From SLPA to Lifestyle Practice Owner with Christine Zinn
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What is the overall purpose of this episode and who is the guest?
Starting a private practice isn't what it used to be. Today's clinicians are starting private practices much quicker, easier, and cheaper than before. And they aren't guessing their way through it or getting stuck in analysis paralysis, they're following a tried and true roadmap in order to save time, money, and frustration. There is no reason to reinvent the wheel or struggle to figure out how to start a private practice on your own. We've helped thousands of SLPs and OTs through this process and now we want to help you too. For a limited time, I'm offering a free copy of our private practice roadmap, specifically for SLPs and OTs who are curious about private practice and want to see what the journey looks like.
To download your free copy, please visit startyourprivatepractice dot com backslash roadmap to sign up. Now on to the episode. Christine Zinn is a speech language pathologist with a boutique private practice in Las Vegas, Nevada. She started her private practice after working as an SLPA for 10 years and later earning her master's degree in her 40s. Christine wanted a flexible lifestyle where she could work with clients that she loves while building a business on her terms. I got to know Christine during her time in both the Start and Grow Your Private Practice programs, and it has been so cool to watch her grow her private practice with intention and confidence. In this episode, she talks about how she transitioned from working in the clinic to building her dream caseload, how she added Medicaid to be able to serve more families, and how her local network of supportive private practitioners has helped.
to fuel her success. If you've been thinking about starting your private practice later in life or after you've worked as an SLPA, and you're dreaming of growing into your own role as an SLP and business owner, then 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.
Before we dive in, can you please share your name, your location, and the name of your private practice?
Sure. My name is Christine Zinn. I'm in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the name of the practice is the Speech School.
Okay, Christine, I am so excited to do this with you today because we've actually met each other like at Asha and you've been a part of my programs. And so I have really gotten to see you start from the very beginning of your private practice to where you are now. But before we tell everybody kind of what that journey has been like, can you take us back to the beginning of like when you entered the profession and when did you start thinking about private practice?
Go in the Wayback Time Machine. I got my bachelor's degree at Illinois State University in 1995. And I did not get into grad school right away, as many of us don't. And I was an SLPA for about ten years with various other positions in between. I knew this was the profession I needed to be in as soon as I found out speech pathology was a thing. I was a hundred percent on board and it was very, very frustrating not to get into grad school to feel thwarted. And a big part of my journey in going to grad school was this idea that I had that was, well, you know, you applied three times and you couldn't get in and it's too hard to get into grad school and not everybody gets to go. And it was it was a very limiting belief of moving forward.
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