Compassionate Climb

Meet Jole Berlage-Buccellati, a holistic coach who works with highly sensitive people. She helps these individuals build self-worth and become effective leaders and business people in a world that is not built for people like them. Jole says that 20% of the global population is a highly sensitive person and that despite our world that rewards loudness and narcissism, sensitive people still have gr...

Meet Rachel Duncan, a financial and art therapist based in Denver, Colorado. Through her company, The Money Healing Club, Rachel helps clients work through their money related trauma and form a healthier relationship with their finances. Her career journey took many twists and turns until she finally realized what her real passion was: financial therapy. Rachel offers one-on-one therapy and a grou...

Meet Arilda Surridge LMFT and director of Wellness Counseling Inc. She is a certified in EMDR, an approved EMDRIA consultant, a trainer, author, and international retreat host. She shares how she began providing retreats for couples, transitioned to providing retreats for therapists, and is traveling the world training mental health professionals in trauma treatment. She describes how she structur...

In this episode I share my journey turning 40 and making the decision to prioritize my health and wellness by hiring a coach. I draw the parallel between business goals and personal goals and the benefits of utilizing someone to guide you that has advanced knowledge and is where you want to be. Key Takeaways: -honor your commitments to yourself -you are more likely to achieve your goals with accou...

Meet Kristen Belevich, the owner of the group practice B&B Well Counseling who is preparing for her second maternity leave while in private practice. She is also helping two of the clinicians in her practice prepare for their maternity leaves as well. She discusses her process for acquiring more space, hiring multiple clinicians at one time, training and onboarding, as well as her process for...

Julia shares the trends she is seeing in the mental health profession and her own group practice and shares the following reasons clinicians still want to join a group practice: 1. Collaborative learning environment 2. Reduced administrative tasks 3. Support network 4. Financial stability 5. Stable income and benefits 6. Continuing education opportunities Learn more about her practice Compassionat...

Meet Kristen Acciari, owner of the group practice Holistic Heart in Rhode Island. She discusses the network events she hosts along with the owner of ME Psychotherapy that came out of their own desire to connect and collaborate with helping professionals that get it. She discusses the evolution of her practice that started in 2014 and has grown to 15 clinicians explaining her start in a behaviorall...

Meet Jennifer Vincent, a therapist specializing in trauma and business coach. She discusses the private practice she started in Indiana in 2016, expanded to group, and sold last year. She shares the steps involved in selling a practice and her move to Florida as well as the process of starting another group practice called Therapy for Cycle Breakers. She also describes the consulting she provides...

Meet Jennifer Crawford and Meredith Eaton, co-CEOs of Move Forward Virtual Assistants. Through their company they offer comprehensive mental health virtual assistants, mental health receptionists, and administrative support for mental health practices. They strive to help clinicians build their businesses and take some of the administrative weight off their shoulders. Their focus on feminist leade...

Meet Kim Snyder who has been a therapist for 16 years working primarily with parents involved with the legal system who recently closed her private practice and opened EPIC Parenting Academy. She currently provides workshops, courses, coaching, and groups. She shares how her experience with 4 adult children and 6 grandchildren has influenced her work, describes her process of closing her practice...

Meet Melissa Henry, a brand strategist and owner of Helluva Brand that helps entrepreneurs build a powerful, visionary brand. After spending 20 years as an accountant and transitioning to brand photography, she had a client that ask if she would coach them on building their personal brand and the rest is history! She explains how she helps clients identify their unique selling proposition that is...

Meet Kelly Geagan, the Clinical Director at Compassionate Counseling Company. She shares her career climb from juvenile detention, to paraprofessional, to community mental health and promotions to risk manager and program director. She shares traits that contribute to quality leadership, how this position evolved and what it entails, and factors that contributed to success. Key Takeaways: -never s...

