Compassionate Climb
By Compassionate Climb
Compassionate ClimbMay 17, 2024
Episode 64: Amy Dover allows God to lead her in business
Meet Amy Dover, a group practice owner and business consultant in Alabama. Throughout her 20 years in the field, Amy has worked in a variety of mental health settings; as she faithfully stepped through the doors that were opened to her, she began in private practice which has now grown to a group practice with 15 providers. While walking through the good, bad, and ugly of owning a group practice, Amy has allowed her Christian faith to guide her, and to be what she leans on in difficult seasons. If you are a solo practice owner with the goal of hiring your first 1-2 clinicians within the next 4-6 months, stay tuned for her mastermind starting in July!
Key Takeaways:-Have boundaries for the people who work for you-Carve out time and opportunities to talk with other practice owners; they get what you’re going through-Address conflict as soon as you see it or sense it-Seek mentoring and consulting from people who have been where you want to be-Invite others to punch holes in your reality https://dovercounselingservices.com/https://www.facebook.com/DoverCounseling/https://www.wisepracticeconsulting.com/mastermind/
Episode 63: Christy Pennison fosters Collaborship
Meet Christy Pennison, owner of Be Inspired Counseling and Consulting, co-owner of Practice Collab, and host of the Inspiring Possible podcast. Christy began her career climb as a forensic interviewer, but found herself with a desire to do more. As she began working in the counseling field, Christy noticed the lack of mental health support in her hometown and made the decision to move back and open her own private practice. As she built the practice, Christy found great benefit and inspiration in collaborating with other professionals in similar positions, now she helps facilitate that collaboration for others.
Key Takeaways:
-Seek to have an abundance mentality
-Know what your values are
-No matter how much you’d like to be for everybody, you’re not
-Create structures where you have people in place to carry some of the load
https://christypennison.com/inspiring-possible-podcast/
Episode 62: Clara Capano is living her worth
Meet Clara Capano, a professional speaker and corporate trainer. The path to where she is now took some trial and error, but she began to see the pieces fall into place once she was in a management position overseeing multiple offices and teaching others how to run the business. As soon as she entered the training and coaching space, she knew that that was where she was meant to be. Do not miss her Halftime Huddle Masterclass! Use the code HALFTIME for 50% off: https://www.claracapano.com/halftime-masterclass Key Takeaways: -Don’t be in a rush to define your career path -Everything starts with your purpose -It’s easier when you know the right work to do
-Today is not your forever reality
-You are the CEO of your organization
-The journey to success is boring -Don’t be ashamed to ask for help -Know your signs of burnout -Bookend your day with gratitude
-If you are not delivering value, you are only taking up space https://www.claracapano.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/claracapano/
Episode 61: Julia Nepini is running a successful insurance based practice
Episode 60: Megan Tavares started Peace and Pearl
Meet Megan Tavares, a private practice therapist in Massachusetts. In her practice, Peace and Pearl Wellness and Counseling, Megan primarily works with perinatal mental health disorders. As a mom to two boys, and having dealt with her own postpartum anxiety and depression, she is able to share her own experiences and connect on a deeper level with her clients.
Key Takeaways:
-Put time and effort into your website - reflect who you are as a clinician
-Make connections with people
-Do the research first
-Keep things authentic to you
Episode 59: Paula Montgomery knows Womens Money Matters
Meet Paula Montgomery, the Women United Director for United Way of Greater New Bedford, in New Bedford Massachusetts. Paula started career climb in broadcast journalism, but soon found herself wanting a career that spoke more to her heart. A conversation with someone she was interviewing led to her first position in the nonprofit sector working with the American Cancer Society. In her role today, Paula has helped to facilitate a partnership with Financial Futures, a 12 week comprehensive financial literacy program for women. Through this partnership, Women’s Money Matters was born.
