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.

Shana Nogues

Jen and I started Nogues Dinetz, PLLC, so we could rewrite what the practice of law looks like for the modern attorney and how clients navigate their cases. We take immense pride in our work and the personalized service we provide to our clients. We created a firm that aligns with our core values as practitioners and allows us to put our clients first and treat them like family. Importantly, we are also mothers of young children, so we are able to harness our strengths as mothers in our practice as we walk through some of our clients’ hardest times with them side-by-side. Read more>>

Alyson Cramer

I had just graduated from chiropractic college in Kansas City and decided to move to Ahwatukee, Arizona with my fiancé to open my dream practice, Awaken Chiropractic. Nothing was easy about opening up my own practice, but it has been the most rewarding decision I have ever made. It has required an extreme amount of patience, determination and perseverance. Learning how to set up the legalities of a business, working with contractors and city officials, and maintaining focus on my vision were just a few of the many steps I had to take. Read more>>

Dr. Kimberly Wagner

I had always known that I wanted to go into private practice, even in my early days of graduate school training. While I was in graduate school, I worked at a private practice, under the supervision of a licensed psychologist, not only to enhance my therapy skills, but also to learn the business of private practice since that was not something they taught us in graduate school. When I graduated from graduate school, my first job was working at a group practice. I knew that I eventually wanted to have my own private practice, but I didn’t feel ready to take that leap out on my own. When I was working in the group practice, I remember thinking to myself that there were many ways in which I would run the business differently, and I felt like I could have a more successful practice if I did it on my own. Read more>>

Dr. Bryanna Campbell

When I first decided to start my own practice, I was driven by a desire for independence, and a strong sense of purpose. I had worked in the mental health field for years and noticed a recurring theme: many of the clients I served were millennial Black professional women whose unique needs often got overlooked. These women are high-functioning, highly educated, and successful, but their struggles and challenges are frequently misunderstood or underestimated. This gap in understanding inspired me to create a practice specifically for them. While my practice serves clients of varying identities, I wanted to make sure there was a focus on Black women. I initially started my practice by using my name, but as of February 2025 I have updated the name of my practice to Vital Voyages Psychological Services. Read more>>

Amber Jointer

My name is Amber, and this is the story of how I grew my private practice. I’m honored to share 8 lessons and experiences of my personal and professional life.

I grew up under the informal apprenticeship of my grandfather who owned and operated a very successful radio station in our hometown. He became a business owner when he was 38 years old which is coincidentally the same age that I am turning this year. His business was radio but true to his nature as an Aquarius he used his business to not only broadcast his voice throughout the world, but also to create revolutionary long-lasting change in his community and beyond. Read more>>