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Have you ever wondered how you could use grants to fund your private practice?
In this episode of Private Practice Success Stories, I sat down with Anne Marie Flood, a Grow Your Private Practice student to discuss how she did it and now has a thriving private practice.
Some cool things that we discussed in the episode include how as a homeschool parent herself, she's been able to attract home schoolers as clients and how hiring a virtual assistant has been a game changer for her practice.
If you've been thinking about starting and growing a private practice and want to hear how Anne Marie did it, this is a must listen episode!
After 5 years as a Spanish teacher, including earning a master's in Secondary Education, Anne Marie found her passion in the form of Speech Language Pathology. She returned to pursue a master's degree at the University of Maryland following the birth of her oldest children.
Between virtual, school-based, and private practice experience, Anne Marie has worked with children with speech and language impairments, and their families, all across the US.
Anne Marie founded Play & Thrive Speech Therapy in January 2022 in the hopes of offering families more flexibility and collaboration. She believes in partnering with families to help early learners improve their speech and language skills through play.
She currently lives in Arnold MD with her husband. When not in the clinic, she can be found homeschooling her two older kids or running with the youngest in the stroller.
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I hope you enjoyed this conversation with Anne Marie as much as I did! I love how she had a goal and she went for it. Like with the grant, for example, she looked into resources available to business owners in her community, and she applied and she got it. You know what they say, you can't win if you don't play!
If you would like to know more about The Grow Your Private Practice Program and how we support growth focused private practitioners like Anne Marie, please visit GrowYourPrivatePractice.com.
Whether you want to start a private practice or grow your existing private practice, I can help you get the freedom, flexibility, fulfillment, and financial abundance that you deserve. Visit my website www.independentclinician.com to learn more.
Resources Mentioned:
Visit Anne Marie’s website: https://www.playandthrivespeech.com/
Follow Anne Marie on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/playandthrivespeech
Follow Anne Marie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/playandthrivespeech/
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Have you been curious about starting your private practice on the side and then eventually going full-time with it? This episode of Private Practice Success Stories is for you!
I sat down with my Start Your Private Practice student Kimberly Kean who did just that. In this episode, she talks about what her private practice looks like now, as well as her plans to grow her private practice by offering more services and hiring clinicians.
She has a secondary dream of owning a commercial property, not just for her clinic, but as another income stream!
Triad Speech Therapy opened its doors in March 2022 after Kimberly worked in various settings (SNF, LTC, and the school systems in Virginia and Kentucky). While working for a friend and mentor in her private practice in Virginia for several years, Kimberly was enlightened to see that you can make money as an SLP and enjoy some work-life balance as a mother.
She enrolled in the Start Your Private Practice course in the winter of 2021, and the rest is history!
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I hope you loved this conversation with Kimberly as much as I did! She wanted more control of her finances and life and she made it happen!
If you would like to learn about how we work with SLPs and OTs to get set up, started, and seeing clients, please go to StartYourPrivatePractice.com and let’s see if we’re a fit to work together.
Whether you want to start a private practice or grow your existing private practice, I can help you get the freedom, flexibility, fulfillment, and financial abundance that you deserve. Visit my website www.independentclinician.com to learn more.
Resources Mentioned:
Visit Kimberly’s website: https://triadspeechtherapy.com/
Follow her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/triadspeech/
Where We Can Connect:
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Dreaming of starting your own private practice in the big city?
In this episode of Private Practice Success Stories, I sat down with Genna Ricotta who started her practice in New York City. In addition to talking a lot about referrals and where she's getting her clients from, Genna shares a lot about family and what having a private practice has meant for her family, as well as the importance of building strong relationships with clients and treating them like family.
Genna Ricotta is the founder of Small Steps Speech and Feeding Therapy, LLC. She’s been a pediatric SLP for over 20 years. She has always loved interacting with children and teaching them in a way that they don’t feel like it’s work. She never sees limitations, only the possibilities.
