Private Practice Success Stories

Amanda Puentes is a private practitioner who is pursuing two dreams. She started her private practice to help with pediatric speech therapy and has also started an international program to provide access to speech therapy for people who might otherwise not be able to receive those services. She’s built a wonderful network of SLPs who are providing these services to people abroad who desperately need them and I just love her story. She shares how her early career as a travel speech-language pathologist influenced her, how the pandemic made her quickly shift to teletherapy and her advice for going after your dream, opening the space and allowing opportunities to happen.

What we discuss:

• How her early career was as a travel speech-language pathologist
• Her transition into full time into her practice and how COVID made her jump into teletherapy
• How Amanda balances between her private practice and the program
• Her advice for people who have a big dream and aren’t sure how to start

Links:

Project Speech

Project Speech Instagram

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During a recent trip to the beach with my family, I had a few things running through my mind. As I saw how my two sons approached a scenario with a crab it really got me thinking. It reminded me so much of how people with different personality types take different approaches to build and grow their private practice. In this episode, I talk about this and how my webinar can help you on your journey of starting your private practice.

What we discuss:

• How people with different personalities take different approaches to private practice
• Why you have to decide which way you want to approach building your practice

Links:

Webinar

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Robin Drothler is a private practitioner who has been growing her practice for over 16 years. Even in the midst of a pandemic, she has seen growth within her business, Advantage Speech Therapy Services. We talk about how she went from seeing private clients on the side to going full-fledged into running a private practice. She shares the referral sources that led to clients early on in her business and how she learned to navigate becoming a service provider for insurance companies. She also tells us her experience of growing her practice during the pandemic and advice for other SLPs who are considering private practice.

What we discuss:

• Robin’s story of what led her to the speech-language therapy field
• How the early intervention program helped her gain referrals
• Her experience of becoming a service provider for insurance companies
• What her private practice has been like during the pandemic

Links:

Advantage Speech Therapy Services

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Carrie Hinnant became a private practice owner and in just 6 years in the business, she has grown her practice to two locations with over 40 employees. She went from serving just a few kids one day a week to now serving about 1,000 sessions per month with her team. We talk about how advice from a professor led her to this career and how a mishap at a practice she was working for led her to starting her practice. She talks about the need for adaption in this field, learning to wear many hats as a business owner and a great tip on where to find referrals! She shares how she grew her practice and her advice on finding the right people to help serve your clients.

What we discuss:

• How she got into her career as an SLP after advice from a professor
• Her advice for someone who wants to do a private practice but is scared of failure
• Why she believes in hiring people who are excited to learn and the strategies she uses to retain employees
• Her plans for expanding and having a multidisciplinary approach

Links:

Carolina Therapeutics

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Kate Williams is back to share how her private practice has grown since we last spoke in early 2019. In this episode, Kate also brought on someone who works with her, Michelle Ogston. These two talk about the shift they made to a more holistic practice. Kate and Michelle discuss how they’ve diversified their services by adding in a life coaching aspect to further help their clients and their loved ones. They also talk about their move to a group setting and creating other systems for success to help further speech therapy progress. The two also share some advice on sitting in the why and using this time as an opportunity to go inward and really dive into who you are, what you value and what you hope to bring to the world.

What we discuss:

• What’s been going on for Kate this past year
• How having a life coach in their practice has helped their clients
• How they noticed a need and developed something for that
• What they’re doing to help other clinicians
• Their hopes for the next year within their practice
• Kate and Michelle’s advice for having a holistic practice

Links:

"Self-Care for Private Practitioners" with Katie Samples-Willams, SLP

Santa Rosa Speech Therapy

Kate’s Instagram

Cloud9 Life Coaching

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Jessie Ginsburg started her private practice in Los Angeles, CA despite being told by numerous people it was “too early” for her. Rather than listening, Jessie decided to go full force into building her private practice. We chat about her journey of growing her private practice and how she’s diversified her revenue by creating an educational-based model to help serve other SLP clinicians. Jessie talks about how her company has navigated the coronavirus pandemic, why she encourages her therapists to hone in on specialties and why she believes in taking the blame when things go wrong in her business.

What we discuss:

• What her early career as a speech-language pathologist was like
• Her journey of building and growing her private practice
• Their process of finding their core values as a company and defining what they believe in
• How she’s developed an education-based model to help serve clinicians

Links:

Pediatric Therapy Playhouse

Jessie Ginsburg

Jessie’s Instagram

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Beth Brady is a private practice owner in Ohio who started her business less than one year ago. Beth faced the very tragic loss of her friend and business partner at the beginning stages of starting her private practice. Fortunately, she was able to triumph and move forward with starting the business. Beth shares how she overcame that loss and what led her to a career in speech-language pathology in the first place. She talks about some of her first job experiences before making the move to private practice and what she’s been doing to expand her business during the pandemic.  

What we discuss: 

• How she got started as a speech-language pathologist
• What made her decide to start a private practice of her own
• How she overcame unexpectedly losing her business partner
• What Beth’s been working on for her business to help expand her caseload

Links:

"Running and EI Agency" with Ryan Landinguin, SLP

Talk Play Grow

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Luba Patlakh Kaplun is a speech-language pathologist in the Philadelphia area who has built her private practice from zero to 50 contractors in just 5 years. In this episode, she shared how she’s built her private practice and how she plans to continue growing during the pandemic. We talked about how she got into this career after leaving behind broadcast journalism, how she transitioned her practice to teletherapy in just two days and why you have to be persistent while you build your practice. Luba shares the importance of making progressive steps to get to your goals and her advice for other private practice owners.

What we discuss: 

• How she transitioned from broadcast journalism to speech-language pathology
• What made Luba decide to start her own practice
• The lessons she's learned from growing her practice 
• Transitioning into telepractice within a two day period

Links:

Kidology Website

Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business 

Kidology YouTube Channel

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Becky McArthur is fully embracing the new way to start a private practice. I am seeing a lot of new SLP’s take this route for their career - doing things such as seeing clients at home, being lean when it comes to finances, not straying away from technology. This is exactly what Becky did as the pandemic hit, she quickly learned how to take her private practice online and started doing telepractice to meet her clients. In this episode she discusses this experience, what led her to start her private practice, differences between SLP from the U.S. and Canada (where she’s located) and what she’s learned since opening her private practice. 

What we discuss: 

• How Becky got started in the SLP profession and what led her to the decision to start a private practice
• What differences she’s noticed between SLPs in the U.S. and Canada
• What she’s learned over the past year from having a private practice
• Her experience with doing telepractice 

Links:

We Communicate

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Rene Robles and Cristina Ramos are private practice owners who are known for taking strong, decisive actions. Rene and Christina were on the podcast in early 2019 and shared their story of building a SLP practice with three locations and over 700 patients. In this episode, they dove back into their 5-year business plan and the progress they’ve made on their goal of opening one new practice a year for 5 years. Rene and Christina shared how they’ve successfully navigated the transition to teletherapy practice during the pandemic in just three days! The pair also talk about their upcoming plans and how they will continue to weather the storm while growing their private practice. 

What we discuss: 

• How Rene and Christina ended up starting a private practice together
• What their 5-year business plan was and how their progress is at year 4
• How they’re handling the transition into teletherapy in the midst of coronavirus
• Their plans going forward with opening their next clinic and weathering the storm

Links:

Five Oaks Speech Therapy

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