Meet Katesha Reid, an LPC who is also an identity coach for women, author, and speaker.  She has made a career of not just being a therapist but also helping women find out who they are outside of their socially prescribed roles as a wife, mother, or something to someone else. Katesha uses her own experiences struggling with her identity as an adult woman and how she found who she was to help othe...

Meet the newest addition to the Compassionate Consulting Company team, Lucita Clondas LICSW! She co-owns Connections in Counseling , a private practice that she started in 2021 with a business partner. She describes the journey that led her to pursue her own practice, what has contributed to her success, the benefits of working with a consultant, and her process with consulting clients. Schedule a...

Meet Dr. Anahita Lake-Khosravi, owner of the Empowered Living Collective , a group practice in Colorado who is currently on maternity leave and has been able to fully step away from the business and only run payroll! She began hiring May 2023 and by September she was already a group of 10 and is currently a group of 13. She offers 1:1 coaching and a Solo to Group Accelerator Course . Listen to lea...

Meet Danielle Swimm, owner of the Entrepreneurial Therapist, coach, course creator, podcast host, and group practice owner. She discusses her course, The Practice Accelerator, that helps therapists fill their private practices, as well as her mastermind that helps therapists scale with tracks for group practices and creators. She describes what sets her apart including her genuine care for her mas...

I am replaying the most popular episode from 2024 on how to run a successful based private practice. In this episode, I discuss the pros/cons, steps, and how to avoid issues. If you believe in providing quality mental health treatment that is affordable and accessible, this episode is for you! I also offer a training on this that can be purchased here .

Sarah Rivera, owner of  La Luz Counseling  and  The Counselor's Mentor  is back to discuss our group coaching program,  Master Your CEO Mindset . We share our reflections from cohort 1 and the feedback we received from participants, provide an overview of the program, and discuss what participants can expect in cohort 2 that starts on January 14th. We cover: what it means to be the CEO of your pra...

Meet Kirsten Graham, a business coach who owns Six Figure Business Coaching who helps business owners free up their time through outsourcing and strategic marketing. She shares her perspective that time is our most valuable asset and loves helping entrepreneurs go from being invisible to getting in front of the right audiences so they can build their authority and generate quality leads. She prima...

Meet Morgan Danielle a divine feminine dating coach who empowers ambitious women to break toxic patterns, heal their relationship with themselves, and attract high-value, deeply fulfilling love. With years of experience and a proven approach, she has helped hundreds of women transform their love lives from struggle to triumph. She discusses her own personal experience struggling with co-dependency...

Meet Lindsey Pace LCSW who owns Evercare Counseling and helps individuals with OCD and Anxiety through exposure and response prevention therapy. She shares how worry and rumination have been a part of her life and how she has learned to manage and help others do the same. She translates how this knowledge can promote our mental and emotional health as business owners. She describes how beneficial...

Meet Laura Beaver LCSW who landed in the social work field early in her career. She began teaching as an adjunct professor and then a field director and finally became a program director. After experiencing burnout in higher education she transitioned to private practice. She loves helping students find their place in the field and helping supervisors remain passionate about this role. Rather than...

Amy Grace is a mom, therapist, author, and motherhood coach who wants to challenge the toxic idea of the supermom. She prides herself on always being a mom first and strives to balance her professional live and mom life. She shares the societal definition of supermom who is able to do everything all the time which leads to exhaustion. She says a true supermom is someone who works within her streng...

Meet Melanie Snyder, a therapist and the owner of Tri-State Psychotherapy Group , a multi-state group practice that serves clients in New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Jersey. They provide individual, family, and couples therapy and have clinicians that speak Mandarin and Spanish. She currently lives in New York state but previously lived in Massachusetts, where she started her private...

Meet Tanya Berfield, the Director of Student Advocacy and Title IX Coordinator at a college and an empowerment and transformation coach. In her pursuit of happiness and discovering her own value and worth, she obtained her doctorate and several certifications. She shares how the limiting beliefs from childhood contributed to her drive to always be more and do more. She describes invincibility as t...