Private Practice Success Stories

Bobbi had a family connection to speech-language pathology early on and pursued it beyond her education degree. She has experience both in contracting in the public schools as well as working for others' private practices. She has recently launched her own private practice as a certified autism specialist.

Here's What We Cover:

• Her in-depth research that unearthed important business revelations
• Her development of a unique product to generate passive income
• The difficult yet beneficial decision she made to delay renting an office space
• Her best recommendations to join in and collaborate with your community

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McKell envisioned starting her private practice when she was in college, but never suspected that it would occur so early in her career. She currently manages a large office employing several therapists. Together they provide services mostly through telepractice with a small percent of clients seen in-house.

Here's What We Cover:

• Her insider’s point of view of the developing field of telepractice
• Her process to finding new clients with a recommendation to consider delegating tasks as needed
• The art of new navigating business relationships and licensure rules
• Exciting developments regarding her new teletherapy platform
• Her best recommendation for new practitioners

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Leanna's private practice has been "in the making" for the last 15 years. She prepared by working in the schools and in the medical field, primarily in pediatrics. Her target population is children with autism spectrum disorders. Leanna started with one client and has experienced tremendous growth over the course of a year.

Here's What We Cover:

• Her compelling argument in support of in-home services
• Her strategies to generate referrals from numerous resources
• How she promotes collaboration, not competition, with other SLPs and healthcare practitioners
• Her pragmatic advice to balance both your private practice aspirations and your sanity
• The helpful resources she created (and is now sharing) that have been valuable to her practice

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Katie has worked closely with adults and children throughout her career. However, she is most passionate about working with children. She currently works as an early interventionist part-time and part-time as a traveling private practice provider. Katie is in her first year of private practice.

Here's What We Cover:

• The "leap of faith" she took launching a private practice
• Rising to the challenge of marketing herself despite her shy disposition
• Balancing her ideal work life with her family needs
• Her dedication to continuing education

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Stacey underwent a career change when she left her occupation as an accountant to become an SLP. She worked as a school SLP for three years until she felt ready to pursue private practice. She treats children in need of primarily social-emotional functioning and dyslexia at this time.

Here's What We Cover:

• The need to be flexible when you start private practice to earn the flexibility of an established practice
• The specific population of referrals that surprised her the most
• How she set herself apart when she chose her specialization in dyslexia
• Combining skills from her various interests to craft her own "low effort high impact" curriculum, which she presents online and in workshop form
• Technology’s impact on communication, which has challenged adults and children alike
• How important it is to continuously self-assess one’s own communication skills, from the standpoint that everyone can improve
• Her recommendation to new clinicians regarding private practice

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While Emily has had experience working for other private practices in her career, she set off to found her own company when she realized she wanted to pursue the clients she was most passionate about and make her own schedule. Her practice is driven by her training as a Hanen instructor and considerable time spent with therapists in other fields, such as occupational therapy. 

Here's What We Cover:

• How she chose the unique name of her practice
• Educating herself on business administration skills in order to acquire clients, particularly online
• The benefits she has reaped from delegating different activities to others
• How she structures her day to maximize her time
• Her successful marketing strategies and the next group she wants to break into
• The particular feature of her website that has helped add a personal touch

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Autumn Bryant, M.S., M.A., CCC-SLP/L​ of Griffin Speech Chartered, entered the working world as a school SLP. After 8 years in the schools, she transitioned to a pediatric outpatient clinic. Most recently, she decided to start pursuing private practice to assist clients typically in need of assistance to attain career advancement. Her specialties include accent modification, residual speech sound disorders, and voice therapy.

Since this episode was recorded, she was featured in the Chicago Tribune, had my "Pop-Up Museum of Voice, Accent, and Speech" themed open house/ribbon-cutting. She has also taken a job at Northwestern University, so she is back to only doing her private practice on the weekends.

Here's What You'll Learn:

• Her low-cost effective marketing strategies
• How she has initiated and maintained her multiple streams of income
• Her theory that speech-language pathologists should be able to shadow other clinicians, just as physicians learn from watching one another
• The success she has found from choosing an office in an optimal location
• How she maximizes her relationships with other clinicians and health professionals in her area
• How she appeals to the clientele she prefers to work with through the use of branding  

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Polina has the most experience working with early intervention and school-aged children with autism. Her professional journey consisted of transitioning from different work environments in search of increasing independence and supervisory positions. She is currently working as an adjunct communication disorders professor at a university in addition to her private practice.

Here's What We Cover:

• How she's diversifying her skill set through continuing education, leading her to her declaration that she will be a “student forever”
• The jaw-dropping moment which would likely have stopped others in their tracks
• Her best source of referrals, including her path to building her social media presence
• Her important decision to never undersell competitors
• Why she actively seeks interaction with and learning experiences from professionals in other specialties

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Melissa actively pursued working in a variety of settings during her career. The bulk of her career has been spent in the medical field working with adults who have neurological disorders. Increased interest in mind-body medicine has led her to her calling in private practice.

Here's What We Discuss:

• The challenges in combining her passion for holistic therapy with her degree in speech-language pathology
• Her best recommendation for maintaining steady clients and a steady stream of income
• Her experience working exclusively with private pay clients except one type of insurance that is worth the paperwork
• She reveals an essential difference between schools/hospitals and private practice that clinicians need to navigate carefully
• Her approach to seeing clients, keeping her accessibility and flexibility of schedule in mind
• How she has established strong bonds with her community

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Dr. Kearney discovered a passion for speech-language pathology as an undergraduate student. Her graduate program afforded her the opportunity to work with children with autism. Dr. Kearney continues to apply her incredible research skills to all areas of her life. In her current practice, she continues to establish both connections with colleagues and balance between family time and attention to clients.

Here's What You'll Learn:

• How Dr. Kearney’s career continues to include her role as a part-time school speech-language pathologist
• The first steps she took, and the obstacle that nearly made it impossible
• Her wide assortment of therapy tools that appeal to her clientele
• Meeting the needs of her clients by planning on a multidisciplinary approach
• Her adventures as the mom of an infant who is also balancing a growing private practice
• Her recommendations for undecided practitioners who are wondering whether to continue with private practice, including how to handle accepting insurance
• Her unique plans for the immediate future to maximize her clients’ therapy time this summer

For links and show notes, please visit www.PrivatePracticeSuccessStories.com/12

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October enrollment for the Grow Your Private Practice Program is now open through Friday, October 11th - and spots are limited. So visit growyourprivatepractice.com/join to grab your spot now.