Owning a Successful Private Practice as a Neurodivergent SLP with Alex Green
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What motivated Alex to leave an unsupportive work environment and start her own private practice?
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To download your free copy, please visit startyourprivatepractice dot com backslash roadmap to sign up. Now on to the episode. Alex Green is a speech language pathologist with a private practice called Green Family Therapies in Laverne, California. She grew up watching her mom work as a school-based SLP and fell in love with the field. But decided to start her private practice after being in an unsupportive work environment. In this episode, Alex talks about how she almost left the field entirely right after her clinical fellowship when she felt exploited, overworked, and unsupported. We also talk about how having a clinical director has helped her maintain work-life balance as a neurodivergent SLP.
If you're a neurodivergent SLP or OT who's thinking about starting your own private practice, Alex is a great role model and you are gonna love this episode, so stay tuned. I'm Jenna Castro-Kazvan, CEO of the Independent Clinician and founder of Private Practice School. First, I started my own private practice. And then, over the past 15 years, I've worked with over 10,000 SLPs and OTs to start and grow their successful private practices so they can have more freedom, flexibility, fulfillment, and finances. I created the Private Practice Success Stories podcast. to share what's possible for you, your family, your clients, and your community when you choose private practice. We'll share everything from small private practice side hustles to flexible lifestyle private practices to traditional brick and mortar practices, and everything in between.
You'll meet regular clinicians, just like you, who followed our steps and are now living their private practice dreams. If they can do it, you can do it too. So let's get started. So welcome Alex. Hi, thank you, Jenna. To start out, can you please share your name, your location, and the name of your private practice?
Yes. So my name is Alexandria. I am a private practice owner in Southern California in the city of Laverne. And my practice is called Green Family Therapy.
So I'm so excited to have you on the show and to have you share your story. And what I would love to do is can we please go back to the beginning of maybe not your life per se, but the beginning of your career at least and talk a little bit about like when did you start thinking about Pray the Practice?
So I'm a second generation SLP. So my mom was an SLP as well. And I grew up going to work with her during the summers and watching her just work with kids and light them up and just have fun at work. And so I knew I wanted to be an SLP. because of my mother. And so I went to graduate school, did the whole process we all know but that's like I actually decided to start my private practice while I was still in my CF because uh I just couldn't take the working environment. I didn't enjoy working. I had two CF placements. I didn't enjoy either of them. I felt a bit exploited, overworked, and unheard, and entirely unsupported in both of these placements. And I honestly thought, Jenna, I thought I was gonna leave the field entirely after my CF.
Breaks my heart. And I say that so many times. Especially for people who like are very capable, have heard of gold, like love the profession, and yet for whatever reason are questioning whether or not they've made the right decision.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What motivated Alex to leave an unsupportive work environment and start her own private practice?
0:00–7:08
2
How did Alex secure her first clients after leaving her clinical fellowship?
7:08–12:25
3
What steps did Alex take to grow her practice from a solo therapist to a team of 10‑12 clinicians?
12:25–18:24
4
How did the transition to virtual therapy during COVID‑19 impact Alex’s business model?
18:24–24:59
5
How did Alex’s late ADHD diagnosis change her personal and professional life?
24:59–30:52
6
Why is having a strong clinical director and support team essential for neurodivergent SLP owners?
30:52–38:22
7
What strategies does Alex recommend for neurodivergent SLPs to manage executive‑function challenges in private practice?
38:22–44:22
8
What final advice does Alex give to neurodivergent SLPs considering private practice?
44:22–51:05
Speakers
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