The Money Sessions

In this episode, we're speaking with Marissa Esquibel, a private practice therapist in southern california and a Lean In . MAKE BANK. Academy graduate and past Money Mindset Mentor.  In this episode, we get to hear how Marissa went from feeling like a victim, helpless to external circumstances, to really leaning in and taking responsibility for saving herself. This shift in her mindset allowed her...

In this episode, we're speaking with Dr. Paige Hover, a testing psychologist and practicing therapist in Chicago who specializes in working with anxious perfectionists to help them understand what underlying issues may be contributing to their struggles.  Paige, a Lean In. MAKE BANK. Grad is going to get VERY real about the struggles she had trusting that she could actually build a cash-pay practi...

In this episode, we're speaking with Djuna Osborne, a therapist based in Roanoke, VA. She went from charging as low as $0/session to charging $200/session in a town where the median household income is 25k.  In this episode, we will hear how growing up with conflicting money narratives - both attending a private school, but also having to beg other students for money so she could eat - impacted he...

In this episode, we're speaking with Derrick Hoard, LMFT, is a therapist based in Seattle Washington. This episode will blow your mind. In this episode, we'll hear about Derrick's journey going leaving a group practice setting and creating their own premium fee practice where they charge up to $350/session and having a paid online community space that provides peer support and connection.  Derrick...

In this episode, we're speaking with Amy Santana, a private practice therapist whose practice is made up almost entirely of black women, queer and non-binary patients. She will give us an inside look at her past and what it meant for her as the eldest child of teenage immigrants to start charging premium fees. Amy will also dive deep into the negative feelings that come with creating a private pra...

In today's episode, we are going to be talking to Alyse Freda Colon, a private practice therapist and social worker based out of New York. Alyse brings us along as she dives deep into how The Lean In. MAKE BANK Academy has revolutionized the way she thinks AND works with money in a clinical setting. . In this episode, Alyse will share: How she was able to show up thoughtfully and fully as clinicia...

In today's episode of The Money Sessions we are talking with Maya Jakob, a licensed therapist in Canada and Lean In. MAKE BANK. alum who is blowing it out of the water.  Maya is going to share with us how she went from earning $22/hour in her community mental health job to charging $160/session. She's going to talk about her process leaving her non-profit, what it meant to rebuild her professional...

In this episode of The Money Sessions we will be speaking with Josh Wolf-Powers, a clinical social worker and certified clinical trauma professional based in New York. Josh is a former wall street executive who left the suit and tie game to pursue his passion of making a difference through social work. In this episode, we get to hear from someone who comes from the professional trajectory that is...

In today's episode we are talking to Dr. Yelena "Elaine" Blank, a clinical psychologist in the San Francisco Bay Area. Elaine is a queer immigrant who is paving the way for others like her. A while ago, Elaine stumbled upon our fun with fees calculator and was given a fee of $249 per session. Her first thought was "NO WAY!" "Who would pay ME that much?" BUT she bossed up, broke through those glass...

Today's episode of The Money Sessions is a special one! 🤩 This episode is going to allow us to give you an inside look at how The Lean In. MAKE BANK. Academy can change your life. Meet Ryan Allen, a therapist out of Ohio, rising tik-tok star and an alumni of the Lean In. MAKE BANK. Academy. In this episode, you'll get to hear an interview with Ryan before he joined us in LIMB and you'll hear an i...

Today we're speaking with Christy Merriner, a therapist based in Los Angeles who opened her private practice in March 2020, right as COVID lockdowns began. Ready to have your first 6-figure year? Click here to Join us for FEE WEEK: Roadmap to your 6-Figure 2021. Christy is going to tell us her story on how she went from charging $150/session to now charging $225/session. She gives us a look at how...

What's up my peeps. 😎 I'm so excited to be back.  New year and a NEEEEEW season of THE MONEY SESSIONS! Let's goooooo! 🏃🏾‍♀️💨 Today we get to hear from Rashida Ingram, a couple and family therapist servicing patients virtually. After spending 13 years working the prison system, she left to create her full fee premium practice. We get to dive deep into how Rashida went from overworked, seeing 30...

