Redefining What Success Looks Like As A Therapist In Private Practice

Therapists often struggle to define what success looks like in private practice.
We may find ourselves being perfectionists, feeling overworked, allowing our boundaries to be crossed or just completely trampled on leading us to forget why we started a private practice in the first place.
Jeanetta Garrison is an anxiety therapist in private practice in Charlotte, NC (Crown Counseling & Consulting; www.crowncounselingandconsult....
Jeanetta walks us through how to identify what many of us go through and how to define what healthy success should look like.
🍎YOU'LL LEARN
📰 Common characteristics of entrepreneurs in private practice
📰 Chasing the proverbial “carrot” to reach success
📰 Navigating the ebbs and flows that are inherent in entrepreneurship
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4:09 Mel's theory on private practice entrepreneurs
8:27 How Jeanetta allowed her boundaries to be crossed early in her practice
13:58 How Jeanetta learned to separate cancellations & no-shows from her competence as a therapist
16:24 Chasing the "proverbial carrot" only to realize it's not what you want
21:50 Revenue VS the compromise you make to get it
24:55 Ebbs & Flows
27:15 Accountability / support pieces that help achieve success
30:37 How to decide what's enough for you in your business
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[@MelvinVarghesePhD]

How do you define success as a therapist? Btw, this is something I struggle with so much as well. For me, it's slow-paced weeks and lots of time for rest, hiking, sleep, and loved ones. =)

[@jeanettagarrison]

Thanks for a great conversation, Melvin!

[@MelvinVarghesePhD]

Jeanetta! Thank you for being real. 🙂

[@JCPsychologicalServices]

This was a great convo! Thank you both for sharing your experiences with us

[@MelvinVarghesePhD]

Aww. Thanks, Janice! This was such a fun one.