Overcoming the Fear of Reaching Out to Doctors and Specialists
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Why do many clinicians feel intimidated about reaching out to doctors for referrals?
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To download your free copy, please visit startyourprivatepractice.com backslash roadmap to sign up. Now on to the episode. Hello there and welcome to the Private Practice Success Stories podcast. I'm Jenna Castor Kasbon, and I'm so excited to have you here for this special solo episode where I'm going to talk about something that I've been seeing a lot of chatter about in Facebook groups, which is all about how to confidently market your private practice to doctors and specialists without feeling pushy, salesy, or overwhelmed. Now, if you have Ever struggled with the fear of reaching out to doctors for referrals? First of all, you are not alone. And second of all, there is a way to do it where you will feel confident.
So in today's episode, this is what we're going to talk about. And we're going to dive into this common fear that is actually holding a lot of private practitioners back from growing their practices. And here's my goal for you. My goal is that by the end of this episode that I hope that you'll feel ready to push past that fear and start actually building those referral relationships with doctors that can lead to more consistent referrals. So if you're kind of stuck in that feast or famine cycle, you're going to want to listen to this because it can really, really help. So before we get into this, I actually also want to remind you to stick around until the end of the episode because I'm going to share a resource that will help you take all of the guesswork out of Marketing to Doctors.
So stay tuned for that. 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.
Okay, so on this special solo episode of the Private Practice Success Stories podcast, we are going to be talking about the fear of reaching out to doctors. Even if you know this is a good idea, even if you know there are kids in your area or adults in your area who desperately need therapy services, and you know that getting to the physicians and specialists would be really, really helpful, you might be feeling a little bit Afraid of that. So let's talk about that fear. Because again, I know that you know that doctor referrals could be completely game-changing for your practice, but there's something folding you back. And maybe it's that you feel intimidated by the doctors or worried that they will reject you or maybe not take you seriously.
And I get it, doctors can seem intimidating. After all, they're busy. They are well respected in the medical field. And sometimes it may feel like we're stepping into their world when we approach them. So it's easy to feel like you don't have the confidence or the experience to ask for referrals.
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