Private Practice Success Stories

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.

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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

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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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Mattie Murrey-Tegels is a medical speech-language pathologist, professor, podcaster and founder of Fresh SLP. She shares how she got started in this career when she decided to go back to school and follow in the footsteps of a family member who was a speech-language pathologist. She and I talk about her own private practice and why she started Fresh SLP as a resource to help other speech-language pathologists get started in their careers. Mattie is very passionate about giving back and helping up-and-coming SLPs as they enter the field and I know you’re going to enjoy our conversation.

What we discuss:

• How she got decided to get into speech-language pathology
• Why she wants to empower other SLPs
• Mattie’s goal of growing her website and podcast to help even more people
• Her advice for people on finding a community and being brave

Links:

Fresh SLP

The Missing Link for SLPs

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Vanessa Anderson-Smith owns a private practice that has seen a lot of successes over the past few years in her business. You might recognize Vanessa’s because we featured her on the blog a few years back where we shared how she went from having zero plans to a 4-month waitlist for her services. In this episode, I caught up with her to hear about how her business has grown since then. She shares her advice for opening a successful private practice in a rural area and advice for people with type B personalities who are thinking about private practice. She discusses the growth of her business including how she is opening a second location with room to expand it even further.

What we discuss:

• The transition from her first job as an SLP to a private practice owner
• Her experience with word of mouth marketing
• How she chose her specialty around feeding therapy
• Her advice for opening a private practice in a rural area

Links:

From ‘No Plan’ to 4 Month Waitlist: Vanessa’s Private Practice Success Story

Anderson-Smith Speech Therapy

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This is Part two of our Student Success series where you’ll hear THREE SLPs who have successfully started Adult medical focused private practices and 3 SLPs who have started specialty or bilingual practices full-time or “on the side.” Can you have an adult only practice? The answer is YES! So finish listening to this episode and then sign up - so you can start this journey now.

What we discuss:

• Reasons why medical-based SLPs become interested in starting private practices
• The impact mentors had on me and my practice
• Why I cover Medicare in The Start Your Private Practice System
• Interviews with 6 of my students from the course

Links:

The Start Your Private Practice System

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This episode is a little different from most. I thought it would be interesting to bring on some of the SLPs from my program to talk about their experience in the course and how they’ve been able to start their private practice while still working their day job. They all have such incredible stories to share and I know you’ll get a lot from this episode!

What we discuss:

• Reasons why many school SLPs become interested in private practice
• The 4 F’s that people seek when thinking about private practice
• Why I recommend starting your private practice on the side
• Interviews with 6 of my students from the course

Links:

The Start Your Private Practice System

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Theresa Richard is a SLP, founder of Mobile FEES, the Medical SLP Collective and host of the Swallow Your Pride Podcast. Theresa and I have been friends for years and I had her on to have a conversation about business and our mindset as two successful business owners. We talk a lot about the analysis paralysis that many people face when starting their private practice and why you should just commit and do it. We also chat about why mistakes are a great learning experience, how now is a great time to start your practice and why you should choose a specialization for the clients you serve.

What we discuss:

• Our experiences of getting started out in our businesses
• How you can get started inexpensively
• Why you might want to consider starting your private practice as a side hustle
• The reasoning behind why you should specialize your practice

Links:

Private Practice Roadmap

Mobile FEES

The Swallow Your Pride Podcast

The Medical SLP Collective

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David Dean is a private practitioner who has been building his practice with early intervention contracts through regional centers. He started his business after moving to California and is now working to build his empire. David explains what his work looks like on a day-to-day basis and how he’s structured his business for growth and flexibility. David and I are similar in that we both believe that there are enough clients to go around. I just love his abundance mindset and his attitude about getting started even when you might not feel 100% ready.

What we discuss:

• What his early career was like as a SLP coming out of grad school
• His plan upon moving to California and how he ended up starting his private practice
• How he worked with regional centers to get referrals
• David’s words of wisdom around building confidence as a SLP

Links:

Key Communication SLS Instagram

David’s Instagram

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Tamala Close is a private practice owner and the founder of SLP Private Practice in Color. She got her start as a PA for a speech-language pathologist and decided to go back to school to pursue a path as a SLP. We talk about how she decided to start her private practice and what ultimately led her to start her community, SLP Private Practice in Color to help fill the void for practitioners of color who want additional education and resources to starting their own private practice.

What we discuss:

• Tamala’s background as a speech-language pathologist PA
• Her vision for her private practice and goal of building contracts with schools
• How having a network paid off when she moved back to Dallas
• What her community, SLP Private Practice in Color does to help SLPs

Links:

SLP Private Practice in Color

SLP Private PIC Instagram

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