Key Takeaways:
-We all have a relationship with money and it is important to pay attention to it
-Financial education is key to breaking the cycle of poverty
Episode 58: Maggie Song is a leadership coach
Meet Maggie Song, a leadership coach. Upon entering the workforce post college, Maggie found herself quickly climbing the corporate ladder. After just five years she was in a management position, but knew very little about being an effective leader. She has since taken what she has learned about her unique leadership style and created a program for new leaders to bridge that gap from me to we.
Key Takeaways:
-Never stop working on yourself
-Start inward to help others outward
-Assessment tools can give you data points to pay attention to
-We’re all onions; we all have layers
-When you laugh together, you bond together; relationships with your team are key
-Set clear boundaries
Episode 57: Brenda Cadman shares the joy of Canva
Meet Brenda Cadman, a Canva Verified Expert. She has spent much of her professional life working with small businesses in a variety of areas. Having used and learned the ins and outs of Canva since 2014, she now teaches coaches, course creators and service providers how to use the program more effectively and efficiently for their business, saving time, energy, and frustration.
Key Takeaways:
-Using templates made by designers and just tweaking to fit your brand guide helps ensure a professional end product
-Don’t overcomplicate your marketing: focus on the foundational components
-Focus on marketing avenues where you have direct control
-Recognize the importance of having a visual brand identity
-Create an organizational structure and system within Canva
Episode 56: Sarah Rivera hosts mastermind groups
Meet Sarah Rivera, owner of the group practice La Luz Counseling in San Antonio, Texas. After working in the nonprofit and agency worlds for nearly a decade, Sarah made the jump to solo private practice in 2017 where she began to learn the business side of counseling, and in 2020 expanded into a group practice. Sarah now takes what she has learned along the way and hosts mastermind groups that focus on the business component of mental health practices.
Key Takeaways:
-Trust the process of building a business
-If you’re expanding to a group practice, hire an administrative assistant first
-Let your business work for you, not the other way around
Episode 55: Christina Kantzavelos treats chronic illness
Meet Christina Kantzavelos, a mental health professional working with individuals with chronic illnesses. Living with various chronic illnesses of her own, Christina struggled to find a therapist that had an understanding of what she was going through, where the burden of education was not put on her as the client; but when she did, a whole new world opened up that led her to where she is today. Along with working primarily with individuals experiencing chronic illness, Christina is developing a continuing education course to help educate therapists on chronic illness.
Key Takeaways:
-You have permission to heal as you are healing
-There is no “one size fits all” so be flexible and willing to customize
-If you have lived experience in something, follow that as a niche
Resources listed:
Unlearn Your Pain by Schubiner
https://www.beginwithintoday.com/
Episode 54: Mandy Wannarka makes payroll a breeze
Meet Mandy Wannarka, owner of Mindful Wellbeing, a group practice in Minnesota. While building her group practice one of the challenges she faced was figuring out payroll and how to move it from slow and tedious to automated and efficient. With a background in coding, Mandy’s husband, Weston, was able to create a program that streamlined the process and eliminated the potential for human error. From there, Mindful Solutions was created and they now offer that same service to other group practice owners.
Key Takeaways:
-Be clear about what you’re inviting people into and allow them the space to say it isn’t for them.
-Pay attention to the capacity of others and mindful of the boundaries they need for work-life balance.
-It is okay if things have to sit on the shelf for a little bit. We don’t have to barrel through as quickly as possible to get to the other side.
-Get really clear on the values you want your practice to be anchored in.
Episode 53: MacKenzie Bradke is a Theramama
Meet MacKenzie Bradke, a mother to an adopted daughter, private practice therapist, and founder of Theramama Haven, a community that focuses on helping therapist moms discover and practice self-care. She talks real talk about parenting and our profession and the experiences in her life that contributed to the development of her niche: therapists mothers who are doing all the things for everyone else. Do not miss the Radiant Resilience: Empowering Therapist Moms Symposium!
Key Takeaways:
-Determine your self-care non-negotiables
-Carve out time intentionally for self-care
-Do not forget to address the negative beliefs and self-talk
https://www.theramamahaven.com/
Season 1 Wrap Up
In this episode we reflect on season 1 and the mission behind the show as well as providing insight on what can be expected in season 2!
