Building a Thriving Traditional Practice with Shanna Klump
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How did Shanna first launch her private practice and what early challenges did she face?
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To download your free copy, please visit startyourprivatepractice.com backslash roadmap to sign up. Now on to the episode. Shauna Klump is a speech language pathologist with a large, thriving private practice with multiple employees and a full operations team near Baltimore, Maryland. I got to know Shauna when she was in the Grow Your Private Practice program. She grew quickly from having a small private practice on the side to having a large brick and mortar clinic, a full clinical team, and support staff that treats hundreds of families. Families. Because Shauna has built up her business to have people and systems to support herself and the business, she's looking forward to taking a mostly unplugged maternity leave with her first child.
In this episode, she talks about how she got started and also how she grew quickly, what her private practice looks like, and recommendations for other private practitioners who are looking to have brick and mortar clinics with teens. If you've been thinking about growing a private practice with a full team, a robust clinic, hundreds of clients, and systems to support you, this is a must-listen episode, so stay tuned. I'm Jenna Castro-Kasbon, speech language pathologist, business coach, and creator of the Start Your Private Practice System. And I'm on a mission to turn stuck SLPs into successful private practitioners. If you're tired of dealing with high productivity requirements, high caseload sizes, and low pay, it's time to take control of your professional, personal, and financial life and finally get the freedom, flexibility, and financial abundance that you deserve by working with private clients in your own practice.
Join me here each week as I share tips, best practices, and inspirational interviews on the Private Practice Success Stories podcast. If you're a private practitioner or one in the making, you're in the right place, so let's get started. Yeah. Before we dive in, can you please share your name, your location, and the name of
your private practice? Definitely. I'm Shauna Klump. I am based in Annapolis, Maryland, and my private practice is called Kid Connections Therapy.
So I am so excited to do this episode because we've actually known each other for years at this point. You've you know you've been in a couple of my programs. We got to hang out at Asha in line for pizza or sandwiches or something one day. That was super cool. But I've really watched you go from like having a really small practice to having like a pretty big thriving practice. And I know several of our listeners are interested in like what it takes to build a more substantial private practice. So before we get to that though, share a little bit about kind of how you got started in private practice and what those early days looked like.
First and foremost, I utilized all of the different iterations of your programs because that really helped me to figure out what to do and how to do it well. and to avoid as many mistakes as possibly could be avoided. So a huge thank you on that one. But I officially launched in 2016. It was just me and my car, which makes me sound homeless, but I wasn't. I did have a home, but I did not have an office space. And so I would go into my clients' homes. And really the way that I built my clients at that point or built my case
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Chapters
8 chapters
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How did Shanna first launch her private practice and what early challenges did she face?
0:00–6:30
2
What impact did accepting insurance have on the growth of Kid Connections Therapy?
6:30–11:43
3
How did hiring the first employee and building a clinical team change the business model?
11:43–16:24
4
What systems and processes were created to support a seamless maternity leave?
16:24–23:07
5
How does the practice ensure consistent client experience through policies and team coverage?
23:07–28:18
6
What strategies are used for employee retention and leadership development?
28:18–33:48
7
How did Shanna’s passion project, The Apraxia SLP, evolve from her practice’s success?
33:48–40:03
8
What advice does Shanna give to SLPs and OTs looking to scale from a side practice to a full‑time clinic?
40:03–44:12
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