Having those financial conversations with your clients can be difficult if you aren’t sure where to start! It’s important to have an open conversation with your clients, rather than shift your values, in order to offer them the best care possible. Your services can be effective, affordable, AND profitable – we’re here to teach you how!

Miranda Palmer and Kelly Higdon are the founds of ZynnyMe, a company that is dedicated to teaching therapists to build valuable businesses while living a healthy, happy, and sustainable life. Their team is passionate about the mental health field, and enjoy serving the private practice community to help increase incomes and improve outcomes.

Episode Highlights:

• How are money and clinical outcomes tied together?
  • Money is a part of the therapeutic relationship! It can be an opportunity to deepen trust and to model how to have financial conversations moving forward.
  • Money is a resource and how you personally interact with it can be the bigger issue - your money story can greatly affect your decisions to set your fee or offer discounted rates. It is important for you to place a value on the resource you are offering.
• What are some ways to respond to the question, "Is this the best fee you can offer?"
  • Respond with a question to get a bigger picture of the client's situation and gauge what the client is able to handle - "This is my fee, but tell me more about what you are able to do knowing we will be meeting once a week."
  • The frequency you meet with a client can greatly affect the clinical outcome, so it's important to factor that into the finances of your business.

Links & Resources:
GreenOak Accounting
Therapy For Your Money Podcast
ZynnyMe - Private Practice Experts