The Importance of Getting Good at Being Small Before You Get Big: Lessons from Kimberly Kean
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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-trude 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.com backslash roadmap to sign up. Now on to the episode. Kimberly Keane is a speech language pathologist in Louisville, Kentucky. She's worked in several different settings, including long-term care, SNFs, and eventually the schools. Like a lot of clinicians, she decided to start her own private practice after leaving a school system job during the pandemic. She joined the Start Your Private Practice program, and we worked with her to get her ducks in a row and get set up and started seeing private clients on the side. She continued working part-time in the school system and decided to transition into full-time private practice to have more control over her caseload and work-life balance.
Now that she's in private practice full-time, she's loving the autonomy and flexibility that it's provided compared to when she was working for someone else. In fact, she's gearing up to take some well-earned time off to celebrate her daughter's high school graduation and transition to college, and her clients' families are. so excited for her. In this episode, she talks about what her private practice looks like now, as well as her plans to grow her private practice by offering more services and hiring clinicians. She has a secondary dream of owning a commercial property, not just for her clinic, but as another income stream. If you've been thinking about starting a private practice on the side and then going full time and you want to see how Kimberly did it, 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. 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.
All right, so before we dive in, can you please share your name, your location, and the name of your private practice?
My name is Kimberly Keene. I am in Louisville, Kentucky, and my practice is triad speech therapy.
Oh my gosh, Kimberly, I am so excited to be doing this. We've been talking about having you on the podcast for a little while. And in the meantime, I just like everything that you post on social.
How did Kimberly Keane transition from school‑based work to starting her own private practice?
So before we even dive in the interview, can you tell people where to find you on the Instagram and wherever else?
Yes, thank you. Please find me at Triad Speech on IG and the same handle, I believe, on threads as well on Facebook. Those are my predominant uh modalities that I that I post on. I haven't used Pinterest or anything else very much.
Awesome, awesome. So y'all go go look it really up. Before we talk about what your practice is like now, can you please talk about a little bit about like how you got started in the profession and when did you start thinking about private practice?
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–3:36
2
How did Kimberly Keane transition from school‑based work to starting her own private practice?
3:36–12:35
3
What steps did Kimberly take in the Start Your Private Practice program to launch her first client?
12:35–19:24
4
How long did it take Kimberly to see her first private practice client after enrolling?
19:24–26:17
5
What types of clients and services does Triad Speech Therapy currently provide?
26:17–31:30
6
Where does Kimberly find most of her clients and how does insurance paneling help?
31:30–37:02
7
How has full‑time private practice changed Kimberly’s work‑life balance and freedom?
37:02–39:44
Speakers
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