Money Skills For Therapists

Do you struggle with setting fees and boundaries within your private practice? Are you considering a transition in your private practice? Are you looking for ways to manage and pay off loans? In this comprehensive episode, Linzy and Erin dive into so many great topics including (1) how to set fees and boundaries in private practice and (2) how to manage the student debt that often comes with getti...

What is the next step with budgeting when looking toward the future? How can we make sure that we are saving appropriately for upcoming expenses? In this coaching session, Linzy and Fireda really dive into what is going well for Fireda with her budgeting, and they focus in on her desire to take her budgeting planning to the next level. Don’t miss listening to this practical coaching session full o...

Do you ever feel like you are pouring from an empty cup when it comes to serving the clients in your therapy practice? Do you find that you are often looking out for everyone else when it comes to your business before thinking about your own needs? Don’t miss this episode where Linzy and guest Maegan Megginson explore the connection between taking charge of your finances and having a happier, heal...

Does thinking about raising your fees make you sweat? Do you struggle to charge what you actually need to charge to live your life? What stories come up when you think about raising your rates? In this episode, Linzy talks with Tiffany McLain, an expert on fees for therapists, and together, they dig into the background societal conditioning that impacts our attitudes and work as therapists. Linzy...

Do you ever feel anxious and fearful about what you might find when you go to look at your bank account or credit card statement? Afraid of knowing and facing the ugly truth about your finances? In this coaching session, Linzy and Blair celebrate the progress Blair has made in her private practice finances while having dyscalculia, but they also discuss the work still to do when it comes to Blair’...

Does thinking about budgeting make you want to run in the opposite direction? In today's episode (the first one of season 2!), April Snow shares about her journey with money and what led her to realize that she needed to come up with more of a plan for managing her money. April also discusses her strategies related to budgeting as a highly sensitive therapist - don't miss her talking about how it...

Have you considered how focusing on your values can help you make financial decisions? By looking at our core values and what those mean in practice, we can get away from feeling like more money always equals a happier life, and we can start instead considering how much money it takes us to lead the fulfilling lives we personally desire. Michelle and Linzy also talk about practical ways to integra...

Have you been wondering how to BOTH increase your income and also stand up against the oppressive systems that dominate our society? Listen in as Linzy and Dena cut to the core of these issues in our society and the way they affect therapy and private practice. Most importantly, Dena and Linzy really explore what we as therapists can do about it! We talk about how to become bigger and increase inc...

In this episode, Linzy and Jelisha delve into the specifics of goal setting when it comes to money and how to make those goals personal to you rather than having vague, arbitrary goals guided by society. Jelisha shares the way that her relationship to money has changed over time and what she does when old negative money stories pop up. Together, we explore how we prioritize our spending and action...

Have you been wondering when to take on staff and the best way to financially prepare for and then leverage that cost? In this coaching session, Linzy and Erin discuss the factors to consider as you take on more staff and hire people to help you free up time to do the things that only you can do for your practice. Erin shares her concerns about her finances during this growth period in her practic...

What do you bring with you when you start thinking about and dealing with money? For many of us, we have childhood experiences and attitudes shaped by those experiences that surface when we think about money and finance. Unpacking and acknowledging those emotions can help us move forward to start to make new stories and experiences. Listen in to hear Linzy work through several common money stories...

Do you think you’re bad at math, or just not a numbers person? Do you find yourself avoiding the financial parts of your private practice? In this coaching session episode, Nancy and Linzy dig into how childhood attitudes can impact our adult decisions, and we work through how that can impact our feelings and actions toward finances -- and what to do about it! Listen in to hear how to construct ne...

Are you interested in being more productive during your work time and in having more free time in your weekly schedule? In this Money Skills for Therapists episode, Linzy talks with Joe Sanok, author of several books including his newest release that just came out this month, Thursday is the New Friday: How to Work Fewer Hours, Make More Money, and Spend Time Doing What You Want .  Linzy and...

Do you ever feel like your accountant is speaking an entirely different language that you just don’t understand? It can often feel like therapists and accountants are at different ends of the universe from each other. Julie Herres of GreenOak Accounting joins me today to help bridge that communication gap and share some of the most common financial mistakes that therapists and health practitioners...

So many therapists and health practitioners have no idea where to even begin when it comes to their private practice finances.  It’s totally understandable to feel overwhelmed - the majority of us were never taught about this stuff. In this episode of Money Skills For Therapists, I’ll be giving you the first practical, actionable step that you can take towards improving your relationship with...

When it comes to making a big purchase for your business, how do you resist falling into scarcity thinking that makes you say no to everything, but also make sure you don't throw money away? Dr. Marcuetta Sims is a grad of the Money Skills for Therapists course, and she joins me in this episode for a coaching session where we dig into issues of scarcity and abundance when you're making big spendin...

In this episode, we discuss the strong relationship between financial and psychological well-being. Annie Wright is a psychotherapist who supports the well-being of those who didn’t have a good childhood, but want to have an amazing adulthood. Annie shares how financial empowerment directly connects with being able to set healthy boundaries and take care of your mental health, especially for those...

Do you need a reality check about money? Sometimes we can get caught in the idea that more money will make us happy. Money does provide SO many things, but it doesn't change who we are, as Allison has discovered. Allison Puryear has a nearly diagnosable obsession with business development, which she uses to help therapists build sustainable, full, & happy private practices. Allison and I talk...

Did you go into private practice because you love the work, but the money part of it makes you want to hide under the bed? You're in the right place. Welcome to the Money Skills for Therapists podcast, that's all about taking therapists and health practitioners from money shame and confusion, to calm and confidence. Here's a little peek of what you can look forward to...