Send any feedback or suggestions to julianepini@compassionateclimb.com
Episode 52: Sheri Jones believes in Youth in Business
Key Takeaways:
-Two main things influence your children: their peers and the media they’re exposed to
-Start with something your child already enjoys doing
-Sell it before you build it
-Seek out mentorship
youthinbusiness.com/
www.instagram.com/youth_in_business_/
www.facebook.com/youthinbusinesshq
Episode 51: Tyler Orr created Constructed Awareness
Meet Tyler, a private practice clinician in Tennessee and creator of Constructed Awareness Therapy. Following an initial career in the music industry and a personal experience in therapy, Tyler returned to school to pursue a Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. Quickly, he realized that traditional models of therapy, like CBT, were not a good fit for him or his clients which led him to EMDR. While practicing EMDR and training others in this technique, he realized a lack of structure around phases one and two of the eight phases. What started as an advanced training on phase one and two morphed into its own thing that is now known as Constructed Awareness.
Constructed Awareness contains three principles:
Bring awareness to the experience changes the experience
Everything you have experienced in life is made of three things: thoughts, sensations, and external senses (the three building blocks)
People are naturally oriented to one of the three building blocks, which creates six different orientation types.
https://www.constructedawareness.com/
https://www.instagram.com/constructedawareness
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555313790819
https://www.tiktok.com/@constructedawareness
Episode 50: Julia Nepini is providing group coaching
In this episode, I share the group coaching options I will providing for both solo and group practice owners. I review the benefits of participating including meeting with like-minded professionals, connection, support, accountability, information, resources, goal identification and achievement, and feedback. We will be meeting virtually twice a month for six months. Register here: https://forms.gle/cMgQcVWZCbGSiaqg7
Episode 49: Audrey Schoen is charging premium fees
Meet Audrey Schoen, a private practice clinician in California who explains how she is able to charge premium fees while maintaining integrity. When Audrey first made the switch to private practice after giving birth to twins, she was charging $100 per session and was thrilled about it. She shares how life circumstances and coaching resulted in a mindset shift that has allowed her to increase her fee to $375 confidently and sustain a full caseload.
Key Takeaways:
- When you’re not charging enough, who/what is subsidizing that cost? Is that subsidizing hurting you?
- Talk about the changes openly with your clients being affected by the price increase
- Location matters but there are people with the means in every state
- Determine the structure that works best for you and who you want to serve and do so consciously within your total financial needs
- Pay attention to and work on your own relationship with money
https://www.facebook.com/groups/balancedpractice/
Episode 48: Jamie Roberts is the neurodivergent therapist
Meet Jamie Roberts, a therapist and group practice owner in California. Equilibrium Counseling Services, her group practice, works specifically with LGBT+ and neurodivergent teens and young adults to help discover and understand their identity. Jamie is passionate about supporting young people and being for them the person she needed when she was younger.
Key Takeaways:
- If you’re looking for a diagnosis, allow yourself to be curious and ask why
- Pay attention to and lean into how you best communicate and work
- As a clinician working with neurodivergent clients, consider: sensory needs, what does it look like for rules and boundaries to be equitable vs equal across clients, be upfront about what your systems look like
- If you don’t say the hard things, clients don’t know it’s okay to talk to you about the hard things
https://www.facebook.com/EquilibriumCounseling/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT6FubczAj4gWMkqC8k1WKA
Episode 47: Rebeca Gilbert does not believe in competition
As she has been building her practice and defining her niche, Rebeca has been challenging the mindset of scarcity and competition in the mental health field.
