We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Katherine Sanchez & Chelsea Matteson. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Katherine Sanchez & Chelsea Matteson below.
Hi Katherine & Chelsea, thanks for joining us today. It’s always helpful to hear about times when someone’s had to take a risk – how did they think through the decision, why did they take the risk, and what ended up happening. We’d love to hear about a risk you’ve taken.
We met three years ago at a private practice in the valley after I (Katherine) made the decision to move back to Phoenix from Boston to start a family. After working together for three years, we found ourselves envisioning taking a leap of faith, branching out, and starting our own practice in Scottsdale. To our surprise, we were both pregnant and knew that we were about to embark on two new exciting journeys: Being moms and early career psychologists as we made the bold move to open our own practice while on maternity leave! Resigning from a secure job to chase after our professional dream came with risks, but we were determined to become our own bosses. Embarking on this new and uncertain venture felt even more daunting because we were both expanding our families and putting everything on the line to pursue this goal. We are incredibly proud of having built a thriving practice and continue to help families get back on track from the chaos, helplessness, and uncertainty that often result from experiencing child mental health challenges.
As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?
We are a Child and Teen Psychologist and Neuropsychologist team in Scottsdale, Arizona and provide evaluations and specialized therapy for children, teens, young adults, and families. Our practice is centered around offering therapeutic approaches that are solidly based on research and have been shown to be effective and practical, so that therapy doesn’t have to be a lifelong commitment. Instead, our families see change and feel rewarded as they witness their child flourish. Our hope is that we can walk side-by-side with families while offering them the tools that they need to help their children thrive.
We offer effective therapy for anxiety disorders (generalized anxiety, social anxiety, separation anxiety, phobias, OCD, perfectionism/rigidity), teen depression, and young child ADHD and disruptive behaviors. Additionally, if your child is struggling at school or you’ve had parent gut-feeling that there is something else going on, we also specialize in formal and child-focused evaluations for ADHD, learning differences, Autism, giftedness/2E, and other neurodevelopmental concerns.
Other than training/knowledge, what do you think is most helpful for succeeding in your field?
The qualities and characteristics that we feel have been most important to our success thus far are:
-Our motivation and willingness to be directive and take action,
-Embracing the unpredictable journey of growing a woman-owned new business
-Taking risks and being confident in ourselves
-Seeking guidance from other established business owners and mentors who are a testament to what it takes to build a successful business
-Most importantly: being compassionate, caring, yet straightforward and clear with the families we serve
Can you tell us about what’s worked well for you in terms of growing your clientele?
-Connecting directly with our community and families, specifically parents and caregivers of children and teens -Connecting with pediatricians and other medical providers who work directly with families and have first-hand knowledge of the issues they are facing
-Networking with professionals outside of the mental health and healthcare field
-Adopting a marketing approach that is inviting, educational, easily accessible, and vibrant
Contact Info:
- Website: www.insightpsychology.health
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