Building an Adult-Focused Private Practice with Small Kids at Home: Heather McCurdy's Journey
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To download your free copy, please visit startyourprivatepractice dot com backslash roadmap to sign up. Now on to the episode. Heather McCurdy is a speech language pathologist with an adult-focused private practice in Indiana. Heather started her private practice, mindful speech therapy, because she wanted the flexibility to work part-time while raising her triplets. And she also saw a gap in the local healthcare market after a hospital system that she worked for decided to discontinue outpatient therapy. Heather loves working with adults and wanted to be able to continue to provide excellent care for her clients with concussions and traumatic brain injuries, as well as to be able to actually edifize her certifications such as LSDT Loud, which she wasn't able to do at her regular job.
So she decided to start her own private practice to fill a gap in her local area and in her own life as a mom of triplets. In this episode, Heather shares her balanced approach to managing her private practice and her family life. For example, she dedicates specific days to patient care, which allows her to maintain a structured schedule so that she can be present for her children on the other days. One of my favorite parts of the episode is when Heather emphasizes the rejuvenation that she feels from her work, which enhances both her patience and energy as a parent. And for any of you who are parents, I'm sure you can relate. If you've been thinking about private clients and either have a passion for working with adults or have kids that you want to be home for, this is a must-listen episode, so stay tuned.
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There are so many people who want to hear more from just any private practitioners really, but also people who are more adult focused. And so thank you so much for being on. I'd love to start, if you wouldn't mind, just sharing with everybody like your full name, your location, and also the name of your private practice.
Yeah, so I am Heather McCurdy. I am in Valperso, Indiana. So I'm about an hour east of Chicago, like downtown Chicago, and I own mindful speech therapy.
What motivated Heather to transition from hospital work to her own private practice?
I love it.
I love it. And as I said at the beginning, you're an adult focused person. So and I know that lots of people are just hungry for that information. And so how I would love to actually start for the first couple of questions is could you share a little bit about how you got into the profession? And then at what point did you start thinking about private practice?
Yeah, so I graduated with my undergraduate degree in 2017. And then I took a gap year, worked in the schools as a speech language assistant.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–3:55
2
What motivated Heather to transition from hospital work to her own private practice?
3:55–6:04
3
How did Heather’s background and early career shape her adult‑focused practice?
6:04–8:50
4
What gap in the local market did Heather identify and how did it influence her practice launch?
8:50–13:22
5
How does Heather generate referrals without feeling pushy or competing with others?
13:22–16:50
6
What scheduling system does Heather use to balance patient care with raising triplets?
16:50–21:16
7
Which payer sources does Heather accept and how do they support her adult‑focused services?
21:16–25:46
8
What new opportunities and growth plans is Heather considering for her practice?
25:46–27:18
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