The Flourishing Therapreneur©

S2E4: Improving your systems in private practice and understanding yourself as a Highly Sensitive Therapist (HST) with Liz Gray, LCSW, RPT, Clini-Coach®

On today's episode of The Flourishing Therapreneur we are joined by Liz Gray, LCSW, RPT, Clini-Coach®, and Founder of Organize and Thrive.

 

This episode is for you if you are:

• A Highly Sensitive Therapist (HST) (or think you might be!)
• Constantly fighting physical, digital, or emotional clutter
• Struggling to run your private therapy practice in an efficient manner
• And hungry for organization and systems to make your work more efficient, saving you time and energy!

 

I loved sitting down with Liz to chat about how Highly Sensitive Therapists (HST) navigate private practice and overcome barriers we face in our field. We dove into how various kinds of clutter (digital, physical, and emotional) can affect each of us, as well as how this shows up in our professional and personal lives. We acknowledged the shame and isolation that often accompanies clutter, and got a taste for how systems can make things sooo much easier going forward. S.Y.S.T.E.M.S.: the invisible string making things run smoothly–saving us time and energy! 

 

Want to learn more? Go to our website: www.theflourishingtherapreneur.com Join our free community on Facebook or connect with us on IG: @theflourishingtherapreneur

 

Did you enjoy learning from Liz? Connect with her Instagram @organizeandthrive1 and at www.organize-and-thrive.com.

Sign up for her upcoming academy at https://organize-and-thrive.com/.

S2E3: Growing your therapy private practice with modern marketing strategy and cultivating a liberated relationship with money with Felicia Keller Boyle, MA, LMFT of @the_bad_therapist

On today's episode of The Flourishing Therapreneur we are joined by Felicia Keller Boyle, MA, LMFT and Founder of @the_bad_therapist.

 

This episode is for you if you are:

• Struggling to navigate the no-man's-land between being a private practice clinician and a business owner
• Wanting more clearly defined boundaries and desires to improve your professional and personal life
• Curious about how to stand out from the crowd with your marketing strategy (and learn how any marketing strategy can be successful with this tip!)
• Uncomfortable talking about money and want to shift your money mindset to one of radical responsibility 
• And questioning how traditional therapy concepts and philosophies fit in our modern world.

 

I had so much fun sitting down with Felicia to talk about how being a “Bad Therapist” can actually make you a better therapist and bring more balance to your personal life. This conversation with Felicia is filled with real, honest discussion about topics that sometimes feel taboo but that HAVE to be addressed in order to be successful in private practice. Felicia dives into changing your money mindset as a practitioner and takes a critical look at the traditional philosophies of “good therapists” that are ingrained in each of us, challenging each of us to think about how being “bad” can make us BETTER! 

 

Want to learn more? Go to our website: www.theflourishingtherapreneur.com Join our free community on Facebook or connect with us on IG: @theflourishingtherapreneur

 

Did you enjoy learning from Felicia? Connect with her Instagram @the_bad_therapist and at www.felicitastherapy.org.

Sign up for her upcoming course Liberated Business at www.felicitastherapy.org 

S2E2: Navigating community mental health and creating systems to prevent burnout with Victoria Rodriguez, PLPC and NCC of @my.car.is.my.office

On today's episode of The Flourishing Therapreneur we are joined by Victoria Rodriguez, PLPC and NCC of @my.car.is.my.office

 

This episode is for you if you are:

 

• Currently working in community mental health
• Considering working in community mental health
• Needing resources, encouragement and an honest conversation about how to prevent burnout in CMH and create structure that serves you as a human AND therapist
• If you struggle with ruminating on client sessions and how you transition into your life post session
• If you are wanting to actively create your own systems of support — and need ideas on where to begin
• An honest conversation around living through natural disasters, tragedies and pandemics while concurrently supporting clients also navigating those same experiences
• A deeper dive on consciously creating new patterns and systems to sustain yourself from jumping from CMH and agency life to private practice

 

Want to learn more? Go to our website: www.theflourishingtherapreneur.com Join our free community on Facebook or connect with us on IG: @theflourishingtherapreneur

 

Did you enjoy learning from Victoria? Connect with her at: www.mycarismyoffice.com or @my.car.is.my.office; @revivepractice

S2E1: Creating vibrant copy and cultivating a brand you are proud of as a therapist in private practice with Arianna Smith, MA, LPC of The Copy Cove

On today's episode of The Flourishing Therapreneur we are joined by Arianna Smith, MA, LPC and Founder of The Copy Cove 

 

This episode is for you if you are:

 

• Struggling to find your voice as you create copy and content for your website, social media or entrepreneurial ideas as a therapist
• Wanting to better understand how to articulate who you are as a person — not just the letters behind your name
• Juggling both a clinical private practice and another entrepreneurial business and are fine tuning what scheduling means, what a full practice means and how to prioritize and flourish in both
• Wanting to learn 5 copyrighting hacks that will transform your business and connect you with your ideal clients
• Better understand how therapists are uniquely equipped to write really powerful, moving copy
• And lean into how creating copy is about connection, human to human, exactly what you are good at as a therapist — you’re just using a different modality

 

I couldn’t image a better episode to launch season 2 of The Flourishing Thearpreneur. The conversation with Ari is filled with beautiful moments of connection, vulnerability and truly feeling heard as a therapist and entrepreneur. And….unintentionally, she spoke into many of the pillars of our philosophy and what it means to truly flourish — not just as a therapist and an entrepreneur, but as a human. 