Key Takeaways:
- You can’t be all things for all people
- Network with other providers and keep an updated referral list
- Only saying yes to clients that are an excellent fit is a win for everyone involved
- You’re more memorable to other professionals if you have a defined specialty
- Seek to volunteer
- Take what speaks to your ideal client and what you’re excited about and look at what overlaps
- Don’t be afraid to market yourself
rebecagilbert.com/
www.facebook.com/RebecaGilbertLPC
www.instagram.com/rgilbertcounseling/
Episode 46: Sara Rodrigues started a non-profit
Key Takeaways:
- Your best work happens when you show up as your true authentic self
- Build a really solid support team - both personally and professionally
- Be a lifelong learner and learn as much as you can from the people around you
balancedlearningcenter.com/
www.facebook.com/balancedlearningcenter/
www.facebook.com/joaniesplace
www.instagram.com/balancedlearningcenter/
www.instagram.com/joanies.place
twitter.com/BalancedLrnCt
Episode 45: Cameisha Brewer is the CEO clinician
Key Takeaways:
- Study and get to know the people you want to work with and the people that inspire you
- If you are looking to invest in a course, do your research. Do they teach on the level you learn? What does your gut and intuition say?
- Do the therapist you want to be, the clients you want to serve, and your business model all line up?
www.cbrewerconsulting.com/
www.facebook.com/cbrewerconsulting/
www.instagram.com/cameishabrewer/
www.youtube.com/channel/UCPHJqF3THfiVqOLrSi8UWyA
Episode 44: Doreen Huffman became a prescriber
Meet Doreen Huffman LMHC PMHNP, a fellow group practice owner. Doreen started her career in community mental health and once fully licensed started working for a group practice. When she eventually decided to open a practice of her own, an issue she often encountered was finding prescribers for her patients who needed medication management. She decided to fix her own problem and went back to school. She is now both a psychiatric nurse practitioner and a therapist. She shares the growth of her practice, DLH Consulting and Psychiatric Services, and her efforts to share what she has learned by having practicum students and interns and through the local Facebook group she created.
Key Takeaways:
-Don’t underestimate the power of baked goods when networking in person
-Networking with other local professionals can be a great source of referrals
-Joining a group practice can be a great opportunity to learn and prepare for your own
-Always have a vacation on the calendar
https://www.dlhconsultant.com/
https://www.facebook.com/dlhconsulting/
https://www.instagram.com/dlh.consulting/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1931648187098725
Episode 43: Carolyn Robistow devised three pillars
Meet Carolyn Robistow, an entrepreneur helping other entrepreneurs create healthy relationships with alcohol, all while sailing the eastern coast and Bahamas. Carolyn coined the term Groundhog Day Drinker after recognizing in herself that she was tired of waking up on day one of her goals each time she drank. Throughout the process of redefining her relationship with alcohol, she determined three pillars to her success: personal support, brain spotting, and embodied truth. Now, she works to share that experience and information with others who find themselves in a gray-area of drinking.
Key Takeaways:
- Consider your habits as a relationship versus a math equation
- What works for others may not work for you, but that does not mean you are the problem
https://www.carolynrobistow.net/
Episode 42: Julia Nepini is making time
In this episode I review the book Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky. I discuss their method of:
1. starting each day by choosing a highlight
2. making adjustments to avoid distraction in order to remain laser focused on the identified highlight
3. resetting our defaults and using our body to energize our brains
4. evaluating our process each night to continually improve the method
I also share how slight changes that I have implemented since completing the book have been transformative in how I structure my day and my level of focus when completing tasks.
https://compassionateconsultingcompany.com
Episode 41: Ann Simmons is spreading the word
Key Takeaways:
- Communicate with the audience you already have
- Create a monthly newsletter
- Ask for testimonials
- Physical marketing materials in the waiting room and on backs of doors
- Dedicate chunks of time for specific tasks or projects
- Communicate with your team about your time
upstaterestorativecounseling.com/
ann@upstaterestorativecounseling.com
www.facebook.com/UpstateRestorativeCounseling/
www.instagram.com/upstaterestorativecounseling/
Episode 40: Elise Hall wants to stay in touch
Meet Elise Gilbert Hall, owner of Attunement Counseling and Wellness Collective in Rhode Island. Throughout her professional career she has worked in community mental health, a school system, various agencies, and private practice; all of which have led to where she is today. In the two years since she founded Attunement Counseling, Elise has seen continual growth, but finds herself asking: “How do I scale my group practice without losing touch with my team?"
