Growing Her Practice By Offering Gender-Affirming Voice and Adult Neuro Services with Anne Quirk
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What is the overall premise of this episode and why is private practice easier now?
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To download your free copy, please visit startyourprivatepractice dot com backslash roadmap to sign up. Now on to the episode.
Who is Anne Quirk and what inspired her to start True Self Speech Therapy?
Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Private Practice Success Stories Podcast. I'm your host, Jenna Caster Kazbon, and today I'm thrilled for you to meet Anne Shackness Quark. Anne is a speech language pathologist and founder of True Self-Speech Therapy in Providence, Rhode Island. What I love about Anne's story is how she came into our field as a career changer. After working in the nonprofit space, a family member stroke opened her eyes to the power of communication. and set her on a completely new path. Anne shares her journey of building an adult-focused private practice that blends her passion for neurological rehab, voice therapy, and gender-affirming voice work, and how being in the Grow Your Private Practice program has helped her make progress with her private practice every single month.
In this episode, we talk about everything from the leap from healthcare burnout to starting her own practice, how gender-affirming voice therapy helped her private practice grow in the first year, how she's balanced her private practice with raising three young children, and why hiring a team has changed everything for her. So if you've ever wondered what it looks like to build an adult focused private practice, or you're curious about specializing in something like Voice or neuro. Then this conversation will help inspire you to think more about what's possible in your own career. 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. So before we start, can you please share your name, your location, and the name of your private practice?
Sure. My name is Ann Shackness Quirk. I am in Providence, Rhode Island, and the name of my private practice is True Self-Speech Therapy.
Now, people listening can't see your awesome logo branded jacket that you have on, but I love the name of your practice. And I don't usually start with this question, but can you please share a little bit about like who your private practice serves and why that's such a good name for your practice?
Sure. So yeah, I mean, coming up with a name is so hard because you're like, oh man, this has got to represent so much of what I do. And honestly, I treat such a wide variety of clients that true self resonated with me because I see a lot of neurological clients, people who have um progressive diseases or have had a stroke who are Unable to find the words that they want to say. And I think part of of working with them is helping them find their true self again.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the overall premise of this episode and why is private practice easier now?
0:00–0:53
2
Who is Anne Quirk and what inspired her to start True Self Speech Therapy?
0:53–6:46
3
How did a family member’s stroke lead Anne to change careers and focus on neurological rehab?
6:46–10:18
4
Why did Anne decide to specialize in adult‑focused voice and neuro therapy?
10:18–16:43
5
How did gender‑affirming voice therapy help grow her practice in the first year?
16:43–23:30
6
How does Anne balance running a private practice with raising three children?
23:30–27:22
7
What impact did hiring a virtual assistant and a part‑time employee have on her business?
27:22–34:48
8
What advice does Anne give to clinicians who are hesitant to start their own practice?
34:48–36:37
Speakers
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