From School SLP to Private Practice Owner: Building a Multi-State Speech Therapy Business with Sarah Gober
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How did Sarah’s move from Texas to Florida spark the idea of a multi‑state private practice?
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To download your free copy, please visit startyourprivatepractice.com backslash roadmap to sign up. Now on to the episode. Welcome back to another episode of the Private Practice Success Ries podcast. I'm your host, Jenna Castrak-Kazbon, and I'm so excited for you to meet today's guest, Sarah Gober. Sarah is a speech language pathologist and the founder and CEO of Hope Talks, a private practice that serves families in Texas, Florida, and Mississippi. But here's what's cool about Sarah's story: she didn't start out to build a multi-state empire. In fact, she already had a Dream job in Houston and was ready to stay there forever until life happened. She got married, moved to Florida, and suddenly found herself in a series of jobs that just didn't fit.
You know that feeling when you're really good at what you do, but the environment is either toxic or the flexibility just isn't there? Well, that was Sarah. And instead of settling, she got creative. In this episode, Sarah shares how she turned life's curve. Balls into our biggest advantage, building a private practice that spans four states, three time zones, and even includes a school contract in Alaska. I've been working with Sarah one-on-one inside of the next level private practitioner program, and it has been so much fun to help her pinpoint exactly what her private practice needed, especially in terms of increasing profitability and introducing systems into her practice. So we're going to talk about that and the effect that it's had during the episode.
So if you've ever thought, my life is too complicated to start a private practice, or I don't live in the right place, then this episode is gonna blow those excuses right out of the water. Sarah's story is proof that you don't need a brick and mortar location or a perfectly predictable life in order to build something incredible. So let's dive in. 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. All right, so before we dive in, can you please share your name, your location, and the name of your private practice?
Yeah, I'm Sarah Gober. I'm the founder and CEO of Hope Talks, and we serve families in Texas, Florida, and Mississippi.
Okay, Sarah, I am so excited to be doing this interview with you because I've gotten to know you pretty well through our next level private practitioner program. But I want all of our listeners to hear about all the amazing things that you're doing in your practice. But before we get to that, can you please take us back to the beginning of your career and kind of how you got started? And then at what point did you start thinking about private practice?
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
How did Sarah’s move from Texas to Florida spark the idea of a multi‑state private practice?
0:00–6:05
2
What steps did Sarah take to transition from school‑based SLP work to her first private‑client contracts?
6:05–10:47
3
How does Sarah combine a school contract in Alaska with private teletherapy clients across three time zones?
10:47–16:29
4
What systems and tools did Sarah implement to manage the “messy middle” of running a solo practice?
16:29–21:27
5
How is Sarah leveraging a virtual assistant and hiring plans to scale her practice?
21:27–26:15
6
What marketing strategies does Sarah use to attract families in Texas, Florida, Mississippi, and Alaska?
26:15–27:53
7
How does Sarah’s husband’s business‑mindset support the growth and operations of Hope Talks?
27:53–29:01
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