Private Practice Success Stories

Laura Powell, a distinguished Grow Your Own Practice mentor, experienced a myriad of SLP work settings (home visits, schools, ENT clinic, outpatient pediatric/adult) before she decided on full-time private practice. She credits her experiences with helping her develop the confidence and knowledge to pursue a multidisciplinary clinic with specialities from autism to pediatric vital stim. Today she employs SLPs, OTs, and administrative staff in a bustling office environment.

Here's what we discuss:

• Her business mission, which reflects who she hires and how they connect with clients
• Her leadership approach that has absolutely factored in to 100% employee retention
• Jena’s advice on goal-setting with respect to starting a private practice
• Her determination to continue to learn, including seeking resources and asking questions
• Jena’s perspective on entering private practice slowly and surely

Links and Resources:

• Traction: Get a Grip On Your Business by Gino Wickman (https://www.eosworldwide.com/traction-book)
• GrowYourPrivatePractice.com/Laura

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Sarah Hamel and Stephanie Izzi are a dynamic duo of sisters who both discovered a love of speech-language pathology and wanted to design a way to practice it on their terms. Their commitment to their clients’ well-being extends beyond the therapeutic setting and into government advocacy for their client’s rights. They also value cultivating collaboration within their practice and their community.

Here's What We Discuss:

-Their path to forging a unique business together

-How their ideals helped them cultivate their vision for their business

-How they became a non-profit in a relatively easy, straightforward manner

-Their emphasis on delegation spread across three part-time employees and counting

-Jena’s insight into how to win the popularity contest of Google searching

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Tara Vining showed incredible promise as a travel therapist that helped her secure her first school contract. Her private practice benefited from her wide variety of experiences in different speech pathology settings, in-person and teletherapy. Currently her practice is mostly centered on contracting with public schools and a small but growing faction of outpatient clients. She is a strong proponent of pursuing continuing education to bolster business savvy and community impact.

Here's What We Discuss:

-Her high praise of school contracts and their advantages

-Her financial advice for starting your private practice

-How her mentors have influenced her to adopt effective business practices and her positive outlook

-Jena’s perspective on starting and growing your business

For more information about starting or growing a private practice, click here: www.IndependentClinician.com

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Alexandria launched her private practice while on maternity leave with fortune on her side. She sees both child and adult clients in coordination with her staff. Her practice currently focuses on social language, delayed echolalia, and adult stuttering. She is placing a stronger emphasis on delegation in the upcoming year and looking forward to furthering her impact on her community and beyond.

Here's What We Discuss:

-Her favorite aspect of private practice that allows her to achieve a strong work-life balance

-Her proven approach to grouping children in pragmatic language groups

-Her journey to specializing in one of her niches, from reading an educational book to presenting at ASHA

-Her heartfelt advice for new practitioners

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Hillary Cooper is taking the speech therapy world by storm! She is conducting one of the few mobile FEES-specific private practices in the country, spearheading a non-profit organization designed to support patients with dysphagia and their families, and supporting other non-profits by selling speech-therapy based merchandise. Along the way she has provided therapy to adults in skilled nursing facilities and acute care in addition to private practice. Hillary also has a strong interest in educating others which also led to her participation in the Medical SLP Collective.

Here's What We Discuss:

-Her uplifting perspective on the obstacles that arose along the way

-Her eye-opening advice surrounding yourself with support, both personally and professionally

-Her motto “Delete, delegate, or do” and how it has framed her work-life balance

-How her belief in herself and her ideas had to evolve over time to make her dreams come alive

-Jena’s encouragement for kindred spirits who embrace their passions wholeheartedly

-Her call for volunteers to help her non-profit fulfill its mission

To learn more about starting or growing your private practice, visit: www.IndependentClinician.com

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Hello and welcome to this Mindset Monday Edition of The Private Practice Success Stories Podcast.

Today we are going to talk about planning for your financial future.

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Summary:

Roshonda Epps is a self-described “Mompreneur” with a strong positive message and practical advice for all practitioners hoping to achieve a work-life balance. Her dream of working for herself became reality when she started seeing her first client through a contact at her son’s daycare. She is currently the sole SLP at Speech Therapy Zone, which is designed to provide services to children while also supporting their parents in a flexible manner.

What we discuss:

• Jena’s recommendation for new practitioners to help establish a strong client base
• How Roshonda’s family shaped her private practice as it exists today
• How her business savvy has helped her concentrate on the most important aspects of her professional career

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Summary:

In this mindset Monday episode Jena talks about why investing in yourself allows you more control over your schedule and ultimately your life. Jena invests in herself by attending conferences to so that she can learn and implement different things into her courses and programs to help make you become a better business owner.

What we discuss:

• Starting a private practice allows you control over your schedule giving more freedom for family and life
• Owning a private practice comes with less restrictions than working at a school or hospital
• More control over caseload, meetings, documentation and anything that leaves you feeling over worked and under paid
• Showing SLP’s that things can be different and providing steps on how to do that
• Even if you don’t have a background in business, you can still run a successful private practice

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Summary

Elizabeth lives each day to the fullest by taking care of her family, pursuing her SLP-D degree from Northwestern, and developing her co-owned private practice beyond her wildest dreams. Her flourishing business includes seeing children and adults with developmental disabilities at their homes, in a clinic, and in the public schools. Her joint venture has expanded tremendously and she continues to dream big!

What we discuss

• Her unique introduction to the field and how she continues to mentor and employ SLP-As
• Her perspective on her successful collaboration with her business partners
• Her advice to pursue alternative avenues of clientele when private pay is difficult to come by
• Jena’s perspective on business principles that have improved her life
• Her heartfelt appreciation for her SLP-D program that has helped her evolve as a professional

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