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Post-Licensure Groups & Private Practice Consultation

Post-Licensure Consultation Groups

Being a therapist is both wonderful and damn hard. Private practice is both fantastic and lonely. Since day one in the field, my consultation group has been my lifeline. We need each other.

Post-licensure consultation groups are made up of three to six clinicians (plus me) who meet monthly to support each other on difficult cases and other professional challenges, support and refer to each other. The groups are a great fit for newer therapists (0-3ish years) in private practice who work from experiential, psychodynamic, somatic, and/or relational modalities.

Case consultation. Just because you're licensed, doesn't mean you should have it all figured out. You will feel stuck. You should be stumped sometimes. Those are givens in work this complex. We can't—and shouldn't—do this work in isolation. It's ethical and necessary to get outside perspectives on our work, at every stage.
Cross referral. One of the best ways to build your caseload is through cross-referral with trusted colleagues. Bonus: get some ROIs, and now you have a care team that can collaborate on supporting clients systemically. In my experience, this kind of team approach can work near miracles.
Community. Everything you heard about isolation being the downside to private practice is true. Don't wait for the loneliness and burnout to set in before you find your professional lifeline people; here's a ready-made place to start.

Private Practice Consultation

I started my own private-pay private practice right out of grad school; it IS doable, but it's pretty overwhelming. The logistical stuff alone is a quagmire (wait, I need eight different things before I can set up my bank account?). And then there's: How do I talk about what I do/offer? Be both professional and genuine? Make my schedule profitable and sustainable? Keep a budget? Structure my fees? Manage burnout?

Let me help you envision your ideal practice, then bring it to life.