Genna has worked in a variety of settings throughout her career, including working for a private practice in NYC, but after a few months realized that she could not deliver services the way she thought they should be delivered so she went out on her own initially doing independent contractor work and then slowly building her caseload of private clients.
That was 15 years ago and now she has hired her first full-time employee and provides services in schools and her office as well as doing screenings for schools, parent talks, and parent training.
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I hope you enjoyed this conversation with Genna! She is a perfect example of someone who started her private practice to have more flexibility for her family, and now she's allowing other families to have flexible therapy options. A win-win for all!
Are you a private practitioner who is overwhelmed by business growth? We would love to work with you - just like we helped Genna to create a successful and sustainable private practice.
To learn more, please visit www.GrowYourPrivatePractice.com or DM me the word GROW on Instagram!
Whether you want to start a private practice or grow your existing private practice, I can help you get the freedom, flexibility, fulfillment, and financial abundance that you deserve. Visit my website www.independentclinician.com to learn more.
Resources Mentioned:
Visit Genna’s website: https://smallstepsspeechtherapy.com/
Follow Genna on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/smallstepsspeech
Follow Genna on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smallstepsspeech/
Where We Can Connect:
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Ever wish that you could hear directly from people who have gone through the Grow Your Private Practice program, their words, their experience, and their outcomes in the program?
Today's episode of Private Practice Success Stories is going to introduce you to two amazing Grow Your Private Practice members, Lisa Geary and Bridget Cibulskis.
While aspects of how they got started vary quite a bit, there are some big commonalities which include the rewards of being your own boss, what they've done with their more flexible schedule, how hiring has gone for them, what systems they now have in place, and the importance of being part of a supportive community with other growth-focused private practitioners.
There are simple steps to starting your private practice, but growing your private practice can be a lot harder without support.
Neither Lisa nor Bridget decided to wing it when it came to growing their private practices. They knew that investing in a tried and true plan would save them a ton of time and money and help them make exponentially more money and have more free time, which is exactly what we've helped them achieve inside the program.
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Want help to GROW your practice in a steady and sustainable way - just like we've helped today's guests, Lisa and Bridget?
Let's talk about whether the Grow Your Private Practice Program is right for you. To learn more, visit GrowYourPrivatePractice.com or DM me the word GROW on Instagram.
Whether you want to start a private practice or grow your existing private practice, I can help you get the freedom, flexibility, fulfillment, and financial abundance that you deserve. Visit my website www.independentclinician.com to learn more.
Resources Mentioned:
Join the Grow Your Private Practice Program: GrowYourPrivatePractice.com
Where We Can Connect:
Follow the Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/private-practice-success-stories/id1374716199
Follow Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/independentclinician/
Connect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/slp.private.practice.beginners/
Are you ready to finally take the steps to follow your passion?
In this episode of Private Practice Success Stories, I sat down with one of my Start and Grow Your Private Practice students, Kayla Thurston, to talk about how she followed her passion and now has a thriving private practice, Communicate With Me, Speech Therapy. She put in the time and effort to grow her practice and now she has the freedom to pursue her next goal, getting her clinical doctorate.
Kayla is a very cool person, and whether you're thinking about getting a clinical doctorate or not, I know that you're going to love this episode because she talks about following her passion and making sure that she had a solid foundation on which to grow.
Communicate With Me, Speech Therapy LLC (CWM) is a private speech-language pathology practice that provides personalized therapy to children, adolescents, and adults in Wallingford, CT.
CWM values enhancing communication in all forms because we believe communication to be far more than just words.
They specialize in providing comprehensive evaluations and treatment sessions that are designed for each unique individual. They incorporate the strengths and preferences of those we provide services with along with evidence-based practice to help the individual reach their highest potential.
At CWM, they believe strongly in the importance of incorporating family/caregivers into the therapeutic process to support carryover across environments. They offer speech, language, literacy, and myofunctional/feeding therapy!
