How Do You Know If You're Ready to Start a Private Practice?
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What makes starting a private practice easier today than before?
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 Quick question. Have you been thinking about private practice for a long time, but aren't sure if you're ready? Hi there, my name is Jenna Castor-Kazman from the Independent Clinician, and today I want to talk to you about three ways to know if you're ready to start a private practice. Lots of SLPs have a lot of internal worries and fears related to whether they are ready to start a private practice. And a lot of this comes from imposter syndrome, which I've talked about on the show quite a bit. That feeling like even though you're qualified, there's this nagging feeling that maybe you aren't.
Imposter syndrome is very common in SLPs because there is so much to know in this profession, and people feel like they need to be experts to start a private practice. But if you wait to become an expert, you will never feel expert enough. It may never start. So let's talk about those three reasons to know if you are ready to start a private practice right after this. 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.
What do I absolutely need to bring to the table before launching?
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 today we're talking about three ways to know if you are ready to start a private practice. So the first thing that you must absolutely have before starting a private practice is having something to bring to the table.
If you have skills as a speech language pathologist that you've used with clients to help them, or if you've completed trainings and have the knowledge to help people, you have something to bring to the table. The old way of thinking about having a private practice is to wait until the end of your career to start. That is not necessary. You have enough knowledge and skills to start right now. You have a master's degree and you earn nearly 400 clinical clock hours to get it. You completed comprehensive examinations and took a national examination. And you completed a clinical fellowship. You hold a state license, and you keep up with your continuing education requirements. This profession is set up in such a way to keep people feeling unqualified with more and more requirements and boxes that they have to check and recheck.
And that's why you feel like you need permission to be in private practice, but you don't. You just need enough knowledge and skills to bring something to the table and help people. And I think that you'll find that you're much more effective at helping people without all of those external limitations from your employer. Another way to tell if you are ready to start a private practice is if you want more control over your professional, personal, and financial life.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What makes starting a private practice easier today than before?
0:00–2:12
2
What do I absolutely need to bring to the table before launching?
2:12–5:05
3
How can private practice give me control over my professional schedule?
5:05–6:49
4
Why is private practice the best way to gain financial freedom?
6:49–7:51
5
When should I decide I’m ready rather than waiting for perfection?
7:51–9:30
6
How do I recognize that I’m already resourceful and qualified?
9:30–10:55
7
What steps should I take right now to stop postponing my practice?
10:55–11:29
8
Where can I find additional resources and support to launch my practice?
11:29–11:31
Speakers
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