Private Practice Success Stories

Latest Episodes:

"Identifying and Developing Your Expertise" with Lori Melnitsky, SLP Dec 20, 2018

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Lori Melnitsky, SLP first encountered speech-language pathology as a client with stuttering. She earned a degree in accounting and decided on a career change to speech therapy. She delved into the fields of early intervention and the public schools early on. Currently her practice focuses on individuals who stutter and children with oral-motor deficits, and she concurrently works at a school part-time.

Here's What We Cover:

The value she has found in her unique personal experience as well as continuing education
How she balances her thriving practice with a growing number of responsibilities
The reasons she recommends having an office within your own home
Her innovative ideas to expand her practice
Her best advice for practitioners who are nervous about starting out

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"The Confidence You Need to Follow Your Dreams" with Adrienne Fuller, SLP Dec 13, 2018

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Adrienne Fuller, SLP envisioned herself as a private practitioner early on. In addition to skilled nursing facility work and public school contracting, she has extensive experience as a published author and a public speaker. Adrienne currently has an established practice working with two other speech-language pathologists.

Here's What We Cover:

Her recommendations for entering and sustaining private practice fill books, with more to come
Her definition of private practice which may surprise potential practitioners
The benefits and obstacles she encountered as she branched out from her solo practice
The leap from working for someone else to your own private practice leading to more “control of your financial destiny”
Her networking ideas to ensure she stays connected to the small business community
Eye-opening brainstorming session on how different your path to success can be

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"Using Your Experience to Help Grow Your Practice" with Amy Strekas, SLP Dec 06, 2018

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Amy Strekas, SLP explored a variety of pediatric settings prior to developing her private practice. She is highly specialized at treating stuttering. Amy currently sees pediatric clients with a variety of disorders in their homes and schools.

Here's What We Cover:

How her freelancing experience helped her set up her private practice
Her unique manner of finding clients
The many ways that seeing clients in their natural environments works for her
Her decision to create a new and helpful resource for parents

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"Discovering Hippotherapy" with Kelley Warren Jewart, SLP Dec 03, 2018

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Kelley discovered her passion for hippotherapy as a college student. While she mostly worked with adults in the inpatient rehabilitation field throughout her career, she "dipped her toes" into private practice by taking on one pediatric client. Currently Kelley is growing her private practice as well as working PRN part-time.

Here's What We Cover:

Her specific model of hippotherapy that has worked for her clients
How her private practice stands out from the therapeutic riding centers in her area
Her need to provide ongoing education to clients on hippotherapy benefits
Jena’s input regarding successful Facebook advertising
Her advice for pursuing hippotherapy in the absence of your own horse and barn

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"Connect with Your Community" with Bobbi Adams-Brown, SLP Nov 29, 2018

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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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"Starting a Telepractice" with McKell Smith, SLP Nov 26, 2018

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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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"Developing Your Strategy" with Leanna Vollintine, SLP Nov 19, 2018

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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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"Take the Leap" with Katie Carney, SLP Nov 15, 2018

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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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"Communicate With Purpose" with Stacey Crowley, SLP Nov 12, 2018

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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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"Maximizing Your Time and Resources" with Emily Cohen, SLP Nov 08, 2018

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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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