The Confidence You Need to Follow Your Dreams: Adrienne's Story
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Why do many SLPs struggle with confidence before starting a private practice?
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To download your free copy, please visit startyourprivatepractice.com backslash roadmap to sign up. Now on to the episode. Do you feel like you're struggling with having the confidence to build a private practice? Lots of SLPs wait to start a private practice until they have more confidence. In the interview that you're about to hear with Adrienne Fuller of Speech Builders in Orlando, Florida, she talks a lot about confidence. So if this is something that you're struggling with at any stage of your private practice journey, this is a must-listen episode. I'm Jenna Castro-Casbon, 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. Hello listeners. Thank you so much for tuning in to another episode of the Private Practice Success Stories podcast. This week, I want to do something really special.
I'm pulling one of my favorite episodes out of the archives. This is my episode with Adrienne Fuller, who has a wonderful private practice with a mix of employees and contractors, multiple locations around Orlando, Florida, and she also has school contracts as well. This is one of my most popular episodes, and it's one of my personal favorites because of Adrienne's warmth and energy. Since this episode originally aired, Adrienne and I have become very good friends and I ended up hiring her to become one of the mentors for my beginner program. the Start Your Private Practice system. So between her wonderful personality, which you'll get to experience here in a second, and her wisdom and experience, I knew that she was the perfect person to help our beginner level private practitioners who are just starting to get their ducks in a row and start treating their own clients either full-time or on the side of their SLP jobs.
She is invaluable in this mentor role And students love her, and well, I love her too. I also wanted to mention, she talks about this in the episode, but Adrienne wrote a book called Putting Your Dreams to Work, Keys to Setting Up Your Therapy Practice. And she co-authored it with two other wonderful SLPs in private practice, Pam Jackson Rowe and Natasha Corby-Joseph. This is available on Amazon.com, so you should check it out. As you listen to this episode, I want you to listen for parallels between Adrienne's story and your own. There are aspects of her story that will resonate with you and inspire you. Adrienne was a regular SLP, just like you, who decided to make her dreams come true. So with no further ado, here's Adrienne Fuller.
My name is Adrienne Fuller. I am in a small little suburb of Orlando called Apopka, Florida. We are in the central Florida area. And my practice name is Speech Builders, LLC, Speech and Language Therapy.
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Chapters
8 chapters
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Why do many SLPs struggle with confidence before starting a private practice?
0:00–6:07
2
How did Adrienne Fuller’s early career and graduate‑school experiences shape her decision to launch a private practice?
6:07–11:27
3
What role does a supportive network (family, staff, mentors) play in overcoming private‑practice challenges?
11:27–16:37
4
How can speech‑language pathologists create multiple income streams beyond traditional therapy sessions?
16:37–21:21
5
When is the right time to scale a practice by hiring staff or adding satellite locations?
21:21–25:48
6
What practical steps did Adrienne take to write and market her book ‘Putting Your Dreams to Work’?
25:48–30:44
7
How does maintaining a growth mindset and financial awareness boost confidence for private‑practice owners?
30:44–35:43
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What future goals and advice does Adrienne share for SLPs who want to turn their dreams into a thriving practice?
35:43–41:54
Speakers
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