 

I hope this episode encourages you and can’t wait for all this season has to bring!

 

 

Want to learn more? Go to our website: www.theflourishingtherapreneur.com Join our free community on Facebook or connect with us on IG: @theflourishingtherapreneur

 

Did you enjoy learning from Arianna? Connect with her at: www.thecopycove.com

Download her free guide Banish Bad Copy: 5 Copywriting Hacks for Private Practice Success for a no-nonsense approach to uplevel your copy or sign up for her upcoming course Courageous Copywriting for Clinicians at www.thecopycove.com. 

S1E12: Flourishing as a therapist and entrepreneur with Claire Blakey, MA, LMFT, PMH-C

On today's episode, we wrap up season 1 of The Flourishing Therapreneur.

 

This episode is for you if:

• You want to launch a new business endeavor and need encouragement to hear about other therapists bravery to begin
• You are up against imposter syndrome or wanting to own your voice and your offerings
• You had a desire to be a therapist and author and are curious to learn more about the process
• Honest reflections of being a beginner and launching a second business as a therapist

We have so much gratitude for your support this past season and can't wait to bring new episodes next season on:

• A deep dive on financials and money mindset and martyrdom as a clinician

• Signing a lease as a therapist in private practice.

• We'll be learning from therapists and business owners who have launched podcasts, built courses or pursued other income opportunities with their clinical experience
• The how to steps on onboarding associates in your practice or expand from a solo practice to group practice
• Practical steps on how to prepare to leave your agency job
• How to prepare to buy a home as a business owner and private practice clinician
• And a deeper dive into branding and marketing

Thank you for being a part of our community! Stay connected with @theflourishingtherapreneur or www.theflourishingtherapreneur.com

 

S1E11: Pandemic Fatigue and Preventing Burnout as a Clinician with Alicia Hite, LMFT

On today's episode we hear from Alicia Hite, LMFT as she speaks into burnout as a clinician and specifically how during a pandemic we can identify our core needs as a human AND as a therapist as we pursue private practice or other entrepreneurial endeavors. 

 

Want to learn more? Go to our website: www.theflourishingtherapreneur.com Join our free community on Facebook or connect with us on IG: @theflourishingtherapreneur

Did did your enjoy learning from Alicia? Check out her websites at: www.springspsychotherapy.com  or www.preppingthepractitioner.com/home and follow her on social media @springspsychotherapy and @prepping_the_practitioner 

S1E10: Pursuing Leadership Opportunities in Nonprofits with Teresa Alvarez

On today's episode of The Flourishing Therapreneur we are joined by Teresa Alvarez, MA and Executive Director of @carpchildrensproject

 

This episode is for you if:

 

• After graduate school or during your clinical hours you have begun questioning if being a therapist and clinical work is for you
• Giving yourself permission to change your mind and leaning into your personal and professional needs
• If you have contemplated a leadership position or are curious to take your clinical experience and use it for impact in a leadership capacity
• You’ve contemplated executive leadership in nonprofits and are not sure where to start
• Learning what makes you hirable as for an executive director position and the nitty gritty of the highs and lows of leadership positions
• Being okay with not always being liked and learning how to make hard decisions confidently as a leader in business
• Juggling parenthood, boundaries and executive leadership roles
• As a leader learning where your limitations are and how to include others in the process to improve your teams impact
• If you are struggling with the thought “I already told everyone I was going to be a therapist, I can’t change my mind now, right!?”
• Having the courage to forge a new path and pursue opportunities that align with your heart, life season and skillset

 

Want to learn more? Go to our website: www.theflourishingtherapreneur.com Join our free community on Facebook or connect with us on IG: @theflourishingtherapreneur

 

Did you enjoy learning from Teresa? Connect with her at: www.carpchildren.org or @carpchildrensproject 

S1E9: Breaking free from agency work and building a practice you love with Molly Zive, LCSW

On today's episode of The Flourishing Therapreneur we are joined by Molly Zive, LCSW

 

This was one of my favorite episodes I recorded this past season. Molly brings an authenticity with sharing her journey from burnout in agency work to taking a courageous leap into a private practice. The conversation is filled to the brim with nuggets of encouragement if you are a similar season of transition. 

