- In 2016, I was dealing with some MAJOR postpartum fuckery following the (traumatic) birth of my daughter. Postpartum anxiety, OCD, and the worst insomnia you can imagine. All at once. I was a joy to be around, just a delightful shell of a human.
- In 2017, my 38 year-old brother died suddenly and unexpectedly. We had a rocky history, my bro and I. So yeah, that brought up some complicated grief that I needed to talk through with someone.
- In 2018, I decided to get some EMDR to help get my insomnia under control because I was still sleeping like 3-5 hours a night and barely functioning most days.
- In 2019, I sought help as I grappled with a major life decision, and I wanted a therapist to serve as a container for all of the messy shit that was going through my head surrounding...
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5 Hard Truths Every Therapist Needs to Hear
Over the years, I’ve seen therapists for all kinds of reasons. Without taking you through all the fun details, here’s a sampling of what led me to therapy each time over the last 5 years:
[Feature Story] How These 50+ Badass Therapists Made 2020 Their Bitch (Even During a Global Pandemic)
Let’s all just get on the same page really quick:
2020 SUCKED.
Like, really really sucked. In so many ways.
Global pandemic. Kids at home. Telehealth. Civil unrest. Riots. Political bullshit. Hurricanes. Wildfires. And killer hornets? WTF 2020…
I think every single one of us has had a period where we were scrambling and just trying to stay afloat (I still feel like I’m there sometimes). The collective trauma hit all of us, and we responded by binge-watching Tiger King, downloading TikTok, and zoning out while inhaling copious amounts of Oreos and wine.
No? That was just me? Oh, ok. Cool.
And yet, despite all of this, there were therapists who managed to crush it.
Their practices flourished. They discovered a love of telehealth, transformed their business models, launched entirely new businesses, took care of newborns and toddlers, and had their highest-earning months ever.
This post is to celebrate those therapists.
You see, 2020 has just been filled...
Summertime Sadness Part 2
Last week I shared with you how you can deal with your dwindling summer caseload by chunking your clients. I loved reading the responses I got:
| "Thank you for this - I absolutely needed to read this email today as I sit here freaking out about not having as many clients per week as I'd like, and not feeling productive in the rest of my life." -Jessica C. "I love this! I actually just did this and am so happy. I'm not working on Fridays, and Tuesdays I'm not working in the evening. " -Norine V. "You've read my mind. I was freaking out since June 1st. The phone had completely stopped ringing!" -Melyssa E. "I was JUST saying yesterday how I need to chunk some clients, and how I think it would be a gamechanger. I was like 'I have like 1.5 hours between so i just go and waste time of Facebook.'" -Lindsey B. |
You see, when you're super full during the year, you're too busy to keep up with everything and then you get behind.
But when your caseload takes a hit in the...
Anxiety is an Asshole
Today is an exciting day.
I get to introduce a very special friend who's been brewing some amazing shit for therapists.
Tribe, meet Lynn Dutrow, aka The Compassionate Ass Kicker.
Interested in Starting an Email List? Read This First.
A lot of therapists have been jumping on the email marketing bandwagon lately.
I guess when you listen to every podcast, read every blog, and are a member of every single Facebook group for therapists in private practice, you start to notice all of the things that people say you "have to do" to build a successful practice.
I'll be the first to admit that there's an allure to email marketing.
My email list is one of the most important parts of my online business, maybe even more so than my website.
But email lists aren't for everyone.
They're not absolutely necessary for you to have a successful private practice (unless you plan on selling shit online, in which case it becomes a non-negotiable in my book).
And it can be really easy to do it the wrong way.
So before you take the next stop to Marketing Tactical Hell, I wanted to share with you 5 Rules of Badass Email Marketing.
1. Get clear on the purpose of your list
Who do you want on...
How to Deal with Failure in Private Practice
Last night I was chatting with one of my students via Facebook Messenger about a side hustle she's been trying to get off the ground.
Turns out, after all the market research she's been doing, her original business idea might not work out. She shared that she was feeling defeated, overwhelmed, and like a total failure.
The dreaded F-word.
I know there are times in your private practice when you feel like a failure too...
like that time you went outside of your comfort zone to schedule a networking meeting with another therapist, and you were so nervous that you ended up being awkward and weird.
...or how about the time you committed the cardinal sin of private practice by double-booking two clients, and then you had to run around like a fucking squirrel to figure something out without both clients knowing (and they both still found out anyway)?
...then there was...
