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Episode 81: Nick DeCourcey has followed his aspirations
Meet Nick DeCourcey, an LICSW who recently started his private practice, Aspirations Counseling, and is transitioning full-time! His career climb has been fueled by a desire to work within his values. After getting his MSW, he began working in outpatient community mental health but felt that there was a misalignment in his views of helping clients compared to the agency which led him to consider private practice.
His private practice journey started with a lot of self-directed learning but then when he found Julia’s webinar on starting a private practice through the National Association of Social Workers, he felt more prepared to take action. After obtaining his LICSW, he scheduled a consult with Julia and decided to purchase a package to help guide him in building his business. He attributes a lot of his current success and profitability to Julia’s help as a consultant and recommends that everyone considering going into private practice get one!
Most impressively, he went from starting his private practice to leaving his agency job in less than a year! With such rapid growth in his private practice, it no longer made sense to continue seeing clients in the community mental health agency he had been working with. In a little over a year, he went from considering private practice, to establishing the business, to building a full time caseload. Find out how he did it, how a consultant can help, and how to tell if private practice may be right for you in this week’s episode.
Key highlights:
Nick's transition to private practice was fueled by his desire “to help, not just be helpful”.
Nick also said that “my private practice, getting it going and making it profitable, was easier than my final paper for my master’s”!
To help him decide if it was the right move for him, Nick put a dollar value on his peace of mind.
A consultant can not only give you resources and ideas on how to get going and keep going, but they can also help you avoid really expensive mistakes down the road.
Nick shared that the 30 minute free consult Julia offered helped him determine they were the right fit.
Nick has also worked hard to make himself “findable” like investing in his website, having a Psychology Today page, and even leaving his business cards (with chocolate chip cookies!) at local doctor’s offices.
Julia's Links:
Compassionate Consulting Company
Free Consult
Nick’s Links:
Website
Psychology Today
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Meet Nick DeCourcey, an LICSW who recently started his private practice, Aspirations Counseling, and is transitioning full-time! His career climb has been fueled by a desire to work within his values. After getting his MSW, he began working in outpatient community mental health but felt that there was a misalignment in his views of helping clients compared to the agency which led him to consider private practice.
His private practice journey started with a lot of self-directed learning but then when he found Julia’s webinar on starting a private practice through the National Association of Social Workers, he felt more prepared to take action. After obtaining his LICSW, he scheduled a consult with Julia and decided to purchase a package to help guide him in building his business. He attributes a lot of his current success and profitability to Julia’s help as a consultant and recommends that everyone considering going into private practice get one!
Most impressively, he went from starting his private practice to leaving his agency job in less than a year! With such rapid growth in his private practice, it no longer made sense to continue seeing clients in the community mental health agency he had been working with. In a little over a year, he went from considering private practice, to establishing the business, to building a full time caseload. Find out how he did it, how a consultant can help, and how to tell if private practice may be right for you in this week’s episode.
Key highlights:
Nick's transition to private practice was fueled by his desire “to help, not just be helpful”.
Nick also said that “my private practice, getting it going and making it profitable, was easier than my final paper for my master’s”!
To help him decide if it was the right move for him, Nick put a dollar value on his peace of mind.
A consultant can not only give you resources and ideas on how to get going and keep going, but they can also help you avoid really expensive mistakes down the road.
Nick shared that the 30 minute free consult Julia offered helped him determine they were the right fit.
Nick has also worked hard to make himself “findable” like investing in his website, having a Psychology Today page, and even leaving his business cards (with chocolate chip cookies!) at local doctor’s offices.
Julia's Links:
Compassionate Consulting Company
Free Consult
Nick’s Links:
Website
Psychology Today