Episode 364: Why Having Fun is the Secret to Private Practice Success

The Private Practice Startup is co-owned by Kate Campbell, PhD, LMFT and Katie Lemieux, LMFT. They’re two therapists with entrepreneurial spirits who are crazy about business. They live, work and play in South Florida. Kate and Katie both built their 6-Figure private practices in less than 2 years from the ground up and love inspiring ambitious mental health professionals to brand themselves and grow their dream private practices! They have a hunger for business, branding and marketing. They love sharing their expertise and inspiring private private practitioners across the globe from startup to mastery. They have helped therapists increase working with the clients they love the most, profit more, increase their rates, have more time off and enjoy a true lifestyle business. Together, they have been featured as guest experts on Good Therapy, Therapy Sites, Your Badass Therapy Practice, Abundance Practice Building podcast, Selling the Couch podcast, Practice of the Practice podcast, Brighter Vision’s podcast, Taboo Talk Time podcast, Marketing Workshop podcast, Love Your Practice podcast, and Become a Group Guru. They provide free podcasts, webinars, online courses, private practice coaching, INSPIRE Networking, and customizable Attorney Approved Private Practice Paperwork for therapists.

The Private Practice Startup is co-owned by Kate Campbell, PhD, LMFT and Katie Lemieux, LMFT. They’re two therapists with entrepreneurial spirits who are crazy about business. They live, work and play in South Florida.   Kate and Katie both built their 6-Figure private practices in less than 2 years from the ground up and love inspiring ambitious mental health professionals to brand themselves and grow their dream private practices!   They have a hunger for business, branding and marketing. They love sharing their expertise and inspiring private private practitioners across the globe from startup to mastery. They have helped therapists increase working with the clients they love the most, profit more, increase their rates, have more time off and enjoy a true lifestyle business.   Together, they have been featured as guest experts on Good Therapy, Therapy Sites, Your Badass Therapy Practice, Abundance Practice Building podcast, Selling the Couch podcast, Practice of the Practice podcast, Brighter Vision’s podcast, Taboo Talk Time podcast, Marketing Workshop podcast, Love Your Practice podcast, and Become a Group Guru.   They provide free podcasts, webinars, online courses, private practice coaching, INSPIRE Networking, and customizable Attorney Approved Private Practice Paperwork for therapists.        

Jessica Tappana is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, a group practice owner, the founder of Simplified SEO Consulting, a mom, a world traveler and someone passionate about supporting others. She is constantly trying to find ways to improve the services offered by her business and believes that as human beings we are constantly a work in progress.

Jane Carter is a therapist-turned-business-coach for solopreneurs who want to get out of their own way, make more money —and have more fun in the process. She loves helping solopreneurs “put their business on the couch” so they can: *Find joy and purpose as they serve their clients, *Have a business aligned with their values & personality, and *Find themselves saying, “I can’t believe I get paid so well to do work I love so much!” She lives in Asheville, North Carolina, where she’s an outdoorswoman, craft beer snob, and local foodie.

Dr. Sean Davis is a distinguished Professor of Couple and Family Therapy at Alliant International University. He is the founder and CEO of The Davis Group Counseling & Wellness Services, a group practice with offices throughout CA. He is a winner of numerous national awards, including the AAMFT Training Award, Research Award, and Dissertation award. Dr. Sean has published numerous award winning journal articles and books, including coauthoring the fields two most popular theory textbooks.

Katie K. May, LPC, owner and executive director of Creative Healing, is a national speaker and trainer specializing in therapy for teens with depression, self-harm, and suicidal thoughts. As one of only eleven Linehan board-certified Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) clinicians in Pennsylvania, she’s an expert in this gold-standard treatment for life-threatening behaviors.  Katie is committed to helping teens feel accepted for who they are while teaching them skills to build a life they love.

Austin Kirkland is a marketing and advertising professional with over a decade of experience, specializing in helping mental health professionals grow their practices. Outside of work, he enjoys woodworking, exploring Colorado's outdoors, and photographing nature with his fiancée and their golden retriever, Tater.

Meredith describes her journey as a therapist as parallel to her journey as a client. She completed an intensive year long training in Psychedelic Assisted Therapy last year; adding Ketamine Assisted Therapy and Integration to her repertoire to assist clients with getting unstuck.  She places a heavy emphasis on integration therapy to process and apply insights from psychedelic journeys into one’s daily life.

Kallie England, LMSW, is a nature based experiential therapist, yogi, occasionally-successful-gardener, psychedelic expert, soul-tender, & facilitator from Ann Arbor, MI. She teaches Adventure & Experiential Therapy at the University of Michigan School of Social Work. Kallie founded Akasha Wellness (a holistic experiential psychotherapy practice), Great Lakes Adventure Therapists (a fun-loving professional group), & co-founded the Adventure Therapy Program at University of Michigan Adventure Leadership. Her deepest love is creating safe, sacred space where deep transformation can occur.

Kym Tolson is a therapist and digital nomad who has transformed her passion for travel into a successful lifestyle. As a multi-passionate entrepreneur, she is the founder of "Bill Like A Boss," a membership community for insurance-based therapists to learn how to do billing on their own.  Recognized for her innovative approaches, Kym has integrated AI into her practice, business, and life, leading her to create the "Clinical AI Club". A fun fact about Kym is that she lives in Airbnbs around the globe, embracing the adventure of a fully nomadic lifestyle while she runs her businesses remotely.