Fearless Practice

Networking was an important factor in my marketing. Even though direct referral sources from other clinicians and doctors were helpful, networking itself could get expensive.  Some aspects of it worked well, while others were a waste of time and money. I needed to branch out my Canadian marketing and network strategies to suit me and my practice. IN THIS EPISODE: My first networking strategy  Usin...

As I started to get busier in my Canadian private practice, I had to make a decision of how many clients I wanted to see each week. I needed to find my sweet spot. I figured that if I got to see 8 to 9 clients a week, that would be my capacity to do amazing work with those clients.  If I started to see more than that, I would start to feel drained and not do my best work. I now knew that I was get...

I was getting really busy in my private practice, this was exciting, but I was starting to burn out. I had some tough decisions to make so that I could free up some time and energy. However, nothing could have prepared me for a global pandemic and having to transition my Canadian private practice from in-person to online counselling. IN THIS EPISODE: Making the decision to focus on my private prac...

By the end of 2018 things were going pretty well. I was working in my private practice 2 days a week and I was teaching at Dalhousie. I was making money and all the hard work I had done in setting up the foundational phase of my Canadian private practice was paying off. The stage was set for me to grow my private practice. IN THIS EPISODE: Starting my 3rd year off on a good note Burn out started t...

I was in my second year of running my Canadian private practice and things were going really well. I wasn't stressed about finances and I was able to gain some really valuable experience with my job at Dalhousie University whilst being able to pay the bills. My private practice was slowly growing and life was good.  But then January 2nd happened, one of the worst days in my private practice career...

I decided to move across the country to start a Canadian private practice in Halifax, NS with only 1 year of professional counselling experience under my belt, but I was pretty determined and really excited!  In this episode, I am going to talk you through how I set up my private practice in that first year. IN THIS EPISODE: Having to stick to a budget and have minimal expenses How I started my pr...

Welcome to Fearless Practice Podcast! This podcast has been a year in the making and I am so excited to finally talk to you about how to start and grow a Canadian Private Practice, and sometime in the future, how to make it into a group private practice. IN THIS EPISODE: Meet your host Starting my counselling career Figuring out my next move How I started my private practice Meet your host My name...

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