Key Takeaways:
- Schedule regular touch-points with all team members
- Set office hours for employees to access you
- Create opportunities for personal connection outside of the office
- Provide multiple avenues for feedback
- Maintain transparency and communication
Episode 39: Katie Gibbons wrote a book
Meet Katie Gibbons, a counselor turned children’s book author. In the midst of treating chronic illness and having to scale back her counseling practice she turned to writing as something to keep her mind busy. Having been adopted, adopting, and working with those who have been adopted, Katie knew exactly what the story would be about.
Key Takeaways:
- Do the research
- Hire professionals because you’re a professional too
- Believe in what you’re doing
- Let the shitty first draft be shitty
Episode 38: Gordon Brewer created a podcast network
Meet Gordon Brewer, a therapist, group practice owner, host of two podcasts, and most recently, the president and founder of the PsychCraft Network of podcasts. As an auditory learner and processor, Gordon found himself drawn to the world of podcasts as he built his therapy practice. Since then, he has turned to sharing the lessons he has learned along the way and building a space for like-minded professionals to collaborate and resource one another.
Key Takeaways:
- Stay consistent
- Automate where you can
- Avoid doing too much alone
-Surround yourself with experts
- The most important asset we have is our time and expertise
https://psychcraftnetwork.com/
https://practiceoftherapy.com/
Episode 37: Kim Spooner facilitates a narcissistic abuse support group
Meet Kim Spooner, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in private practice who facilitates a Narcissistic Abuse Peer Support Group. It is free, volunteer-based, and confidential with the mission to provide educational resources on how to reduce the effects of the abuse. Support peers who have experienced narcissistic abuse listen, validate their experiences, and provide non-judgmental feedback. The meetings are held biweekly, alternating between in person in New Bedford, Massachusetts and virtual. In order to join, participants should be referred by a provider.
If interested, email napsnewbedford@gmail.com.
Episode 36: Emily Whetstone is living her dreams
Key takeaways:
-we are not meant to do everything
-know your strengths
-you can hire someone for anything
-build your community
-reach out to others who have done what you want to do
www.eewphotography.com
www.facebook.com/eewphotography
www.instagram.com/eewphotography/
Episode 35: Innovative Healthcare Communications with Doug Parent
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Episode 34: Donna Mac communicates confidently
Key takeaways:
-Confident communication comes from the inside out.
-Get to know your fear.
-The goal is to be assertively effective.
-Leaders benefit from being both authoritative and affiliative.
-Create a psychologically safe environment.
-Provide feedback that empowers people.
-Failure is an opportunity for growth.
-Help people find their own answers.
-The greatest leaders coach themselves first and foremost.
Make sure to grab a copy of her passion project, a workbook entitled Know and Own Your Worth!
iVoice Communication
YouTube
Episode 33: Dawn Gabriel promotes Soul Care
Meet Dawn Gabriel, a licensed therapist, group practice owner, consultant, podcaster, and retreat host. She is the founder of Soul Care for Therapists where her mission is to prevent burnout and help clinicians build a sustainable life and practice. She explains that Soul Care is deeper than self-care and engages our spiritual side. She shares how she blocks out soul care days and plans retreats with her staff to encourage work-life balance.
Key takeaways:
-Therapists tend to put themselves last.
-Block out soul care days.
-Be alone with God.
-Recognize our need to be needed.
-Trust God to care for us and the people in our lives.
https://authenticconnectionscounseling.com
https://soulcarefortherapists.com
https://www.facebook.com/people/Dawn-Gabriel-Soul-Care-for-Therapists/100065180933647/
https://www.instagram.com/soulcarefortherapists/
Episode 32: Michelle Kater is culturally competent
Meet Michelle Kater, who is a licensed therapist with a private practice in Asheville, North Carolina. She is Arab American and her husband is from Kenya. She shares how her experience in a transracial family and biracial couple led her host a retreat to Africa this past June with 29 therapists. She explains her goal of giving back to the orphanage her husband grew up in and providing a life changing experience to others in this field. She discusses how she incorporates cultural constructs in her clinical work and the diverse group practice she is building called Executive Wellness.
