to Focus Your Efforts, Energize Your Team, and Scale Your Business&nbsp;</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Profit-First-Transform-Cash-Eating-Money-Making-ebook/dp/B01HCGYTH4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Profit First: Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine&nbsp;</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078GDX7BP/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Clockwork: Design Your Business to Run Itself</a><a href="https://www.owltherapyservices.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Owl Therapy Services</a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/owltherapyservices/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Owl Therapy Services Facebook</a><a href="http://startyourprivatepractice.com/webinar" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Start Your Private Practice Webinar</a>&nbsp;For more information, visit:<a href="https://www.independentclinician.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> www.IndependentClinician.com</a>

From Part-Time to Full-Time Private Practice: Lauren's Story

Are you ready to start your private practice? If you’ve been thinking about getting support from the Start Your Private Practice system but haven’t fully decided to go for it yet, you’ll definitely want to hear this episode as I am joined by 4 mentors of the program, Claudia, Tommy, Adrienne and Bobby. In this episode, the mentors and I chat about what led them to the program, the people who tend to succeed in it and how having a private practice has helped them level up in business and life! What we discuss:&nbsp;<ul><li>What the culture of the group is like&nbsp;</li><li>What traits you need to be successful in the program and private practice</li><li>Benefits that you get from being apart of the group</li><li>Advice for people on the fence about starting their private practice</li></ul>&nbsp;Links:<a href="https://allthingsspeechtherapy.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">All Things Speech Therapy</a><a href="https://duncanlakespeechtherapy.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Duncan Lake Speech Therapy</a><a href="https://www.speechbuilders.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">SpeechBuilders Speech and Language Therapy</a><a href="https://speechbubbletherapy.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Speech Bubble Therapy</a><a href="http://startyourprivatepractice.com/waitlist" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Start Your Private Practice Waitlist</a><a href="https://www.startyourprivatepractice.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Start Your Private Practice</a>&nbsp;For more information, visit:<a href="https://www.independentclinician.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> www.IndependentClinician.com</a>

Meet The Mentors: 5 Start Your Private Practice Mentors Tell All

2021 might be the year that you finally start your private practice. We all went through so much in 2020 and through that year, I watched countless people start their own private practice. I also saw many others pivot their business overnight in the midst of a pandemic. And even some who expanded their businesses vastly, bringing on more clients and employees. In this episode, you’ll hear what could happen if you take the steps needed and finally make your private practice dreams a reality in 2021. What we discuss:&nbsp;<ul><li>The hope we all have for the future</li><li>How I feel about 2020</li><li>What I did to help clients transition to teletherapy in 2020</li><li>What I saw private practitioners accomplish in 2020</li><li>Why you have a choice to make&nbsp;</li></ul>&nbsp;Links:<a href="https://www.startyourprivatepractice.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Start Your Private Practice</a><a href="https://independentclinician.usefedora.com/p/grow-your-private-practice-monthly" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Grow Your Private Practice</a><a href="http://startyourprivatepractice.com/webinar" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Free Webinar</a>&nbsp;For more information, visit:<a href="https://www.independentclinician.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> www.IndependentClinician.com</a>

Is 2021 the Year of Your Private Practice?

If you allow yourself to stay in fear mode, you won’t ever get to the outcome that you desire. You have to learn to overcome the fears that are holding you back! In this episode, I talk about why you need to do what you need to do to get your message out there and start chasing the career and life you want!&nbsp; What we discuss:&nbsp;<ul><li>Whether or not there are benefits in waiting</li><li>Why you have to step out of your comfort zone</li><li>What I teach SLPs in my programs</li></ul>&nbsp;Links:<a href="https://www.startyourprivatepractice.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Start Your Private Practice</a><a href="https://independentclinician.usefedora.com/p/grow-your-private-practice-monthly" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Grow Your Private Practice</a><a href="http://startyourprivatepractice.com/webinar" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Free Webinar</a>&nbsp;For more information, visit:<a href="https://www.independentclinician.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> www.IndependentClinician.com</a>

Is Fear of Failure Keeping You Stuck?

Claudia Hamilton Davisson is a private practitioner based out of Michigan and a mentor for my Start Your Private Practice program. Claudia has been a SLP for over three decades and has worked in so many different areas of the business. In this episode, Claudia shares how she started her business as a private practitioner on the side of her job. She talks about the reasons she was drawn to private practice and the areas where she sees other private practitioners get stuck in their business. We also talk about where she sees most of her referrals come from and her advice for someone who is unsure if opening their own private practice is the right move for them.&nbsp; What we discuss:&nbsp;<ul><li>What her career has been like as a SLP</li><li>What made Claudia entertain the idea of starting a private practice</li><li>Issues she’s seen other SLPs in the program have within their business</li><li>Her advice for someone who isn’t sure if they can get into private practice</li></ul>&nbsp;Links:<a href="https://allthingsspeechtherapy.com/index.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">All Things Speech Therapy, LLC</a><a href="http://mentoringmommy.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mentoring Mommy</a><a href="https://www.google.com/business/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Google My Business</a><a href="http://startyourprivatepractice.com/waitlist" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Start Your Private Practice Waitlist</a><a href="https://www.startyourprivatepractice.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Start Your Private Practice</a><a href="https://independentclinician.usefedora.com/p/grow-your-private-practice-monthly" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Grow Your Private Practice</a>&nbsp;For more information, visit:<a href="https://www.independentclinician.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> www.IndependentClinician.com</a>