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I hope you enjoyed this episode with Kayla! I love how she's so passionate about what she loves, and she's constantly investing time, money, and energy to get to the next level as easily as possible. Kayla is focused on growing her income and her impact, and now is experiencing so much well-earned success.
We helped Kayla in both the Start and Grow Your Private Practice Programs and we would love to help you too! Click here to explore our Programs: www.IndependentClinician.com.
Whether you want to start a private practice or grow your existing private practice, I can help you get the freedom, flexibility, fulfillment, and financial abundance that you deserve. Visit my website www.independentclinician.com to learn more.
Resources Mentioned:
Visit the Communicate With Me website: https://www.cwmslp.com/
Follow Communicate With Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/communicatewithmespeechtherapy/
Follow Communicate With Me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100085603118504
Where We Can Connect:
Follow the Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/private-practice-success-stories/id1374716199
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Connect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/slp.private.practice.beginners/
Are you tired of working in settings that don’t serve you and your clients the way you need?
In this episode of Private Practice Success Stories, I sat down with Kelsey Brown, a Start and Grow Your Private Practice student, to talk about her journey as an SLP and why she decided to do things differently and start her own private practice.
Kelsey shares how she started to lay the groundwork for leaving her job, exactly how she's making more money and working less, and how she's built stability into her income by filling a school contract and doing sessions while she builds her private pay caseload.
Kelsey is a great example of a young and talented SLP who refused to get caught up in working in settings that didn't serve her or her clients and is instead creating her own systems and life through her private practice.
Kelsey Brown (she/her) is a DC-based speech-language pathologist by day and children's book author ("Come On, Calm," 2019) by night, weekend, and summer. She has undergraduate degrees in Communication Sciences and Disorders and Theatre from The University of Georgia and a Master of Science in Communication Disorders from Emerson College.
Kelsey’s love for speech therapy started when she was 14 years old and she’s been interested in working with individuals with complex communication needs since her first introduction to assistive technology her freshman year at UGA (she later completed a certificate program in Instructional Design and Technology).
Kelsey’s experience includes working with and learning from the folks at St. Coletta of Greater Washington, Boston Children's Hospital, the Access Champions podcast, Imagination Stage, Soaring Starts Early Learning & Arts, and Camp Twin Lakes. Her theatre and teaching artist background help to inspire fun and motivating client-centered sessions in a naturalistic environment: your home or community space.
While she was leading school-based teletherapy sessions during the first year of the pandemic, Kelsey enjoyed the close relationship she built with her students’ families. In both in-person and virtual speech, language, and literacy sessions, Kelsey builds caregiver coaching into every session.
Kelsey Brown specializes in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), emergent literacy, early intervention, and gestalt language processing.
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I hope you enjoyed this conversation with Kelsey! I love how committed she is to gaining knowledge and experience and then implementing it to change the lives of those around her while changing her own life. She may have started slowly, but laying that groundwork allowed her to quit her job when the time was right and she hasn't looked back.
The private practice movement is gaining momentum and it's time for you to be a part of it. Want help to start your own private practice - just like Kelsey? We can help! Visit www.StartYourPrivatePractice.com to learn more.
Whether you want to start a private practice or grow your existing private practice, I can help you get the freedom, flexibility, fulfillment, and financial abundance that you deserve. Visit my website www.independentclinician.com to learn more.
Resources Mentioned:
Visit Kelsey’s website: https://www.kelseybrownslp.com/
Follow Kelsey on Instagram: instagram.com/kelseybrownslp
Follow Kelsey on Facebook: facebook.com/kelseybrownslp
Follow Kelsey on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kelseybrownslp
Where We Can Connect:
Follow the Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/private-practice-success-stories/id1374716199
Follow Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/independentclinician/
Connect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/slp.private.practice.beginners/
Wondering if you are too early in your career to start a private practice?
You aren’t! In this episode of Private Practice Success Stories, I sat down with one of my students, Luisa Rinaudo, to talk about how she suffered from early career burnout and made the leap to private practice. Now Luisa is working less, making more, and seeing the clients she is truly passionate about on her own terms.