Key takeaways:
-Educate yourself as much as possible regarding different cultures
-Acknowledge cultural differences in the therapy room
-Ask clients what mental health looks like in their families
-Recommended the book White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
-Recommended The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook by Kristen Neff
https://www.reconnectmyself.com
https://www.executivewellness.health
Episode 31: Alesia Galati turns listeners into leads
Key takeaways:
-90% of podcasts do not get past episode 3. Of the remaining 10%, 90% do not make it to episode 20.
-Before launch, conduct market research.
-Ensure you have clear goals for your show in order to define success.
-Celebrate milestone episode numbers.
-Guest on other podcast in your genre and beyond.
-Podcasting is a marathon, not a sprint.
https://galatimedia.com
listenerstoleads.buzzsprout.com
www.facebook.com/alesiagalatipm/
www.instagram.com/alesia.galati/
Episode 30: Jason Jurado helps us find our One Path
Meet Jason Jurado, the owner of One Path Coaching, who guides and supports people to live a life of purpose. He is trained in neurolinguistic programing, hypnosis, timeline therapy, and polyvagal theory. He discusses our connection self, others, and something beyond us and helps people when they are disconnected. Join him in celebrating National Belief Day the 1st Monday in April.
Key takeaways:
-Know when to talk and when to listen.
-We are all just walking each other home.
-Always trust your experts.
-We remember the way people make us feel.
-Use Alignable to make local connections with business owners.
-Be honest about where you are at.
-Focus on what you do want, not what you don't want.
-Look at your beliefs and see where they came from.
https://www.onepathcoaching.com
https://www.facebook.com/people/One-Path-Coaching/100084479811996/
https://www.instagram.com/onepathcoaching/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/onepathcoaching
https://www.linkedin.com/company/onepathcoaching
Episode 29: Julia Nepini is traveling the world
In this solo episode I identify the benefits of travel, discuss my experiences this year, and share my ideas for future plans.
The intention of this episode is to catalogue this point on my journey, reflect on what it took to get here, acknowledge those people who have helped to make it possible, and to show that if experiencing the world is your goal, it is possible. My hope is that this episode will serve as inspiration to do what sets your soul on fire. I remain humble, grateful, and appreciative and am here to help you achieve whatever your professional goals are in your business.
https://compassionateconsultingcompany.com
Episode 28: Laura Bates has not been paralyzed by perfection
Meet Laura Bates, a psychiatric nurse practitioner who owns a solo practice in Louisiana. She describes her decision to go out on her own after she lost her job with a physical group. As a fellow enneagram 1, we weave our personality traits of perfectionism into the discussion and our overly idealistic views of business ownership at the outset versus the reality. She shares considerations for expansion and meeting the needs of her small town.
Key takeaways:
-Do not wait until you have everything in place before you start
-Hire an administrative assistant sooner rather than later
-Use your phone tree to triage and minimize call volume
-If there is something you want, endurance is key
https://www.lauraebatespsychiatry.com
https://www.facebook.com/laurabatespsych
Episode 27: April Lacey is organizing an event
Meet April Lacey LICSW who is a clinical team lead at Compassionate Counseling Company. She shares how her interest in postpartum issues developed, her experience facilitating a postpartum stress support group, and the fundraising event she is co-leading for Postpartum Support International.
https://www.compassionatecounselingcompany.com/april-lacey/
https://www.facebook.com/climboutteamsouthcoast
https://www.instagram.com/team_southcoast_climb_out/
https://www.classy.org/team/493133
Episode 26: Danielle Peters is ghostwriting
Meet Danielle Peters LMFT who owns a counseling practice and a ghostwriter for solo and group practitioners. She shares how she developed her niche supporting parents of neurodivergent children and her interest in copywriting for other therapists.
Key takeaway:
-If you are a generalist you are writing your copy to nobody.
