Do you have to move your Canadian private practice? Are you nervous about losing clients? Though daunting, moving your Canadian private practice to a new city or province can potentially provide you with the opportunity for business growth, financial gain, and personal development!

If you are moving or have been thinking about relocating, in this podcast episode, I speak with Kelley Stevens about her experience of moving (three times!) and all her knowledge, tips, and advice to aspiring Canadian therapists who are seeking to try something new for themselves and their practice.

MEET KELLEY STEVENS

Kelley Stevens is a licensed marriage and family therapist and a private practice consultant for therapists. Kelley teaches online courses and hosts workshops for therapists looking to build successful and sustainable cash-pay private practices.

Learn more about Kelley on her website.

In this episode:

• Do you want to move to a new province or state?
• Sublet a physical business address in your new city
• Letting go of your previous referral list
• Which marketing efforts to focus on first after moving
• Kelley's advice for relocating therapists

Do you want to move to a new province?

If you are considering a big move and heading across the country, the first point of call would be to check your current licensing and whether or not it is correct for the new province that you will be working in.

Sublet a business address in your new city

While you are planning your arrival in the new city or province, make it a priority to set up a physical address for your business.

This is great to boost your search engine optimization (SEO) in your new city because it makes it much easier for people who are searching in your area to now find you.

The easiest way to do this would be to contact a therapist in the city you are moving to and see if you can sublet their address, or even an office in their building for an afternoon or two a week, as your business physical address.

Letting go of your previous referral list

For any Canadian therapist who moves to a new location, having to let go of an old referral source is a professional heartbreak. However, you can leverage your existing network to help you land new connections in your new city before you have even settled in.

As long as it is legal and you're licensed correctly, you can provide telehealth in your new Canadian private practice so that you can stay connected with your previous clients!

Which marketing efforts to focus on first after moving

To prepare to move and for once you arrive, Kelley recommends:

• Spend a couple of months in advance by tagging your online posts for both the city that you are currently in and the city that you are aspiring to move to.
• Get in touch with therapists, doctors, and other mental health practitioners who work in your current city and see if they have contact with your ideal client in your new city.
• Set up your website and social media platforms to focus on the new city so that foundational SEO is being built.

Kelley's advice for relocating therapists

Connect with other therapists to support one another in your personal business growth and development.

Consider joining a Facebook community of therapists that is centered around your current city and the new city that you are thinking about moving to. Go to the in-person networking events in the city that you live in.

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Resources mentioned and useful links:

Ep 24: Hire a Canadian Virtual Assistant: How and Why You Should Do it Today

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Sign up for my free e-course on How to Start an Online Canadian Private Practice

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Connect with other telehealth therapists through the Telehealth Therapist Network and Frame