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Episode #772: Will the Money Anxiety in Private Practice Ever Actually Go Away?

On today's Ask Abundance, Rebecca Smith (Limitless grad, now on Team Abundance) tackles a question so many of us feel in our bones: "I still get low-grade anxiety every time I look at my bank account, even when things are fine."
 
We each share how we personally handle variable income (we do it totally differently), talk about why separate business & personal accounts are non-negotiable, & the weekly ritual that helps take the zing out of checking your accounts.
 
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Episode #771: What the Platforms Are Like

In today's episode, I'm chatting with Abundance community members Karen, Kenzie, and Amanda — three therapists at various stages of leaving the platforms — about what drew them to therapy platforms in the first place, the bait-and-switch realities of referrals and reimbursement rates, and why the guilt of leaving clients behind is the hardest part of moving toward private pay.

If today's conversation with Karen, Kenzie, and Amanda hit close to home, you already know the platfo…

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Episode #770: The Safety, the Insurance, the Predictability VS the Life You Actually Want

In today's Ask Abundance, I'm joined by Rebecca Smith, Limitless Practice grad, now on Team Abundance, premium-fee private pay practice in New Orleans. We're talking about leaving a "secure" job (pension, health insurance, predictable salary) to start a private practice when everyone around you thinks you've lost your mind.
 
Spoiler: you probably haven't. You've probably already made the decision. We get into why safety is more of a feeling than a fact, what you actually need to make …

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Episode #769: Advocacy in Practice with Maya Benattar

In today's episode, I talk with Maya Benattar, LCAT, a licensed creative arts therapist in New York, about what happens when you discover your entire license type has been left out of major mental health legislation and you decide to do something about it. Maya shares how she built a coalition that became a full 501(c)(3), hired a lobbyist, and is fighting to get LCATs the insurance coverage mandates and diagnostic privileges they deserve. We also talk about how she keeps her practice sustaina…

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Episode #768: Why Your Networking Isn't Leading to Referrals

In today's Ask Abundance, I'm joined by Rebecca Smith — Limitless Practice grad, now on Team Abundance, premium-fee private pay practice in New Orleans. We're talking about why a full year of networking can still get you nowhere.

Coffee chats. Emails. Showing up to all the things. & still no referrals.

Turns out more events was never the fix. We get into why a fuzzy niche makes you instantly forgettable, how to spot if you're networking with the wrong people entirely, & why this is actuall…

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Episode #767: SEO is Alive & Well, feat. Becky DeGrossa

Becky DeGrossa, MA, from CounselingWise joins me in today's episode to break down what’s actually working in SEO for therapists right now and why the core strategies still matter most for local practices. She shares what’s worth paying attention to with AI and SEO, what’s mostly hype, and how to focus on the strategies that continue to bring therapists consistent website traffic and client inquiries.

Attention Abundance Party members: Becky is our trainer this month! Check out the 'Upcoming E…

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Episode #766: Two Years of Almost — Getting Off Insurance Panels for Real This Time

In today's Ask Abundance, I'm joined by Abundance consultant Rebecca A.E. Smith, Ph.D., and we're talking about dropping insurance panels. Specifically, the part nobody warns you about: the fear. We're getting into why the timing is never going to feel right, what it actually looks like to make this move strategically without blowing up your income, and why having a needle-thin niche is the thing that makes all of it possible. Rebecca did this herself and her life is so much better on the ot…

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Episode #765: Feeling Stuck

In today's episode, I'm chatting with Abundance Party member Weston, a geropsychologist building a private pay LGBTQ+ focused practice, about honing his niche around queer grief and loss, why blogging beats social media for his ideal client, and how to position himself as the go-to referral source in a specialized niche. 

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Episode #764: When You're the Only Clinician in the Building

In today's Ask Abundance, I'm joined by Abundance consultant Rebecca A. E. Smith, Ph.D., and we're talking about the part of going solo that nobody really warns you about: the moment you realize the team you thought you weren't even leaning on was actually holding up more than you knew. We get into why the loneliness of private practice isn't really a clinical problem, how to sort out what you actually need from what you're telling yourself you need, and what it looks like to build the kind of…

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Episode #763: Shrinking an Overfull Practice

In today's episode, I'm strategizing with Abundance Party member Jessica about getting her caseload down to 25 clients — who stays, who gets referred out, & whether group therapy makes sense for her practice. We get into a client whose relationship behavior is ethically complicated enough that she needs someone who specializes in ethical non-monogamy. And we talk through Jessica's second business: the marketing clarity it needs before it needs anything else, & why letting it grow at the right …

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