Speech Therapy Private Practice Startup Podcast

Welcome PrivateSLP listeners to Episode 54! Today we are talking with Leanne Sherred, CCC SLP, founder and speech pathologist from expressable.io.   In today’s interview, We will find out exactly why Leanne Started her own business as we talk about the following: * Venturing out and starting expressable.io, * The rewards and challenges of starting […] The post 54. Online Speech Therapy Business: Meet expressable.io founder Leanne Sherred, CCC-SLP appeared first on PrivateSLP.

Welcome back PrivateSLP listeners, I would like to introduce The Perfect Student, Kyle White. Kyle is a super-motivated individual that is out to help as many kiddos in his community by providing some of the best pediatric therapy in the Philadelphia area. In this episode, you will hear how this United States Marine and MBA […] The post 53. The Perfect Student Interview: Meet Kyle White appeared first on PrivateSLP.

With the onset of COVID-19, I talk about making changes in your your Speech Therapy Private Practice. With sudden change comes anxiety, but in this episode, I look back at other events in my life that gave me the abilities to make good solid changes in our business so that patients can get their treatments […] The post 52. Managing Change in Your Speech Therapy Private Practice appeared first on PrivateSLP.

2019 has been a great year for PrivateSLP, the Speech Therapy Private Practice Startup Podcast and Kyle’s clinics, Therapy Group of Tucson! When starting, growing or scaling a real speech therapy private practice, one of the benefits of learning from an active clinic owner with multiple disciplines and locations is gaining real-life experience and expertise […] The post 51. PrivateSLP Year in Review appeared first on PrivateSLP.

Welcome to Episode 50 of the Speech Therapy Private Practice Startup Podcast! This episode is all about doing things differently to achieve maximum results in business and your personal life. To celebrate my 50th birthday this Christmas Eve, I decided to accomplish another one of my life goals – That is to earn a private […] The post 50. Keep Doing What Your Doing & You’ll Get What You’ve Got appeared first on PrivateSLP.

In this episode I talk about the idea and mindset of being fully committed and “All In” in your own speech therapy private practice. So many times people start their own business and simply give up. They quit because they can’t seem to cut away from their job, or they just don’t have enough patients […] The post 49. Fully Committed and “All In” in Speech Therapy Private Practice appeared first on PrivateSLP.

A speech therapy private practice is not always easy or fun and games. Many people suffer from the illusion that business owners are sitting around at the beach on their laptops getting rich while paying employees to do all of the grunt work. This is far from the truth. To be successful in speech therapy […] The post 48. Discipline in Speech Therapy Private Practice appeared first on PrivateSLP.

Today’s episode is all about practice management software with Beata Klarowska, M.S. CCC-SLP. Beata is a speech and language pathologist who started working on practice management software and apps after listening to a professor speak about telehelth services in graduate school. Today, TheraPlatform has grown into a robust practice management and EMR software for SLPs, […] The post 47. Private Practice Management Software with Beata Klarowska, M.S. CCC-SLP appeared first on PrivateSLP.

In a busy, growing speech therapy private practice, there simply isn’t enough time to make everything happen: Referrals, Faxing, Billing, Payments, Accounts Receivable, Follow Up, Service Delivery, Cleaning, Payroll, etc. That’s why the goal of every private practice owner should be redundancy. The question for every owner should be not HOW to do something, but […] The post 46. How to Become Redundant in Speech Therapy Private Practice appeared first on PrivateSLP.

In today’s episode, I have a great conversation about online and telepractice therapy services with the founder and CEO of BlinkSession.com, Eric DeGrove. Eric and his wife, Rikki DeGrove, CCC-SLP started a new outpatient clinic about 2 1/2 years ago, Sprout Therapy Services in Colorado Springs, CO but suddenly realized many of their patients were […] The post 45. Teletherapy and Online Therapy Services: What You Must Know appeared first on PrivateSLP.

Converting new referrals into weekly patients can be very exciting in your speech therapy private practice, but if done incorrectly, it can cost you big time in the form of lost revenue, unnecessary wasted time and most importantly poor patient satisfaction. In this episode, I answer some recent listener questions about non-therapist clinic ownership and […] The post 44. Onboarding New Patients in Your Speech Therapy Private Practice appeared first on PrivateSLP.

Many people do quite well as a single provider in their speech therapy private practice. However, you’ll soon realize that there are only so many hours in a day, and that you can only see only so many patients during the week. With all of the other duties involved in a private practice, it can […] The post 43. How to Scale Your Speech Therapy Private Practice appeared first on PrivateSLP.

In Episode 42, I speak with Roy Harmon over at Fusion Web Clinic and discuss the ins and outs of a speech therapy private practice.  There many advantages to owning your own private practice, but there are some negatives, too.  All of these aspects are discussed in this interview. Fusion Web Clinic also has a […] The post 42. Interview with Roy Harmon, Fusion Web Clinic appeared first on PrivateSLP.

Not everyone needs to be incorporated to have a business. There are advantages and disadvantages of both situations and in Episode 41, I address these questions and give some examples why each situation may work better for some.   Want to build a high converting website? We are loving Thrive Themes! In this episode: 01:42 […] The post 41. Comparing Corporations to Sole Proprietorships in Speech Therapy Private Practice appeared first on PrivateSLP.

When we have our own speech therapy private practice, we work for our patients. In order to stay in business, we must receive patient co-pays, deductibles and co-insurances as payment at the time of service. If claims are to be billed out to TPL, Medicaid or Medicare, these claims must be timely and clean in […] The post 40. Insurance Companies Pay on Their Own Time appeared first on PrivateSLP.

Let’s face it, many SLP’s worry about perfection. They want everything to be just right, families to like them all of the time, kids to come into the treatment all happy and leave excited, etc. Well, being perfect doesn’t exists – But being GOOD does! When starting out in this journey of speech therapy private […] The post 39. Press “GO” and Be Consistently Good appeared first on PrivateSLP.

In this episode, I discuss the speech therapy private practice mindset and how it’s important for private practice success. I also list strategies that help you acquire and maintain this mindset so that you can start, grow or scale your business. In this episode: 01:59 – One space available for the Perfect Student 02:51 – […] The post 38. The Speech Therapy Private Practice Mindset appeared first on PrivateSLP.

It may seem counter intuitive, but I believe that some people may be more afraid of being successful than failing. When you look the flow charts of failure and success, failure is easy. A successful flow chart is more complex, however. In this episode, I address common fears of success and provide some action steps […] The post 37. Fear of Success appeared first on PrivateSLP.

Big moves in your therapy practice come in many shapes and sizes: New hires, a new lease, expanding additional clinics, paying taxes, the list goes on and on. In this episode, I discuss some things to consider before making these big moves.     In this episode: 00:38 – Cash Flow – The Heartbeat of […] The post 36. Do This FIRST Before Making a Big Move appeared first on PrivateSLP.

Recently, a listener named Darlene emailed me about starting her own speech therapy private practice. The more I read, the more I could see that she was unsure and scared about the process of getting started. She wanted to know the most common mistakes that people make when starting their own therapy practice. Back in […] The post 35. More Mistakes to Avoid When Starting Your Speech Therapy Private Practice appeared first on PrivateSLP.