-Describe how it feels to be in the room with you.
-We do our best work when we are matched with the people we are meant to work with.
https://www.therapycopy.com
Episode: 25 Faith Norton is marketing groups
In this consulting episode we meet Faith Norton, LICSW who has a part-time virtual practice called Full Circle Counseling. She is planning to run groups and asks what intentional marketing strategies will be the most effective.
Key takeaways:
-Identify your audience, their pain point, and where you are most likely to find them.
-Build your social media following and consistently provide valuable content.
-Consider a mailing list and newsletter.
-Find a marketing strategy that is enjoyable to you and repurpose content.
-Connect with other local providers to share resources.
-Utilize the audiences of other people to build your own.
http://fullcirclecounselingri.com
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100078826145071
https://www.instagram.com/faithnortonlicsw/
Episode 24: Amanda Hunter experienced exponential growth
Meet Amanda Hunter, the CEO and founder of Everlasting Wellness. She shares that she made the decision to start the practice after her own traumatic birth and postpartum issues and it has grown to over 30 clinicians that specialize in pregnancy and postpartum. She discusses her internship program, leadership team, and hiring process.
Key takeaways:
-You will never feel like you are working if you love what you do.
-Hiring an executive assistant has been transformative.
-Ask your team what their dream job is.
-It is helpful to have both a visionary and an integrator.
-Business consulting is worth the investment.
-Learn from how businesses in other industries grow.
https://everlastingwellnesscounseling.com
https://www.facebook.com/everlastingwellnessllc
https://www.instagram.com/everlasting_wellness_llc/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/everlasting-wellness-llc/
Episode 23: Anna Berin is recruiting clinicians
In this consulting episode episode we meet Anna Berin, LMHC PsyD who is expanding her private practice. She discusses her transition from non-profit to her own practice after the birth of her children and her desire to scale down while training the next generation of clinicians. She identifies recruitment as a challenge and asks "how do I market myself to find like-minded clinicians?" She discusses her values and the vision for her team as well as her plan to encourage the prioritization of work-life balance.
Key takeaways:
-Get clear on the values of your practice and incorporate this in your hiring process.
-Posting your job in local therapy groups can be a helpful way to identify prospective hires.
-Using the filters on LinkedIn and sending direct messages can hone in on who you are looking to hire.
-Colleagues and former professors can be invaluable recruitment resources.
-Offering a referral bonus to current clinicians can increase the likelihood of hiring the right fit.
-Space out the hiring and onboarding process to get to know your clinicians.
https://zencare.co/provider/therapist/anna-berin
https://headway.co/providers/anna-berin
https://secure.helloalma.com/providers/anna-berin/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/annaberin/
Episode 22: Ronisa Clark goes behind the scenes
Meet Ronisa Clark, an accountant with an MBA who works for a community mental health agency and started her own bookkeeping practice Dream Joy Consulting. Her focus is working with healthcare providers and clinicians in solo practice. She shares how she fell in love with accounting during an elective while in school to become a doctor. She shares her process working with new clients and her typical level of involvement. She is also willing to teach business owners how to set themselves up for success.
Key takeaways:
-Separate business and personal expenses.
-Excel is not an accounting system.
-It helps to have another set of eyes on your account to catch mistakes.
-Hiring someone to prioritize bookkeeping enables the business owner to focus on their clients and building their business.
-Do not base business decisions on the balance in your bank account.
https://www.dreamjoyconsulting.com
https://www.facebook.com/dreamjoyconsulting
https://www.instagram.com/dreamjoyconsulting
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronisaclark/
Episode 21: Colleen Wenner has expanded with interns
Meet Colleen Wenner, licensed clinical mental health counselor, who owns the group practice New Heights Counseling and Consulting which specializes in trauma and addiction. She describes her career climb and how she pivoted to private practice after being diagnosed with cancer and the process of getting licensed in a new state. She shares how her love for teaching and challenge of finding a licensed clinician led to hiring interns which has been a positive decision for the practice.