You're Not Too Old and It's Not Too Late: Claudia's Story

One of the biggest reasons I hear from SLPs about what’s holding them back from starting private practice: the fear of getting sued. In this episode, I am talking all about getting your practice set up the right way from the beginning and why you need to get your ducks in a row to minimize the risks of starting your private practice! P.S. One easy way to decrease the risks associated with private practice is to make sure your clients sign the proper legal forms. <a href="https://www.startyourprivatepractice.com/forms-o" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Click here</a> to grab The Clinic Forms and save!What we discuss:&nbsp;<ul><li>How to protect yourself and minimize your legal, personal and financial risks</li><li>Easy ways to minimize your risks&nbsp;</li><li>What essential protections you need (and about how much they cost)</li><li>Documents you must have clients sign</li><li>The biggest risk associated with starting a private practice</li></ul>&nbsp;Links:<a href="https://www.startyourprivatepractice.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Start Your Private Practice</a><a href="https://independentclinician.usefedora.com/p/grow-your-private-practice-monthly" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Grow Your Private Practice</a><a href="https://www.privatepracticeforms.com/optin-31080023" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Private Practice Forms</a>&nbsp;For more information, visit:<a href="https://www.independentclinician.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> www.IndependentClinician.com</a>

How to Minimize Risks Associated with Starting a PP

Jessica Sekhorn is a private practitioner based out of the Houston, TX area. She started out as a SLPA in college and knew this was the career path she wanted to take. In this episode, she shares her journey of becoming a SLP and how she decided to start her practice, Thrive Speech Therapy. She even discusses how she uses SLPAs to help build her private practice. She talks about how she’s been able to set her private practice apart from others and how she’s gotten an influx of referral sources from getting contracts with insurance companies and creating an opt-in on her website.&nbsp; What we discuss:&nbsp;<ul><li>How her career was before starting her private practice</li><li>The transitions she’s made since getting insurance contracts</li><li>What she plans to delegate (and the surprising thing she doesn’t want to delegate)</li><li>Her long-term goals for growing her private practice</li><li>How she uses an opt-in to get more referrals and build a connection</li></ul>&nbsp;Links:<a href="https://thrivespeech.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Thrive Speech Therapy</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Independent-Clinician-Guide-Private-Patients/dp/B00NI9R5A8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Independent Clinician Guide to Private Patients: Start Your Own Speech, Occupational or Physical Therapy Private Practice</a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/thrivespeechtherapy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/thrivespeechtherapy/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a><a href="mailto:info@thrivespeech.net" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">info@thrivespeech.net</a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/slp.private.practice.beginners/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">SLP Private Practice Beginners</a><a href="https://www.startyourprivatepractice.com/webinar" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Webinar</a><a href="http://startyourprivatepractice.com/waitlist" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Start Your Private Practice Waitlist</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;For more information, visit:<a href="https://www.independentclinician.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> www.IndependentClinician.com</a>

Building a Practice with SLPAs: Jessica's Story

Every now and then I tend to go back to old business books I’ve read to get a fresh perspective on them. In this episode, I am talking about a business lesson that I pulled from a book that I’ve read and how it correlates to how a lot of speech language pathologists feel about their 9 to 5 jobs. I talk about what this means for these practitioners who may be considering private practice and how I can help you bridge the gap and step into the vision you have for your private practice. What we discuss:&nbsp;<ul><li>What I realized in rereading The E-Myth</li><li>The parallel of that lesson and how a lot of SLPs feel at their jobs</li><li>How great clinicians aren’t always great business people</li></ul>&nbsp;Links:<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Revisited-Small-Businesses-About/dp/0887307280" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It</a><a href="https://www.startyourprivatepractice.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Start Your Private Practice</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/independentclinician/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>&nbsp;For more information, visit:<a href="https://www.independentclinician.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> www.IndependentClinician.com</a>

Don't Create a New Job You Hate

Thank you for listening to the Private Practice Success Stories Podcast I interview speech-language pathologists in private practice to share their lessons and journeys. Speech therapy graduate programs don't teach about private practice. I invite you to listen and learn! Links Mentioned: Free Training: www.StartYourPrivatePractice.com/webinarAdvanced Programs: www.GrowYourPrivatePractice.comWork with Jena: DM me on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/independentclinician/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@IndependentClinician</a>

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Tips, Lessons and Insights from Speech-Language Pathologists in Private Practice

My name is Jena Castro-Casbon, MS CCC-SLP (of The Independent Clinician and The Private Practice Solution). I am part of a group of private practitioners who have taken client care into our own hands. We are skilled clinicians who pride ourselves on providing high-quality care to our clients and their families. We are fighting against productivity requirements, administrative red tape and unnecessary restrictions. We started our own private practices to take control of our professional and personal lives. Of our schedules. Of our incomes. Of our future. We work hard for our clients but on our terms. We believe in helping others – but also helping ourselves. We’re not interested in competing with each other. We hope that we all make it. We are successful private practitioners and these are our stories. Thank you for taking the time to listen to this interview.

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