In this episode we talk about: 

• The blueprint of your business
• Knowing your business ecosystem (and what we mean by that)
• Why you should do a dress rehearsal of your business before opening up shop
• How your values show up in your business processes and procedures
• How we create safety and a trauma-informed business system
• Why you need an owner's manual
• How an intentional business = a more anti-oppressive business
• How to solidly screen in/out clients

Resources: 

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Feeling ready to start a private practice with anti-oppressive values? You'll find an 8-week course by Ariana here.

Already settled into a practice and ready to deepen your values? Join Silvana's Decolonize Your Practice program here. 

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Thank you to David Frank for joining us! 

In this episode, we talk about: 

• Why therapists need financial planners
• The typical financial challenges therapists have
• The importance of not replicating financial systems of oppression
• 3 things to do with your money in the first few years of private practice
• How to create community with money
• What the financial essentials are for therapists

Resources: 

Klontz Money Scripts Assessment

The Private Practice 101 Resource

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Feeling ready to start a private practice with anti-oppressive values? You'll find an 8-week course by Ariana here.

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In this episode, we talk: 

• Having a business bank account
• Keeping business expesnes separate from personal expenses
• Money tracking methods
• How to set aside money for taxes
• How to handle tax preparation
• Which deductions to make sure you capture
• The importance of paying attention to money wounds/trauma

Resources: 

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Feeling ready to start a private practice with anti-oppressive values? You'll find an 8-week course by Ariana here.

Already settled into a practice and ready to deepen your values? Join Silvana's Decolonize Your Practice program here. 

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So much fun talking about money and setting fees. In this episode, we discuss: 

• values around money
• how to set fees
• when to increase your rates
• taking insurance vs. private pay
• how to set a sliding scale (and do you need one?)
• what resentment tells us about money
• the option of running groups to increase your hourly rate
• the importance of paying your rent

Resources: 

Open Path Collective

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Feeling ready to start a private practice with anti-oppressive values? You'll find an 8-week course by Ariana here.

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We loved this interview with Makinie Fortino, which included: 

• The advice Makinie's mother gave her
• How she views imposter syndrome
• An overview of Deconstructing the Mental Health System
• How Makinie has figured out how to provide services and address systemic change
• The importance of addressing inequities through community
• How Makinie started a non-profit

Resources: 

Watch the video of this episode here. 

Learn more about Makinie Fortino!

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In this episode we talk about your about page on your website, and self-disclosure in general. Specifically, we look at self-disclosure through the lens of the radical practice model, which involves the elements of vision, community, systemic change and embodied relationships.

Our conversation includes: 

• how to share about your privileged and marginalized identities
• whether or not to disclose your political leanings
• the value of a land acknowledgement
• making your about page about your clients
• which personal things to share
• what *not* to share
• how to do repairs around self-disclosure
• what power-sharing can look like

Resources: 

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Feeling ready to start a private practice with anti-oppressive values? You'll find an 8-week course by Ariana here.

Already settled into a practice and ready to deepen your values? Join Silvana's Decolonize Your Practice program here. 

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In this episode we cover: 

• The paperwork you need for your private practice
• The hardware and software you need 
• Some *basics* around HIPAA
• What needs to go in your informed consent
• How white supremacy culture can show up in your paperwork and therapy
• Creating transparency in your paperwork

Resources: 

Me & White Supremacy by Layla Saad

Dee Watts-Jones and locations of self. 

Person-Centered Tech

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Feeling ready to start a private practice with anti-oppressive values? You'll find an 8-week course by Ariana here.

Already settled into a practice and ready to deepen your values? Join Silvana's Decolonize Your Practice program here. 

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We loved this conversation with Kat! 

In it you'll hear: 

• Why Kat is so passionate about working with therapists
• Kat's unconventional road to marketing and copywriting
• How to make the content on your website really connect with your clients
• How your skills around empathy make you a great copywriter
• What to do with internal blocks around writing
• How to show up as your authentic self as a copywriter
• What the heck are sales and do we have to do them?! 
• How to develop trust with your readers

Resources: 

Find Kat here, here and on Facebook here! 

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Feeling ready to start a private practice with anti-oppressive values? You'll find an 8-week course by Ariana here.

Already settled into a practice and ready to deepen your values? Join Silvana's Decolonize Your Practice program here. 

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What are some concrete strategies for marketing? In this episode we talk about: 

• Choosing your marketing values
• Centering your marketing around authenticity
• Finding your voice in your marketing
• How to market for private pay
• Finding niche-specific directories
• Spending time on creating personable referral channels
• Which social media channels we use
• How to network
• Decolonizing your marketing
• How we've marketed our private practices

Resources: 

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Feeling ready to start a private practice with anti-oppressive values? You'll find an 8-week course by Ariana here.

Already settled into a practice and ready to deepen your values? Join Silvana's Decolonize Your Practice program here. 

Thank you for being here.

What gets in the way of spreading the word about your beautiful private practice? Let's talk about it here! We're also going to talk about how to work through mindset barriers, including some strategies like: 

• creating community
• self-compassion
• setting aside a marketing time
• tracking your progress
• authenticity in place of being "sales-y"

Resources: 

adrienne maree brown talks Emergent Strategy and an inch wide and a mile deep. 

Ira Glass on the creative process. 

Join the community! Connect with us on Facebook, Instagram and sign up for our newsletter. 

Feeling ready to start a private practice with anti-oppressive values? You'll find an 8-week course by Ariana here.

Already settled into a practice and ready to deepen your values? Join Silvana's Decolonize Your Practice program here. 

Thank you for being here.