Luisa Rinaudo is the owner of The Therapy Garden, LLC. Her passion for educating and instructing individuals, especially those in the neuro-divergent community has always been a driving force in her personal and professional life. She is the lucky older sister to two siblings, one of which was born with Down syndrome-a superpower as she likes to say! Her brother has given her countless opportunities to find her potential and when she was ready to decide on a career, this is where she landed.
She pursued her Bachelor's degree in early elementary education and special education at Seton Hall University from 2015-2019. After completing her undergraduate studies, she went on to obtain her Master's degree in speech-language pathology from 2019-2021, also from Seton Hall University. Since then, she has been working as a speech-language pathologist in Monmouth County, NJ, serving both pediatric and the adult populations.
She has always wanted to have her own practice and was one of those people who thought it should happen once she was more experienced in her field, but with some words of encouragement she told herself "What better time to do it than now?!"
While she loves and continues to work with the pediatric population, she has seen the lack of programming out there for adults in this community and she wants to be a part of that change. She wants to give her brother and individuals of all abilities a place where they feel welcome, heard, and accepted. Right now, she has a very small office, but until she is able to provide a bigger space she hopes that she can be a person of comfort and connection with her clients.
In Today's Episode, We Discuss:
I hope you enjoyed this episode with Luisa! She is a perfect example of someone who knew that she was heading toward burnout and decided to make a change so that she could live the life that she wanted while staying in the career that she loves.
Want to learn how to start a private practice - just like Luisa? We can help! Please visit www.StartYourPrivatePractice.com to watch our free training OR join the Program!
Whether you want to start a private practice or grow your existing private practice, I can help you get the freedom, flexibility, fulfillment, and financial abundance that you deserve. Visit my website www.independentclinician.com to learn more.
Resources Mentioned:
Visit Luisa’s website: https://www.thetherapygardennj.com/
Follow Luisa on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thetherapygardennj?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA==
Follow Luisa on TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@thetherapygardennj
Where We Can Connect:
Follow the Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/private-practice-success-stories/id1374716199
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Connect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/slp.private.practice.beginners/
Thinking about how starting a private practice could give you more flexibility and time with your family?
In this episode of Private Practice Success Stories, I sat down with one of my students, Olivia Rae Jones, to talk about how she started her private practice on her homestead so that she could have more work-life balance.
Olivia shares about her recent resignation from her job, where she gets her clients, the home office that she's building is part of their recent renovation, and how she eventually wants to create a multidisciplinary clinic with multiple clinicians to serve her community locally.
Olivia Jones is a speech-language pathologist in rural south central Wisconsin. She earned her Masters degree in Speech Language Pathology from Midwestern University - Downers Grove.
Private practice was the dream from the very beginning. Olivia developed her experience in SNFs, acute care, adult and pediatric outpatient, inpatient rehab, and finally, schools before making the leap into her own practice just 6 years into her career.
Olivia is focused on growing Marigold Speech Pathology Services to a full-time career with the support of her family on her multigenerational homestead.
In Today's Episode, We Discuss:
I hope you enjoyed this conversation with Olivia! There are so many communities across the US where people simply don't have access to therapy services. Even in big cities where there actually are private practices, many of them have waitlists, which means there aren't enough providers.
Olivia was able to scale from 0 to 20 clients and will have many more than that with the help of both the Start and Grow Your Private Practice programs!
Want to learn how to start a private practice - just like Olivia? Visit www.StartYourPrivatePractice.com to learn how we can help you!
Whether you want to start a private practice or grow your existing private practice, I can help you get the freedom, flexibility, fulfillment, and financial abundance that you deserve. Visit my website www.independentclinician.com to learn more.