Key takeaways:
-Continue to consult with other professionals at all stages of your career.
-Interns can be a great way to build your practice if you love to teach.
-Find people who are humble, hungry, and smart when hiring.
-Undersell and overdeliver by treating people better than they expect.
-Build in the right values from the beginning.
https://florida-counseling.com
https://www.facebook.com/NHCCounseling/
https://www.instagram.com/newheights_counseling/
Episode 20: Nicole DaSilva has experienced imposter syndrome
In this consulting episode we meet Nicole DaSilva LICSW who recently started her own virtual counseling practice, Motivational Healing and Wellness. She describes her experience in the field of social work, particularly crisis intervention during the pandemic and how it led her to consider how she could make a greater impact. She shares her experience with imposter syndrome providing therapy and the process of starting a business.
Key takeaways:
-no one is an expert in everything and we can refer out if needed
-seek out supervision and consultation from qualified peers
-find support in colleagues to normalize experience
-recognize accomplishments and what is going well
-push yourself to do what scares you
-imposter syndrome does not go away but we can acknowledge it and use it
https://nicole-dasilva5630.clientsecure.me
Episode 19: Customer Centricity with Zac Stucki
Meet Zac Stucki, a customer-centric operations expert who helps businesses understand the reasons their customers are buying so they can design their business strategy and operations around it which fixes quality, profitability, and scaling problems. He describes his process of disconnecting "no" from his value as an entrepreneur and building credibility and authority. He shares his efforts to serve as a conduit for entrepreneurs to help them grow their businesses and impact without the full weight on their shoulders. He differentiates our "why" from our mission and the customer versus the user. He encourages business owners to consider what they are doing rather than why they are doing it and explains how invaluable he has found Jobs Theory in his work. He also encourages us to consider who we can have the most impact serving.
Book Recommendations:
Competing Against Luck by Clayton Christensen
Demand-Side Sales 101 by Bob Moesta and Greg Engle
https://homericconsulting.com
@homericconsulting
Episode 18: Josh Frias is building trust
Meet Josh Frias, a physician assistant who works in head and neck surgery and a realtor who owns Josh Frias properties. He shares his career climb in medicine and his decision to pursue his interests in architecture and realty when he decided to start a business. He identifies the skills that were transferrable as well as the challenges of developing trust in business as opposed to healthcare. He also shares how he balances career and family.
Key takeaways:
-Establish relationships by building trust and providing value.
-Do not change who you are to fit what you are trying to do.
-Check in with yourself often to ensure you stay clear on your motivation.
-Listen to your instincts and keep an open mind.
-Failure does not exist if you continue to grow and learn.
https://www.rightchoiceinrealestate.com/pages/our-agents
https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-frias-1a84b817
jf@joshfriasrealestate.com
Episode 17: Venita Qualls is expanding her practice
In this consulting episode we meet Venita Qualls, licensed mental health counselor and licensed alcohol and drug abuse counselor who is expanding her counseling practice, Soulful Essentials. She describes her career climb from the trial court system, to obtaining two master's degrees, to becoming a business owner. She is trained in brain-spotting, EMDR, and IFS and shares her decision to build a team. She identifies hesitations including supervising other clinicians and investing in them and then having them leave. Julia encourages extending the hiring process and taking the time to get to know candidates as well as getting clear on mission, vision, and values.
https://www.soulfulessentials.com
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/venita-qualls-burlington-ma/278057
Episode 16: Archetypes with Carolyn Wallace
Recommended reading:
Sacred Contracts by Carolyn Myss
Awakening the Heroes Within: Twelve Archetypes to Help Us Find Ourselves and Transform Our World by Carol Pearson
The Archetypes and The Collective Unconscious by Carl Jung
Key takeaways:
Giving yourself permission to be exactly who you are will bring the most fulfillment not only to your life but for the collective.
The world desperately needs people who are lit up, passionate, and awakening their divine potential.
There are different paths to get where you want to be and knowing your archetype can help you recognize and change patterns of behavior.
yourradiantlife.net/
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