The Importance of Networking to Get More Clients with LeslieAnn Williams
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What is the main focus of the episode and why is networking crucial for private‑practice SLPs?
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To download your free copy, please visit startyourprivatepractice.com backslash roadmap to sign up. Now on to the episode. Leslie Ann Williams is a speech language pathologist in private practice located in Gathersburg, Maryland. She started her private practice after working in skilled nursing facilities because she wanted to build a life with more freedom and flexibility in mind. I've gotten to know Leslie Ann inside of the Start Your Private Practice program, and it has been wonderful to watch her start her practice and start to grow it. In this episode, she talks about her background growing up in Trinidad, her goal of growing her private practice to the full-time level. And she talks about the importance of networking when it comes to attracting clients.
If you've been thinking about starting your private practice and you want to hear how one of the students in the START program has done 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 stock 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.
So before we dive in, can you please share your name, your location, and the name of your private practice?
My name is Leslie Ann Williams. I am located in Gethesburg, Maryland. I serve Montgomery County, Maryland. And the name of my practice is Integra Speech LLC.
I am so excited to have you on, Leslie Ann. I have gotten to know you a little bit in the Start Your Private Practice program, where I always love your posts. You're a frequent contributor of like lessons you've learned, things you've tried, you know, whether they have have worked or not worked. I feel like you're just kind of a cheerleader in the group. So I'm so excited that you agreed to come on and share your story about how you ended up. private practice and how things are going. But before we talk about that, can you please take us back to the beginning of your career and how you got started as a speech pathologist? And then when did you start thinking about private practice?
If you hear a little bit of an accent, it's because I'm originally from Trinidad and Tobago. And when I was a teenager, I initially wanted to study medicine. So I wanted to be a bilingual cardiologist, but decided not to choose that career pen. But uh I still wanted to be involved in the medical field. So I literally knew what university I wanted to go to, looked through Allied Health Sciences, read about speech pathology, decided that's what I wanted to do. At that time I did not know anybody who was a speech pathologist on the island. I'm sure that there were very few of them. Um, if any at the time, there were no undergraduate or graduate programs.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main focus of the episode and why is networking crucial for private‑practice SLPs?
0:00–4:48
2
How did LeslieAnn’s early life in Trinidad and her education shape her speech‑pathology career?
4:48–9:02
3
Why did LeslieAnn decide to join the Start Your Private Practice program and how did it help launch her business?
9:02–13:33
4
What strategies did LeslieAnn use to grow her adult‑focused caseload through networking and referrals?
13:33–17:36
5
How does LeslieAnn balance clinical work, business administration, and her long‑term growth goals?
17:36–22:04
6
What challenges does she face as a solo specialty provider and how does she overcome them?
22:04–26:19
7
What advice does LeslieAnn give for building community, mentorship, and leveraging other professionals?
26:19–30:31
8
How can listeners connect with LeslieAnn and access resources to start or scale their own practice?
30:31–33:44
Speakers
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