Establishing your own firm or practice is an incredibly daunting task. From myriad of legal and regulatory hurdles to the financial and career related risks, professionals who choose to start their own firm have to overcome so much and so we wanted to reach out to those who’ve done it successfully for advice, insight and stories.

Terri Bacow

I actually started my private practice twice! First in 2012, and then again right after the pandemic, around 2021. The first practice really was a “starter” practice that I had part time while also working at a hospital and an outpatient clinic. In 2021, I decided to devote all my attention to being a solo private practitioner and to work for myself full time. There were several steps I took – finding an office to rent, purchasing professional liability insurance, identifying a billing platform to use, identifying methods of marketing/advertising for my practice, getting office furniture and building a website. I also decided to reach out to my accountant and become a PLLC. Read more>>

Tiara Broady

Prior to the pandemic, I never thought entrepreneurship was for me. I always was okay with having a 9-5, PTO, and great benefits. Being an entrepreneur was just something I had no desire to do, but then the pandemic happened. It was during that time that all had changed. I can remember back in December of 2021, it was 3 days before Christmas and my daughter at the time was 8 months old and she had tested positive for COVID. So here I was in quarantine during the holiday with my 8 month old. Two days later I ended up testing positive for COVID as well and I can remember being terrified, unsure of our outcome, and just not feeling well. Then I got a text message from my supervisor asking if I knew when I would be back to work. Read more>>

Allison Mcquaid

When I started down the path of deciding I wanted to open my private therapy practice I had to face my own inner imposter syndrome. I remember as a new therapist in 2016 I couldn’t ever imagine feeling confident or capable enough to open my own private practice. That felt completely out of reach and I always had the thought “who would want to see me specifically?”. So my first challenge I faced when embarking on this path of starting my own practice, was doing my own inner work to accept that I am not some magical unicorn therapist (nor do I have aspire to be that) and also that I AM good enough to belong in the private practice space. Read more>>