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.

Stacey Rowland

I’ve been in the Mental Health field in some capacity since 2007, and I knew in college that I’d like to pursue a career as a therapist. So I completed a Master’s of Counseling in 2012 and jumped right into working in community mental health. I worked for various agencies providing mental health and substance abuse services to adolescents and adults, in both outpatient and residential setting. Read more>>

Brandon Matthews

When there is a problem, our response can be either one or two things. One, we can complain about it. Or, two, we can do something about it. After first complaining about it, I then decided to do something about it. Over the last few decades customer service has been in decline. Read more>>

DYNA TUCKER

Making the decision to start my own private practice was an exciting and terrifying time in my career. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist. At the time I made the decision to go full time private practice I had worked in the Social Work field in many areas from schools to foster care to forensic Social Work for about 8 years. Read more>>

Neisha Himes

As a domestic violence survivor, I understand what it’s like to feel like your voice doesn’t matter and that it will never be loud enough to make a difference. After leaving a 5-year long abusive relationship, I was hesitant to share my truth because of the fear of being judged, ridiculed, or worse– disbelieved. Read more>>

Cybele Shana Lerman

I began learning and studying Reiki, Energy Healing, Crystals and other metaphysical modalities about 20 years before I actually started my professional practice. I had always dreamt of having a practice where I combined all of these modalities and got to treat clients professionally and help them with holistic ways of healing and staying healthy. So by the time I actually quit my 9 to 5 job in 2018 I was so ready. Read more>>

Lady Kendra

For the last several years, I have been on a journey of self discovery and helping others go through the process. Through healing my wounds and doing the inner work, I have created a platform to help others ‘find themselves,’ heal from their past in the present moment to creatively look at their current reality, and transform it into the future of their wildest dreams. Read more>>

Omolola Taiwo

In establishing my own mental health practice, it took mental stamina to strategize a blueprint for the practice at least 6 months in advance. To assist my plan, I researched how to start the business formation, the requirements for a business bank account, and the blueprint of a therapy practice. What I established as a bonus, was setting a financial goal for my first year. Read more>>

Suzy Yamini

Beginning a practice took patience and drive. I loved what I did so once the beefy was cleared everything just kept showing up for me. Because I love helping others thrive, heal and grow the universe has given me back in amazing manifestations. Read more>>

Debbie Romano

My name is Debbie Romano. I am a Nutrition & Wellness Consultant. Let me begin by telling you a little about me and how I decided to start this business. I became interested in Nutrition & Wellness when my husband Al experienced a near-fatal cardiac event on July 3rd, 2012. Read more>>

Kris Pritchard

Starting my own business has taught me some very important lessons in a very short amount time. Start small. Build clientele. I started in a small office as a single provider. It takes time. Over the past 4 years I have come to understand precisely what the term “drinking from a fire hose” means. Read more>>

Jenny & Kylie

As new grads following graduating from occupational therapy programs, we both started our careers working in skilled nursing facilities. We learned a lot from our patients and co-workers, but after a couple of years decided we both needed a change. We both ended up working together in an outpatient clinic within an assisted living/independent living facility. Read more>>