The Digital Nomad Therapist Podcast: Your Guide to Building a Remote Private Practice

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How the heck do you keep your license safe? Isn't seeing clients from abroad totally against the rules?

I get this question in my DMs about once a week, so today we're settling it. 🌍

I'm Dr. Annie, a licensed psychologist and digital nomad therapist, and in this episode I'm busting the biggest myth in American therapy culture: that you can't see US clients while living outside the United States. Spoiler: in all the states I've researched, I have yet to find one that explicitly prohibits it. I'm also walking you through exactly how to check your own license, your state, and your licensure type, so you can stop worrying that the licensing board boogeyman is coming for you.

If you're a therapist dreaming of a location-independent private practice, this one is for you.

IN THIS EPISODE:
- Why this myth is so common (hint: COVID confusion, insurance contracts, and PSYPACT rules all got blended together)
- How grad school fear-mongering trained us to be terrified of losing our licenses
- Why therapists crave certainty, and why that can keep you stuck
- How going abroad is a big, scary decision, and how "my license won't allow it" can become the perfect excuse
- My step-by-step process for checking your state's telehealth rules on provider location
- Why you should never trust an AI summary of your licensing laws (go to the actual board website!)
- The 5 things you'll most likely find when you look it up
- What to do if it's still unclear: call your malpractice insurance consult line
- Why losing your license over this is far less likely than grad school made you believe

HOW TO CHECK YOUR LICENSE:
1. Google your license type + state + "telehealth rules and regulations for where the provider is located"
2. Click through to your actual state licensing board website
3. Look for what it says about the client's location vs. the provider's location
4. Still unsure? Call your malpractice insurance's free consult line and ask an attorney to help you interpret it

Important: I'm not a lawyer, and this episode is not legal advice. Do your due diligence for your own situation.

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WORK WITH ME:
💬 Ready to build a practice you can take anywhere? DM me GO ABROAD  on Instagram @digitalnomadtherapist and let's talk about how I can help you go abroad with confidence.

Have a licensing board that says you must be physically located in-state? I want to know about it. DM me @digitalnomadtherapist

COMING UP NEXT: The other legal stuff to know before you go: malpractice insurance, your EHR, and how you bill clients.

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The 4 Legal Questions Every Therapist Must Answer Before Moving Abroad

👉 Download my FREE Legal Guide 

8 Steps to Becoming A  Digital Nomad Therapist

👉 Download my FREE step-by-step roadmap

Digital Nomad Therapist podcast helps licensed therapists leave therapist burnout behind and build a remote private practice with true location independence through teletherapy. Host Dr. Annie Krajewski, a traveling therapist, shares how she runs her own therapist business across Morocco, Thailand, and Bali, covering licensing, legal, HIPAA, marketing, tech, and mindset.

🌎 Curious about taking your private practice abroad? DM the word GO ABROAD on Instagram to get started.

In this episode, Dr. Annie talks with Kait Smith on your experience of feeling lost and confused around how to make going abroad possible for her as a therapist. She talks about her experience working with Annie in The Out of Office Therapist Village. 

The OOO Therapist Village doors are open until August 23rd, 2026 - join now to get in on founding member pricing! [Join Here] 

Have questions? DM the word PODCAST on Instagram!

👀 Have questions if this is the right move for you? DM the word GO ABROAD on Instagram!

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The 4 Legal Questions Every Therapist Must Answer Before Moving Abroad

👉 Download my FREE Legal Guide 

8 Steps to Becoming A  Digital Nomad Therapist

👉 Download my FREE step-by-step roadmap

Digital Nomad Therapist podcast helps licensed therapists leave therapist burnout behind and build a remote private practice with true location independence through teletherapy. Host Dr. Annie Krajewski, a traveling therapist, shares how she runs her own therapist business across Morocco, Thailand, and Bali, covering licensing, legal, HIPAA, marketing, tech, and mindset.

✈️ Curious about taking your private practice abroad? DM the word GO ABROAD on Instagram to get started.

Hi, I am Annie - Digital Nomad Therapist and licensed psychologist. I share the business side of my journey to becoming a digital nomad therapist. I share the strategies that allowed me to build a successful location-independent private practice. I talk about the importance of learning about business, marketing, and providing high-quality care to clients.

Takeaways

• Business and marketing knowledge are essential for building a successful private practice.
• Providing high-quality care and getting support through supervision are crucial for client retention and success in private practice.

Chapters

• 00:00 Building a Foundation
• 08:13 Getting Support and Not Relying on Your Own
• 23:53 The Importance of Niching Down
• 29:28 Website Copy and SEO
• 39:52 Providing High-Quality Care and Client Retention

Links + what's next:

📞 If you know you want this and trying to figure it out alone isn't working, book a call with me — let's talk about how I can support you. [Book your call using this link]

✨ I'm launching The Out of Office Therapist Village — a 12-month membership covering everything you need to build or transition a location-independent practice. Group coaching calls with me every other week, guest experts, and most importantly a village of other therapists doing the exact same thing, all inside Circle. Doors open August 3rd, and waitlist members get $500 off when doors open plus first access and a few other perks I'm cooking up. Join the waitlist here → CLICK HERE

You can also check out my website, instagram, and youtube. 

👀 Have questions if this is the right move for you? DM the word GO ABROAD on Instagram!

