Claudia Hamilton Davisson is a private practitioner based out of Michigan and a mentor for my Start Your Private Practice program. Claudia has been a SLP for over three decades and has worked in so many different areas of the business. In this episode, Claudia shares how she started her business as a private practitioner on the side of her job. She talks about the reasons she was drawn to private practice and the areas where she sees other private practitioners get stuck in their business. We also talk about where she sees most of her referrals come from and her advice for someone who is unsure if opening their own private practice is the right move for them. 

What we discuss: 

• What her career has been like as a SLP
• What made Claudia entertain the idea of starting a private practice
• Issues she’s seen other SLPs in the program have within their business
• Her advice for someone who isn’t sure if they can get into private practice

Links:

All Things Speech Therapy, LLC

Mentoring Mommy

Google My Business

Start Your Private Practice Waitlist

Start Your Private Practice

Grow Your Private Practice

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One of the biggest reasons I hear from SLPs about what’s holding them back from starting private practice: the fear of getting sued. In this episode, I am talking all about getting your practice set up the right way from the beginning and why you need to get your ducks in a row to minimize the risks of starting your private practice!

P.S. One easy way to decrease the risks associated with private practice is to make sure your clients sign the proper legal forms. Click here to grab The Clinic Forms and save!

What we discuss: 

• How to protect yourself and minimize your legal, personal and financial risks
• Easy ways to minimize your risks 
• What essential protections you need (and about how much they cost)
• Documents you must have clients sign
• The biggest risk associated with starting a private practice

Links:

Start Your Private Practice

Grow Your Private Practice

Private Practice Forms

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Jessica Sekhorn is a private practitioner based out of the Houston, TX area. She started out as a SLPA in college and knew this was the career path she wanted to take. In this episode, she shares her journey of becoming a SLP and how she decided to start her practice, Thrive Speech Therapy. She even discusses how she uses SLPAs to help build her private practice. She talks about how she’s been able to set her private practice apart from others and how she’s gotten an influx of referral sources from getting contracts with insurance companies and creating an opt-in on her website. 

What we discuss: 

• How her career was before starting her private practice
• The transitions she’s made since getting insurance contracts
• What she plans to delegate (and the surprising thing she doesn’t want to delegate)
• Her long-term goals for growing her private practice
• How she uses an opt-in to get more referrals and build a connection

Links:

Thrive Speech Therapy

The Independent Clinician Guide to Private Patients: Start Your Own Speech, Occupational or Physical Therapy Private Practice

Facebook

Instagram

[email protected]

SLP Private Practice Beginners

Webinar

Start Your Private Practice Waitlist

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Every now and then I tend to go back to old business books I’ve read to get a fresh perspective on them. In this episode, I am talking about a business lesson that I pulled from a book that I’ve read and how it correlates to how a lot of speech language pathologists feel about their 9 to 5 jobs. I talk about what this means for these practitioners who may be considering private practice and how I can help you bridge the gap and step into the vision you have for your private practice.

What we discuss: 

• What I realized in rereading The E-Myth
• The parallel of that lesson and how a lot of SLPs feel at their jobs
• How great clinicians aren’t always great business people

Links:

The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It

Start Your Private Practice

Instagram

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Thank you for listening to the Private Practice Success Stories Podcast

I interview speech-language pathologists in private practice to share their lessons and journeys. Speech therapy graduate programs don't teach about private practice. I invite you to listen and learn!

Links Mentioned:

Free Training: www.StartYourPrivatePractice.com/webinar

Advanced Programs: www.GrowYourPrivatePractice.com

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Tia Javier is a private practitioner and one of only 91 Spanish speaking speech-language pathologists in the state of Virginia. She is actually someone who I first came across when she joined the Start Your Private Practice program. Tia saw a huge need in the market for a bilingual private practice. In this episode, she shares how her student loans motivated her to make this decision, what a typical day in her practice looks like and her plans for the future. I really like Tia’s attitude and how she doesn’t look at obstacles as a set-back but instead figures out a way to overcome them. 

What we discuss: 

• How Tia got into private practice
• What she did to put her plan of starting a private practice into motion
• What her day to day life looks like within her practice
• Her advice for SLPs who want to open a private practice

Links:

Speech Language Connection

Start Your Private Practice Waitlist

Start Your Private Practice

Grow Your Private Practice

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You’ve probably heard that as a private practice owner, you need a niche. I know a lot of practitioners worry about this. In this episode, I am sharing my thoughts on this idea that you need a niche for your private practice. You’ll hear why this isn’t the best logic for private practitioners to have as they’re getting their business started. I also talk about what you need to get more word-of-mouth marketing and why you need to learn to operate from an abundance mindset. 

What we discuss: 

• My feelings about having a niche as a private practitioner
• Why a niche may come further along in building your practice
• Two things that have to happen for you to get word-of-mouth marketing
• My tips on learning to operate from an abundance mindset 

Links:

Start Your Private Practice

Grow Your Private Practice

Instagram

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Nicki McRory is a private practitioner in the Santa Clarita, CA area who is on fire. In just 7 years of owning her private practice, she has hired over 320 employees and opened two brick and mortar locations. In our conversation, we discuss her early days as a SLP starting in the school setting and what brought her to the decision to start her practice. She shares what types of clients she serves, her experience of stepping into the role as a leader and how she’s navigated running her practice during the pandemic. 

What we discuss: 

• What the start of her career as an SLP was like 
• Her desire to create something unique and how this inspired her to start her own practice 
• How she realized she needed to give up control and hire help
• How she made the decision to open up a second location

Links:

McRory Pediatric Services, Inc. 

Instagram

Facebook

Free Webinar

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Hilary Frank is a private practitioner who started her business and has seen incredible successes over the past two years! In this episode, she gives her brilliant advice on ditching perfectionism while you grow your private practice. She chats about her journey from getting into this career path, her fellowship experience, why she got interested in private practice and how she made the decision to start her business, Chatterbugs. Hilary shares her biggest referral sources and how she stepped into the CEO role to make hiring decisions for her business. She also talks about her plans for expansion and creating more programs for her clients’ families. 

What we discuss: 

• How she got into her career as an SLP from her background as an educator
• What made her realize she wanted to go the private practice route
• How she navigated making hiring decisions
• Her expansion plans for growing her private practice

Links:

Chatterbugs

Free Webinar

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I was at the playground with my kids when I noticed the correlation between the various play obstacles and how they relate to what private practitioners face. As you build your private practice, you’ll undoubtedly face challenges but as you weave through and navigate those you’ll become better equipped and ready to take on new ones that come your way. In this episode, I am talking about the similarities between playgrounds and your private practice and sharing a few encouraging words for your journey. 

What we discuss: 

• What I saw at the playground that reminded me of private practitioners 
• How you can overcome obstacles you face

Links:

Start Your Private Practice

Grow Your Private Practice

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