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🎙 Is Your Work Valuable? The Psychology of Perceived Value in Hands-On Practice
What makes clients value your work — and come back for more? Til Luchau and Whitney Lowe explore the results of a survey of over 2,000 practitioners to uncover the surprising psychology behind perceived value.
Spoiler: it's not just about results or price. Value is created in a reciprocal feedback loop between practitioner and client — shaped by confidence, preparation, communication, boundaries, and dozens of subtle signals clients pick up (consciously or not).
In this episode, they discuss:
- The "chicken-and-egg" relationship between value perception and client outcomes
- The famous "expensive pain pill" study and what it reveals about perceived value
- How discount addiction undermines both value and client loyalty
- The 9 ways to communicate value — from linens and punctuality to CE certificates and testimonials
- Why going over time can actually diminish perceived value
- How asking clients to invest effort (goals, homework, participation) raises their commitment
- The importance of receiving the work you give — and what the survey showed
- The surprising correlation between in-person CE hours and practice satisfactionÂ
- The confidence paradox: does success breed confidence, or does confidence breed success?
- Practical tips: where to start if you want to shift value perception tomorrow
Whether you're building a practice, thinking about pricing, or wondering why some clients don't seem to "get it," this conversation offers a roadmap for communicating value from the inside out.
✨ Resources
👉 Read the full article: Is Your Work Valuable? https://a-t.tv/articles/luchau_valuable_mbw_20180427.pdf Â
👉 Video version: https://www.youtube.com/@AdvancedTrainings/podcasts
Sponsor Offers:
- Books of Discovery – Save 15% with code thinking at https://booksofdiscovery.com/
- ABMP – Save $24 on new membership at https://abmp.com/thinking
- Advanced-Trainings – Try one month free of the A-T Subscription at https://a-t.tv/subscriptions/ with code thinking
- Academy of Clinical Massage – Grab Whitney's free Assessment Cheat Sheet at https://academyofclinicalmassage.com/cheatsheet
✨ Connect with us:
Til Luchau – https://advanced-trainings.com | Facebook | Instagram
Whitney Lowe – https://academyofclinicalmassage.com | Facebook | Twitter
📧 Email us: [email protected]
The Thinking Practitioner Podcast is intended for professional practitioners of manual and movement therapies — bodywork, massage therapy, structural integration, physical therapy, osteopathy, and similar professions. It is not medical or treatment advice.
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🎙 Is Your Work Valuable? The Psychology of Perceived Value in Hands-On Practice
What makes clients value your work — and come back for more? Til Luchau and Whitney Lowe explore the results of a survey of over 2,000 practitioners to uncover the surprising psychology behind perceived value.
Spoiler: it's not just about results or price. Value is created in a reciprocal feedback loop between practitioner and client — shaped by confidence, preparation, communication, boundaries, and dozens of subtle signals clients pick up (consciously or not).
In this episode, they discuss:
- The "chicken-and-egg" relationship between value perception and client outcomes
- The famous "expensive pain pill" study and what it reveals about perceived value
- How discount addiction undermines both value and client loyalty
- The 9 ways to communicate value — from linens and punctuality to CE certificates and testimonials
- Why going over time can actually diminish perceived value
- How asking clients to invest effort (goals, homework, participation) raises their commitment
- The importance of receiving the work you give — and what the survey showed
- The surprising correlation between in-person CE hours and practice satisfactionÂ
- The confidence paradox: does success breed confidence, or does confidence breed success?
- Practical tips: where to start if you want to shift value perception tomorrow
Whether you're building a practice, thinking about pricing, or wondering why some clients don't seem to "get it," this conversation offers a roadmap for communicating value from the inside out.
✨ Resources
👉 Read the full article: Is Your Work Valuable? https://a-t.tv/articles/luchau_valuable_mbw_20180427.pdf Â
👉 Video version: https://www.youtube.com/@AdvancedTrainings/podcasts
Sponsor Offers:
- Books of Discovery – Save 15% with code thinking at https://booksofdiscovery.com/
- ABMP – Save $24 on new membership at https://abmp.com/thinking
- Advanced-Trainings – Try one month free of the A-T Subscription at https://a-t.tv/subscriptions/ with code thinking
- Academy of Clinical Massage – Grab Whitney's free Assessment Cheat Sheet at https://academyofclinicalmassage.com/cheatsheet
✨ Connect with us:
Til Luchau – https://advanced-trainings.com | Facebook | Instagram
Whitney Lowe – https://academyofclinicalmassage.com | Facebook | Twitter
📧 Email us: [email protected]
The Thinking Practitioner Podcast is intended for professional practitioners of manual and movement therapies — bodywork, massage therapy, structural integration, physical therapy, osteopathy, and similar professions. It is not medical or treatment advice.
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