👉 Book a demo with Jane

First month free code:

DIGITALNOMAD1MO

The 4 Legal Questions Every Therapist Must Answer Before Moving Abroad

👉 Download my FREE Legal Guide 

8 Steps to Becoming A  Digital Nomad Therapist

👉 Download my FREE step-by-step roadmap

Digital Nomad Therapist podcast helps licensed therapists leave therapist burnout behind and build a remote private practice with true location independence through teletherapy. Host Dr. Annie Krajewski, a traveling therapist, shares how she runs her own therapist business across Morocco, Thailand, and Bali, covering licensing, legal, HIPAA, marketing, tech, and mindset.

🌎 Curious about taking your private practice abroad? DM the word GO ABROAD on Instagram to get started.

A question I get all the time, like ALL the time, is: how did you actually become a digital nomad therapist? So for this first episode I'm telling you my story.

I'm taking you back to before any of this felt possible. To the version of me sitting in windowless offices in DC, dreaming about my next trip and fully believing that being a therapist meant I had to choose between the career I loved and the life I wanted abroad.

I'll tell you about the YouTube video that first put the words "digital nomad" in my head (and how fast I talked myself out of it). The breakup at 29 that cracked my whole life open. The three times I tried to tell my clients I was leaving and chickened out. And the wildly impulsive decision to just… stay in Morocco — where I met my husband two days in, kept seeing my US clients from a little apartment with borrowed wifi, and never really left.

This is the story of betting on yourself before you have any proof it's going to work. If you've got that aching feeling that the life you're living isn't it, this one's for you.

What I get into:

• Why I was SO sure being a therapist and living abroad couldn't go together
• The breakup that turned my life upside down (and weirdly set me free)
• The list my mom made me write that changed everything
• Chickening out three times in a row trying to tell my clients
• Why I signed a two-year lease instead of running — and why that was the right call
• Telling my clients I was leaving, breaking my lease early, and driving across the country with my mom and two cats
• The surf-and-yoga retreat in Tagazout and the moment I thought "why don't I just stay?"
• Seeing US clients for the first time from Morocco (5pm to 1am, didn't tell a soul)
• Matching with my now-husband on day two
• Thailand, Bali, giving birth to my daughter Zizi — all while running my practice
• The loneliness that led me to build Digital Nomad Therapist

Links + what's next:

🎙️ Next week I'm sharing the BUSINESS side — how I actually built a practice that let me impulsively take off abroad in the first place.

📞 If you know you want this and trying to figure it out alone isn't working, book a call with me — let's talk about how I can support you. [Book your call using this link]

✨ I'm launching The Out of Office Therapist Village — a 12-month membership covering everything you need to build or transition a location-independent practice. Group coaching calls with me every other week, guest experts, and most importantly a village of other therapists doing the exact same thing, all inside Circle. Doors open August 3rd, and waitlist members get $500 off plus first access and a few other perks I'm cooking up. Join the waitlist here → CLICK HERE

You can also check out my website, instagram, and youtube. 

👀 Have questions if this is the right move for you? DM the word GO ABROAD on Instagram!

👉 Book a demo with Jane

First month free code:

DIGITALNOMAD1MO

The 4 Legal Questions Every Therapist Must Answer Before Moving Abroad

👉 Download my FREE Legal Guide 

8 Steps to Becoming A  Digital Nomad Therapist

👉 Download my FREE step-by-step roadmap

Digital Nomad Therapist podcast helps licensed therapists leave therapist burnout behind and build a remote private practice with true location independence through teletherapy. Host Dr. Annie Krajewski, a traveling therapist, shares how she runs her own therapist business across Morocco, Thailand, and Bali, covering licensing, legal, HIPAA, marketing, tech, and mindset.

You became a therapist for the freedom and the meaning — so why does it so often feel like a trap?

I'm Dr. Annie Krajewski, a licensed psychologist who's spent the last few years running my private practice from Morocco, Thailand, and Bali while continuing to see my U.S. clients. In this trailer, I share a little about who I am, why I started this show, and what you can expect each week.

This podcast is for licensed therapists who want to build a private practice they can run from anywhere in the world. Every week, I'll walk you through what it actually takes to go location-independent — the licensing, the legal and HIPAA pieces, the marketing, the tech, and the mindset work that nobody talks about. You'll hear my story, real stories from therapists who've made this work, and honest, practical guidance from someone who's living it.

If you've been researching this for months — maybe even years — and still haven't made a move, this show is for you.

Hit subscribe so you don't miss the first episodes, and I'll see you inside.

Ready to figure out what this could look like for you? Book a free Clarity Call, using THIS LINK!

Let's stay connected: 🌐 Website 📸 Instagram ▶️ YouTube

👀 Have questions if this is the right move for you? DM the word GO ABROAD on Instagram!

👉 Book a demo with Jane

First month free code:

DIGITALNOMAD1MO

The 4 Legal Questions Every Therapist Must Answer Before Moving Abroad

👉 Download my FREE Legal Guide 

8 Steps to Becoming A  Digital Nomad Therapist

👉 Download my FREE step-by-step roadmap

Digital Nomad Therapist podcast helps licensed therapists leave therapist burnout behind and build a remote private practice with true location independence through teletherapy. Host Dr. Annie Krajewski, a traveling therapist, shares how she runs her own therapist business across Morocco, Thailand, and Bali, covering licensing, legal, HIPAA, marketing, tech, and mindset.