She Retired Early Then Grew Her Practice... and Her Income with Claudia Davisson
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What motivated Claudia to start a private practice after retirement?
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To download your free copy, please visit startyourprivatepractice.com backslash roadmap to sign up. Now on to the episode. Claudia Davison is a speech language pathologist who has worked in almost every SLP setting. She never thought about private practice until she started thinking about seeing private clients to earn extra money to supplement her retirement. You'll have to listen to the whole episode for details, but spoiler alert, Claudia's private practice took off, and not only was she able to supplement her retirement, but she retired early because she was making Making exponentially more money than she was in the schools. Her practice is a mix of private pay clients, insurance, and also multi-state school contracts, which she hires contractors to fulfill the services for her practice.
This is a true private practice success story of someone whose practice went from a side hustle to a booming private practice. Now, Claudia started off in the Start Your Private Practice Program. program. And then she became a mentor for her students where she is truly beloved. Claudia is also an alum of our Grow Your Private Practice program. It has been amazing to watch her progress, and I know you'll enjoy hearing her story and getting to know her in our paid programs. If you've been thinking about supplementing your income with private clients and then exponentially growing your income through private practice, 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.
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All right, so before we dive in, can you please share your name or your location and the name of your private practice?
Sure. My name is Claudia Davison. I am located in Barrion County, Michigan, which is in the southwest corner of Michigan, right by the lake. It's a great vacation spot. During the summer, uh very cold in the winter. My practice is called all things speech therapy. And I do have an office which opened up last June.
Listeners, this is a really exciting episode because Claudia and I first got to know each other when you joined the Start Your Private Practice program years ago at this point. And you joined the program and then you had so much success in your being so kind to your fellow students that I brought you on board to be a mentor for the program. And now so anyone who's in the start program knows Claudia. You're so helpful in helping our students now. But what I wanted to do is, you know, you've already been on the show once. This is kind of a where are they now episode. But for anyone who didn't hear your original episode, can we do a quick recap where you tell people a little bit about like how you got started in private practice?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What motivated Claudia to start a private practice after retirement?
0:00–5:49
2
How did Claudia’s early side‑hustle turn into a full‑time practice?
5:49–9:20
3
What role did multi‑state school contracts play in growing her income?
9:20–14:17
4
How does hiring contractors and virtual assistants streamline her business?
14:17–18:40
5
What non‑pushy marketing strategies does she use to attract referrals?
18:40–23:35
6
How did changing habits and mindset help her retire early and scale up?
23:35–27:32
7
What are Claudia’s plans for expanding services and impact in the next year?
27:32–31:50
8
What key advice does she give listeners who want to start or grow a private practice?
31:50–35:27
Speakers
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