5 Pervasive Private Practice Myths *BUSTED*
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To download your free copy, please visit startyourprivatepractice dot com backslash roadmap to sign up. Now on to the episode. So I want to dispel five pervasive private practice myths that keep amazing clinicians from starting private practices. And knowing what these myths are will really help you realize that you can start a private practice much sooner and also much easier and cheaper than you may think. So myth number one is that you have to quit your job in order to start a private practice. So if you're a full-time employee who dreams of having your own practice, but you can't quite imagine quitting your job and leaping or diving into private practice, know that you are not alone. The old way of starting a private practice was to quit your job and jump right in.
But honestly, that is pretty financially risky because what if you don't like it? Or what if it takes longer than you thought to get paying clients? So instead, I teach folks how to start private practices on the side of their job and start by seeing clients after work, on the weekends, or over the summer. So that way you can keep your steady income and benefits from your full-time job while you grow your private caseload. And this way you can also adjust to being a business owner and make sure that you love private practice before committing to it full-time. Myth number two is that you need to wait until you have a lot of experience to start seeing private clients. Now, a lot of people think that you have to have five or 15 or 20 years or more experience before you start a private practice, but that's not true.
What you do need is to have a clinical license and to have enough knowledge and skills to bring something to the table. For example, me. I started my private practice on the side of my job when I was twenty-six years old because people had asked me a few times if I treated privately, and I finally realized that if people were asking me to see them. Then they felt like I had the skills necessary to do it. So I finally said yes to the clients and yes to myself and yes to my future private practice. And I can confidently say that I did great work with my private clients, right? They got a lot better, especially when they had the exact kind of therapy that they needed. And it was dictated by me, who knew them very well, and not by an administrator.
administrator or a school or hospital system that didn't allow them to have the frequency or the type of therapy that they needed. So rather than waiting to start your private practice, you can start seeing private clients now and gain clinical skills as you go. Because a lot of people wait until they become an air quotes expert. But we all know that our fields are vast and it takes a very long time to become an expert. So instead, start seeing private clients now. And you can still continue to invest in your clinical education through CEUs and whatnot. But start your private practice now and gain experience as you go rather than waiting for a long time to start your practice. And again, people want to earn more money now.
People don't want to wait 20 or 30 years to earn more money, right? They want to be able to do that now. Same with having the freedom and the flexibility that comes with private practice. People want that now and not in 20 or 30 years.
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