From Intern To Entrepreneur: A Podcast for Counseling Grad Students Who Want to Plan Their Journey to Private Practice

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From Intern to Entrepreneur is the podcast for counseling graduate students (and other grad students in mental health fields) to start planning their journey to private practice while they're still in graduate school!  Host, Cori White, started planning her journey while she was still in her graduate program and it paid off BIG to start planning EARLY.

In this episode of From Intern to Entrepreneur, Cori interviews Megan Gunnell Smith - a therapist, retreat leader, and head of a 18,000 therapist facebook community!   Oh, and she wrote a book!  Say what?! She is an INSPIRATION for grad students to hear about all the possibilities you have using your master's degree. 

More about Megan:

Founder & Director of the Thriving Well Institute, psychotherapist, speaker, bestselling author of “Thriving as a Therapist” and international retreat leader with 24 years experience. She’s also a  coach to therapists who want to learn how to build and scale their  business and admin of the Thriving Therapists FB group with 18,000  members across the globe. Megan was selected as one of only 33 FB  community admins in all of North America for the Meta Community  Accelerator Award for 2022-2023. She has presented and facilitated  workshops and retreats globally and nationwide. She manages a private  practice, a group practice, her coaching and consulting business and  loves to help others learn how to thrive at work and at home!  A  recovering perfectionist and recklessly brave, she's not afraid of most  challenges.

Connect with her through her websites:

https://www.thrivingwellinstitute.com

Her facebook group

Want to connect with Cori?  Visit her website and reach out!  www.frominterntoentrepreneur.com

From Intern to Entrepreneur is the podcast for counseling graduate students (and other grad students in mental health fields) to start planning their journey to private practice while they're still in graduate school!  Host, Cori White, started planning her journey while she was still in her graduate program and it paid off BIG to start planning EARLY.

In this episode of From Intern to Entrepreneur, Cori interviews Benny Perales who talks about his past history with addiction and how it brought him into the mental health field.  He also talks about starting a private practice and how he's at the very beginning of his PP journey!

About Benny:

Benny A. Perales is a Licensed Clinical Social worker in San Antonio, Texas. This is his second career after retiring from being a nationally certified sign language interpreter for 13 years. He received his social work master’s degree from Texas State University in 2015. Benny worked in corrections with inmates needing mental health services and recently stepped down from a Director of Social Services position at a psychiatric hospital to open his own private practice called Behind the Therapist Door. Benny’s ideal clients are those who have been diagnosed with cancer, a terminal illness, and are experiencing grief due to the loss of a loved one to include beloved pets. Fun facts about Benny is that he became a social worker due to the direct impact a social worker had on him allowing him the privilege to live the life he has today.

Want to connect with Cori?  Visit her website and reach out!  www.frominterntoentrepreneur.com

Sindee Gozansky, LCPC, is a therapist with over 18 years of experience in the mental health field. She holds a master's degree in clinical mental health and rehabilitation counseling, and her dedication to helping others has been the driving force behind her successful career.

From her early days in community mental health to establishing a thriving private practice in 2011, Sindee's journey has led her to become the proud owner of a group practice based in Maine. Through her practice, A Simple Therapy, LLC, she has been able to fulfill her passion for therapy and provide accessible mental health treatment to individuals across the state.

In addition to her clinical work, Sindee is deeply committed to mentoring the next generation of therapists. Over the past 5 years, she has served as an internship training site, offering guidance and support to master's level students embarking on their own counseling journeys.

Her most recent endeavor, The Heart-Centered Therapist Podcast, reflects her unwavering dedication to cultivating connection, enhancing therapist identity, and promoting mastery among fellow professionals. Through this platform, Sindee strives to share valuable insights and empower therapists in their journey to make a positive impact on the lives of others.

Connect with Sindee:

Podcast: The Heart-Centered Therapist Podcast:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-heart-centered-therapist-with-sindee-

gozansky-lcpc/id1660648538

FB Group: The Heart-Centered Therapist Community: Supporting Therapist Life and Work:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/478651669638167

Mental Health Threads Boutique: https://mentalhealththreads.com/

From Intern to Entrepreneur is the podcast for counseling graduate students (and other grad students in mental health fields) to start planning their journey to private practice while they're still in graduate school!  Host, Cori White, started planning her journey while she was still in her graduate program and it paid off BIG to start planning EARLY.

In this episode of From Intern to Entrepreneur, Cori interviews Diana Liao. They talk about therapy as a second career (being a "career changer), being flexible and smart as an entrepreneur, taking action, and being a travel therapist!

About Diana:

Diana Liao is a licensed psychotherapist, coach, and corporate speaker from NYC. She helps adults in New York and beyond navigate  challenges related to life transitions, identity, self-worth,  relationships, and career. She's particularly passionate about working  with diverse populations, including the Asian, Pacific Islander, and  South Asian (APISA) communities, and works with them on issues of  belonging, marginalization, and other complexities that arise from  living in the US as a minority. She is also a co-founder of Bridges Mental Health (@bridgesmentalhealth), a mental health directory and therapist community for Asian, Pacific Islander, and South Asian Americans. Along with the Bridges team, Diana co-hosts "Beyond the Couch," a weekly podcast exploring Asian American mental health and identity.

Prior to practicing therapy, Diana worked in advertising, marketing, and photography. Diana has found that her own winding path has given her a unique perspective  and ability to connect with different people and their struggles.

Diana has been working remotely since 2022 and slow-mading her way through  Mexico, France, Southern Italy, Taipei, Cape Town, Croatia, and now  Montenegro. Next up on the list: Valencia, Spain!

To connect with Diana, follow her on instagram at @therapywithdiana!

From Intern to Entrepreneur is the podcast for counseling graduate students (and other grad students in mental health fields) to start planning their journey to private practice while they're still in graduate school!  Host, Cori White, started planning her journey while she was still in her graduate program and it paid off BIG to start planning EARLY. 

In this episode of From Intern to Entrepreneur, Cori interviews Amanda Hunter.   Amanda talks about her journey to becoming a therapist, and her decision to open her own private practice and specialize in Perinatal Mental Health. 

Amanda owns a practice in Pennsylvania called Everlasting Wellness, a practice that specializes in Perinatal Mental Health.  Her practice has multiple locations and she has over 35 therapist working with her!

To learn more about Amanda, visit her website:

https://everlastingwellnesscounseling.com/