Compassionate Climb

Meet Matthew Joseph, creator of Noveltor, a therapy tool designed for therapists to easily engage clients between sessions. Matt has always had a desire to intersect the overlap between entrepreneurship and mental health. As he interviewed therapists to determine some of the biggest challenges they faced, he found that therapeutic homework was an area that often wasn’t quite hitting its mark; from there, Noveltor was born.

Key Takeaways: 

-Build actual relationships with those you are working with

-Homework is great, but not if it’s not accessible

https://www.noveltor.com/

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Meet Amy Dover, a group practice owner and business consultant in Alabama. Throughout her 20 years in the field, Amy has worked in a variety of mental health settings; as she faithfully stepped through the doors that were opened to her, she began in private practice which has now grown to a group practice with 15 providers. While walking through the good, bad, and ugly of owning a group practice, Amy has allowed her Christian faith to guide her, and to be what she leans on in difficult seasons. If you are a solo practice owner with the goal of hiring your first 1-2 clinicians within the next 4-6 months, stay tuned for her mastermind starting in July!
Key Takeaways:-Have boundaries for the people who work for you-Carve out time and opportunities to talk with other practice owners; they get what you’re going through-Address conflict as soon as you see it or sense it-Seek mentoring and consulting from people who have been where you want to be-Invite others to punch holes in your reality https://dovercounselingservices.com/https://www.facebook.com/DoverCounseling/https://www.wisepracticeconsulting.com/mastermind/

Meet Christy Pennison, owner of Be Inspired Counseling and Consulting, co-owner of Practice Collab, and host of the Inspiring Possible podcast. Christy began her career climb as a forensic interviewer, but found herself with a desire to do more. As she began working in the counseling field, Christy noticed the lack of mental health support in her hometown and made the decision to move back and open her own private practice. As she built the practice, Christy found great benefit and inspiration in collaborating with other professionals in similar positions, now she helps facilitate that collaboration for others.

Key Takeaways:

-Seek to have an abundance mentality

-Know what your values are

-No matter how much you’d like to be for everybody, you’re not 

-Create structures where you have people in place to carry some of the load

https://christypennison.com/

https://christypennison.com/inspiring-possible-podcast/

https://thepracticecollab.com/

https://beinspiredcc.com/

Meet Clara Capano, a professional speaker and corporate trainer. The path to where she is now took some trial and error, but she began to see the pieces fall into place once she was in a management position overseeing multiple offices and teaching others how to run the business. As soon as she entered the training and coaching space, she knew that that was where she was meant to be.

-Today is not your forever reality

-You are the CEO of your organization

-The journey to success is boring

-If you are not delivering value, you are only taking up space

Meet Megan Tavares, a private practice therapist in Massachusetts. In her practice, Peace and Pearl Wellness and Counseling, Megan primarily works with perinatal mental health disorders. As a mom to two boys, and having dealt with her own postpartum anxiety and depression, she is able to share her own experiences and connect on a deeper level with her clients. 

Key Takeaways:

-Put time and effort into your website - reflect who you are as a clinician 

-Make connections with people 

-Do the research first

-Keep things authentic to you

https://www.megantavareslicsw.com/

Meet Paula Montgomery, the Women United Director for United Way of Greater New Bedford, in New Bedford Massachusetts. Paula started career climb in broadcast journalism, but soon found herself wanting a career that spoke more to her heart. A conversation with someone she was interviewing led to her first position in the nonprofit sector working with the American Cancer Society. In her role today, Paula has helped to facilitate a partnership with Financial Futures, a 12 week comprehensive financial literacy program for women. Through this partnership, Women’s Money Matters was born. 

Key Takeaways:

-We all have a relationship with money and it is important to pay attention to it

-Financial education is key to breaking the cycle of poverty

https://womensmoneymatters.org/

Meet Maggie Song, a leadership coach. Upon entering the workforce post college, Maggie found herself quickly climbing the corporate ladder. After just five years she was in a management position, but knew very little about being an effective leader. She has since taken what she has learned about her unique leadership style and created a program for new leaders to bridge that gap from me to we.

Key Takeaways:

-Never stop working on yourself

-Start inward to help others outward

-Assessment tools can give you data points to pay attention to

-We’re all onions; we all have layers

-When you laugh together, you bond together; relationships with your team are key

-Set clear boundaries

https://www.themaggiesongcompany.com/

https://www.instagram.com/maggiesongco/

Meet Brenda Cadman, a Canva Verified Expert. She has spent much of her professional life working with small businesses in a variety of areas. Having used and learned the ins and outs of Canva since 2014, she now teaches coaches, course creators and service providers how to use the program more effectively and efficiently for their business, saving time, energy, and frustration.

Key Takeaways:

-Using templates made by designers and just tweaking to fit your brand guide helps ensure a professional end product

-Don’t overcomplicate your marketing: focus on the foundational components

-Focus on marketing avenues where you have direct control

-Recognize the importance of having a visual brand identity

-Create an organizational structure and system within Canva

https://brendacadman.com/

Meet Sarah Rivera, owner of the group practice La Luz Counseling in San Antonio, Texas. After working in the nonprofit and agency worlds for nearly a decade, Sarah made the jump to solo private practice in 2017 where she began to learn the business side of counseling, and in 2020 expanded into a group practice. Sarah now takes what she has learned along the way and hosts mastermind groups that focus on the business component of mental health practices.

Key Takeaways:

-Trust the process of building a business

-If you’re expanding to a group practice, hire an administrative assistant first

-Let your business work for you, not the other way around

Linkedin

https://laluzcounseling.com/

https://www.instagram.com/laluzcounsel/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-rivera-lpcs/