What's up paaaarty people. We finally made it to 2021! 🥳 & with that... season 3 of The Money Sessions. BOOMSHAKA.   I'm sooooo excited for this year! I'm stoked for our upcoming guests on The Money Sessions AND we've got some veeeEEEery exciting ideas up our sleeves over in The Lean In. MAKE BANK. Academy (Don't know LIMB?? That's where we help therapists like you raise your fees so that you can...

Carolyn Alroy is a New York based analyst who sees working professionals and couples. She helps them gain success in work and relationships. In this episode, Caroyln talks about the difficult journey she had in raising her fees over the years, a journey that has resulted in being able to charge $325-$400 per session. In this episode, Carolyn will talk about:  Her journey from charging $82/sessions...

In this episode, we are talking with Nekia White, a Licensed Certified Clinical Social Worker serving clients in Maryland, DC and Virginia. Nekia is going to talk about her experience starting her private practice, charging as low as $50 per session and how she came to the realization that she needed to make a change.  Nekia is going to explain how she used the uncertainties of 2020 to make the ch...

In this episode we talk to Zynnyme Co-Founder, Kelly Higdon. Kelly will talk about her journey from working for county mental health to becoming a therapist in her own private practice to creating one of the most popular marketing programs for therapists in private practice, the Business School Bootcamp.  And here's the deal, folks. Kelly almost left the world of mental health altogether because s...

In this episode of The Money Sessions, Tiffany is going to be talking about how to make sense of all the complex feelings that come when raising fees means saying goodbye to clients. This is real shit, folks. When your real financial needs bump up against the real financial needs of another person, what are your options?

In this episode, we're talking with Kirstin Carl who is a Licensed Psychotherapist serving clients in Los Angeles. Kirstin is going to talk about what it took to go from charging as low as $50 per session to charging as high as $250 per session and building a full caseload at $225 per session.  Kirstin is also going to talk about how the lessons and insights she gained in terms of taking control a...

Welcome to our new segment of The Money Sessions. We need a name!! If you've got any good ideas for what we can call this segment, shoot us an email at tiffany@heytiffany.com. In this episode, we're gonna talk about why you're broke in private practice and what you can do to change that!

In this episode, we're speaking with Maegan Megginson who has a premium fee, cash pay group practice in Portland, Oregon, with ten therapists that work in the practice.  You heard that right - no insurance! Maegan also has another business called The Introverted CEO where she helps other introverted business owners create businesses that work for them. In this episode, we'll talk about Maegan's jo...

In this episode, we are talking with Sarah Kate Valatka, a therapist in private practice in Virginia, about her journey to raise her fees and make her schedule work for her. She will also share what she learned about the ways her boundaries in her private practice, and around her private practice, were not in line with the kind of therapist she wanted to be, nor were they in line with the person s...

In this episode, we are speaking with Stevon Lewis, a therapist in private practice, who is truly demonstrating what it's like to be a therapist in the world who is making a bigger impact, without sacrificing his own mental, emotional, financial wellbeing in order to do it. He understands that both are possible - by getting out there, doing good work, and being seen, he is actually to give back an...

In this episode, we are talking with Canadian therapist, Olethea Pimenta, who was on the show in April 2019. We'll talk about what has transpired since then. And OH-BOY, has a lot transpired. In 2018, when she joined Lean In. MAKE BANK., Olethea's husband was out of work, she had just had a baby, was coming off of maternity leave, and going back into private practice. She's going to talk about wha...

In this episode, we're speaking with Lauren Selfridge, a therapist in private practice, who is going to be talking about what it took for her to raise her fees and why she had to change her schedule.  She actually found out on the verge of her private practice that she had MS, which really impacted how she went into private practice.  We're going to be talking about how Lauren created a private on...

In this episode, we're speaking with therapist Annie Schuessler who just ended her 20-year private practice in order to move forward with her "side hustle" that has become so much more.  She is now a business coach for therapists and healers who want to create something beyond 1-1 private practice, be that courses, programs, workshops, or retreats. In this episode, you are going to hear about Anni...