 

During this episode we cover:

• Taking the leap from agency to private practice during the pandemic
• Creating a business that is aligned with your passions
• The mindset shift that is required when believing in yourself when wanting to pursue entrepreneurial endeavors
• Communicating your offerings and speaking to your ideal client and how that helps you flourish as a business owner and clinician 
• Giving yourself permission to niche and claim what you are good at — and how that can be a strength in your business model
• Questioning the inherited barriers passed down from clinical generations that inhibit the abundance and fullness of pursuing your ideal practice 
• Gaining confidence in who you are and understanding what you need as a human first and foremost and then as a clinician
• An honest conversation about burnout and the emotional toll being a therapist has on our own mental health 
• The importance of boundaries and encouragement in taking business leaps out of inspiration instead of fear 
• So many practical, relatable and encouraging how to’s if you are wanting to start a private practice and don’t know where to begin 

 

Want to learn more? Go to our website: www.theflourishingtherapreneur.com Join our free community on Facebook or connect with us on IG: @theflourishingtherapreneur

 

Did you enjoy learning from Molly? Connect with her at: @mollyzivetherapy IG or at www.therapywithmolly.com 

S1E8: Owning your business, charging a fee you deserve and working through shame in finances with Tiana Leeds, LMFT

On today's episode of The Flourishing Therapreneur we are joined by Tiana Leeds, LMFT as she discusses owning your business, charging a fee you deserve and working through shame in finances.

 

During this episode we cover:

• The evolution of her licensing journey and how choosing specific clinical sites helped prepare her for private practice
• An honest dialogue and conversation around the tension between being a therapist and business owner
• Exploring the passed down philosophy of what a therapist in private practice does and how they make a living
• Questioning and holding gently the contradictory beliefs that being a business owner and being a therapist present
• How as therapists we lean towards being client oriented, but as business owners we need to be business oriented. How do the two co-exist?
• How to set a fee in private practice — exploring the numbers and sustainable goals
• If you view finances in private practice as employing yourself — is the pay appetizing? Do “they” treat their employees well? Can you see yourself there long term?
• Getting clear on your financials so you are congruent with what you can give and how you spend your time 
• Knowing that there is more than one way to do the sliding scale philosophy
• Questioning the thought process of needing to “give back” as a therapist when as a therapist our job is a giving job 
• How you don’t need to have a sliding scale client to give back — as therapists our profession is always giving back — it’s the nature of our work
• Recognizing as clinicians how we are already being contributors to our profession and givers as therapists
• Highlighting how careers are suppose to support you and it’s not selfish as a therapist to want to have a decent income 
• Questioning the concept of being a “good” therapist vs. a “greedy” therapist and debunking those thought processes
• Being curious about our own reactions to hearing other colleagues rates and holding those thoughts gently and thoughtfully
• Letting go of self-criticism in finances as a therapist

 

Want to learn more? Go to our website: www.theflourishingtherapreneur.com Join our free community on Facebook or connect with us on IG: @theflourishingtherapreneur

Did you enjoy learning from Tiana? Connect with her at: www.tianaleeds.com @thetianaleeds on IG or check out her money block course and free guide www.bit.ly/fivemoneyblocks

S1E7: Everything is Figure-outable When Building a Successful Group Practice with Alyssa Callahan, MS, RD

 

On today's episode of The Flourishing Therapreneur we are joined by Alyssa Callahan, MS, RDN with Nourished with Kindness. You might be wondering — why is a dietician on today’s podcast? One of the core beliefs for The Flourishing Therapreneur is learning from other business owners + professionals — if we only focus on what works for therapists, it’s often a disadvantage because as therapists we are still evolving, growing and learning. To put it bluntly — as business owners there’s a lot we don’t know. By leaning into other professionals paralells, practices and business structures we can continue to flourish and expand our offerings.

 

During this episode we cover:

• Leaning into the philosophy that everything is figure-outable — as a business owner you can continue to evolve, learn, make mistakes and improve your offerings
• You don’t know what you don’t know — and why it’s important to have mentors, supervision and business support as you grow your endeavors 
• How to take strategic steps during your schooling and clinical hours to specialize and gain additional qualifications
• The evolution of building an insurance based practice 
• How to expand your private practice into a group practice - covering concepts of payroll, offering your employees insurance and other benefits
• The in’s and outs of developing a sustainable business model to hire employees and still make a profit
• Applying profit first philosophy into your business model
• How the fear of doing it wrong can paralyze you into not doing it at all
• Being brave, not perfect in businesss
• All about Alyssa’s journey to building a successful group practice as a dietician

Want to learn more? Go to our website: www.theflourishingtherapreneur.com Join our free community on Facebook or connect with us on IG: @theflourishingtherapreneur

Did you enjoy learning from Alyssa? Connect with her at: @nourishedwithkindness on IG or at www.nourishedwithkindness.com