Resources Mentioned:
Visit Olivia’s website: https://www.marigoldspeech.com/
Follow Olivia on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarigoldSpeech/
Follow Marigold Speech on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marigold_speech/
Follow Olivia on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mrsoliviajones/
Where We Can Connect:
Follow the Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/private-practice-success-stories/id1374716199
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Connect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/slp.private.practice.beginners/
Want to start an out-of-the-box private practice?
In this episode of Private Practice Success Stories, I sat down with Kristin Park who came up with an amazing idea to offer mobile speech therapy services and call her private practice The Magic Speech Bus, which is a customized converted bus that serves as a mobile speech therapy room.
In this episode, we discuss the start-up costs and legal and practical logistics of having a magic speech bus, as well as how Christine provides speech and language therapy services not just in the bus, but also in nature-based settings such as parks and playgrounds.
Kristin Park is an experienced Speech-Language Pathologist dedicated to helping kids overcome communication challenges. As the founder of Magic Speech Bus, Kristin brings a unique approach to therapy by incorporating the power of nature and outdoor settings.
With her innovative mobile therapy room, she creates a dynamic and immersive experience for clients, allowing them to connect with nature while working on their speech and language skills.
Kristin's creative and compassionate methods have transformed the lives of countless individuals, making her a trusted professional in the field.
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I hope you enjoyed this episode with Kristin! I love how she came up with such a cool and innovative idea and went for it. Private practice doesn't have to be boring and traditional. Private practice is what you make it!
If you want to learn more from Kristin, check out her website, follow her on Instagram, and learn more about one-on-one consulting on this business model here.
Want to start your own outside-of-the-box private practice? Start with our Free Private Practice Training: www.StartYourPrivatePractice.com/Webinar.
Whether you want to start a private practice or grow your existing private practice, I can help you get the freedom, flexibility, fulfillment, and financial abundance that you deserve. Visit my website www.independentclinician.com to learn more.
Resources Mentioned:
Visit Kristin’s website: https://www.magicspeechbus.com/
Follow Kristin on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/magicspeechbus/
Get One-on-one consulting for SLPs interested in learning more about the bus-based model: www.magicspeechbus.com/book-online
Where We Can Connect:
Follow the Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/private-practice-success-stories/id1374716199
Follow Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/independentclinician/
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Interested in learning about other ways to be in private practice?
In this episode of Private Practice Success Stories, I sat down with Stephanie Clairmont, a retired registered dietitian who now teaches health practitioners how to add online programs to their practice.
We discuss how she got started in private practice and why she left, how she builds in work-life balance to reduce burnout and spend more time with her kids and on self-care. We also dive into why it's important to invest in your business education along with your clinical education and so much more.
Stephanie Clairmont is the founder and lead facilitator at The Leveraged Practice. Stephanie has supported hundreds of colleagues with her webinars and online programs to build their own practice and launch online programs. She has worked intimately with a handful of professionals to help them launch online programs with great success making multiple 5-figures in their launches and reaching hundreds of clients.
In Today's Episode, We Discuss:
I hope you enjoyed this conversation with Stephanie! She is a perfect example of someone who offered something different through her private practice and is teaching other healthcare professionals how to offer different things, too. If you want to learn more from her, check out her podcast and follow her on Instagram.
Private practice doesn't have to be a cookie-cutter thing. You can add streams of income like contracts, coaching courses, classes, and more.
Adding income streams to existing private practices is something that I help folks do inside of the Grow Your Private Practice program. To learn more, visit Growyourprivatepractice.com.
Whether you want to start a private practice or grow your existing private practice, I can help you get the freedom, flexibility, fulfillment, and financial abundance that you deserve. Visit my website www.independentclinician.com to learn more.
Resources Mentioned:
Visit Stephanie’s website: https://theleveragedpractice.com/
Follow Stephanie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theleveragedpractice/
Listen to Stephanie’s podcast: https://theleveragedpractice.com/podcasts/
Where We Can Connect:
Follow the Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/private-practice-success-stories/id1374716199
Follow Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/independentclinician/
Connect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/slp.private.practice.beginners/
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