Lauren Meglen is a former school SLP who transitioned to full-time private practice in the Rochester, MN area. In this episode, Lauren shares her journey into private practice and what that looked like for her. She talks about how she decided on a whim to start her private practice and her experience with bringing on employees. She shares so much great wisdom and advice on ditching perfectionism and why you should go for your dreams of private practice
What we discuss:
Links: Six Figure Private Practice EntreLeadership: 20 Years of Practical Business Wisdom from the Trenches Your Best Year Ever: A 5-Step Plan for Achieving Your Most Important Goals Free to Focus: A Total Productivity System to Achieve More by Doing Less The Vision Driven Leader: 10 Questions to Focus Your Efforts, Energize Your Team, and Scale Your Business Profit First: Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine Clockwork: Design Your Business to Run Itself Owl Therapy Services Owl Therapy Services Facebook Start Your Private Practice Webinar For more information, visit: www.IndependentClinician.com ![]()
Guest: Lauren Meglen, M.S. CCC-SLP
Lauren is a 2006 graduate of the University of Minnesota - Duluth and a 2008 graduate of Syracuse University, where she earned a Master's Degree in Speech Language Pathology. Lauren began her dream of starting OWL Therapy Services in 2011. Growing up with a sister with special needs, Lauren understands being on both sides of the therapy table and is now one of her sister's legal guardians. Lauren understands the struggles, concerns and celebrations that go along with being a caregiver, and believes that your life should be easier when it comes to therapy services. ![]()
Host: Jena H. Castro-Casbon, MS, CCC-SLP
Jena is a private-practice consultant who has helped thousands of speech-language pathologists start and grow their own private practices through her company, The Independent Clinician. She has written articles for The ASHA Leader and Presented at ASHA Connect (2017). You'll find her online in the SLP Private Practice Beginners Facebook Group and in her premium programs, The Start Your Private Practice System and the Grow Your Private Practice Coaching Program.
This episode was brought to you by my premium program The Start Your Private Practice System.
If you’ve been thinking starting a private practice full-time or "on the side" I encourage you to sign up for my FREE TRAINING. I’ll make sure you know everything more in a free 60 minute presentation than you ever learned in grad school! Visit startyourprivatepractice.com/webinar.
Are you ready to start your private practice? If you’ve been thinking about getting support from the Start Your Private Practice system but haven’t fully decided to go for it yet, you’ll definitely want to hear this episode as I am joined by 4 mentors of the program, Claudia, Tommy, Adrienne and Bobby.
In this episode, the mentors and I chat about what led them to the program, the people who tend to succeed in it and how having a private practice has helped them level up in business and life! What we discuss:
Links: All Things Speech Therapy Duncan Lake Speech Therapy SpeechBuilders Speech and Language Therapy Speech Bubble Therapy Start Your Private Practice Waitlist Start Your Private Practice For more information, visit: www.IndependentClinician.com ![]()
Host: Jena H. Castro-Casbon, MS, CCC-SLP
Jena is a private-practice consultant who has helped thousands of speech-language pathologists start and grow their own private practices through her company, The Independent Clinician. She has written articles for The ASHA Leader and Presented at ASHA Connect (2017). You'll find her online in the SLP Private Practice Beginners Facebook Group and in her premium programs, The Start Your Private Practice System and the Grow Your Private Practice Coaching Program.
This episode was brought to you by my premium program The Start Your Private Practice System.
If you’ve been thinking starting a private practice full-time or "on the side" I encourage you to sign up for my FREE TRAINING. I’ll make sure you know everything more in a free 60 minute presentation than you ever learned in grad school! Visit startyourprivatepractice.com/webinar.
2021 might be the year that you finally start your private practice. We all went through so much in 2020 and through that year, I watched countless people start their own private practice. I also saw many others pivot their business overnight in the midst of a pandemic. And even some who expanded their businesses vastly, bringing on more clients and employees. In this episode, you’ll hear what could happen if you take the steps needed and finally make your private practice dreams a reality in 2021.
What we discuss:
Links: Start Your Private Practice Grow Your Private Practice Free Webinar For more information, visit: www.IndependentClinician.com ![]()
Host: Jena H. Castro-Casbon, MS, CCC-SLP
Jena is a private-practice consultant who has helped thousands of speech-language pathologists start and grow their own private practices through her company, The Independent Clinician. She has written articles for The ASHA Leader and Presented at ASHA Connect (2017). You'll find her online in the SLP Private Practice Beginners Facebook Group and in her premium programs, The Start Your Private Practice System and the Grow Your Private Practice Coaching Program.
This episode was brought to you by my premium program The Start Your Private Practice System.
If you’ve been thinking starting a private practice full-time or "on the side" I encourage you to sign up for my FREE TRAINING. I’ll make sure you know everything more in a free 60 minute presentation than you ever learned in grad school! Visit startyourprivatepractice.com/webinar.
If you allow yourself to stay in fear mode, you won’t ever get to the outcome that you desire. You have to learn to overcome the fears that are holding you back! In this episode, I talk about why you need to do what you need to do to get your message out there and start chasing the career and life you want!
What we discuss:
Links: Start Your Private Practice Grow Your Private Practice Free Webinar For more information, visit: www.IndependentClinician.com ![]()
Host: Jena H. Castro-Casbon, MS, CCC-SLP
Jena is a private-practice consultant who has helped thousands of speech-language pathologists start and grow their own private practices through her company, The Independent Clinician. She has written articles for The ASHA Leader and Presented at ASHA Connect (2017). You'll find her online in the SLP Private Practice Beginners Facebook Group and in her premium programs, The Start Your Private Practice System and the Grow Your Private Practice Coaching Program.
This episode was brought to you by my premium program The Start Your Private Practice System.
If you’ve been thinking starting a private practice full-time or "on the side" I encourage you to sign up for my FREE TRAINING. I’ll make sure you know everything more in a free 60 minute presentation than you ever learned in grad school! Visit startyourprivatepractice.com/webinar.
Claudia Hamilton Davisson is a private practitioner based out of Michigan and a mentor for my Start Your Private Practice program. Claudia has been a SLP for over three decades and has worked in so many different areas of the business.
In this episode, Claudia shares how she started her business as a private practitioner on the side of her job. She talks about the reasons she was drawn to private practice and the areas where she sees other private practitioners get stuck in their business. We also talk about where she sees most of her referrals come from and her advice for someone who is unsure if opening their own private practice is the right move for them. What we discuss:
Links: All Things Speech Therapy, LLC Mentoring Mommy Google My Business Start Your Private Practice Waitlist Start Your Private Practice Grow Your Private Practice For more information, visit: www.IndependentClinician.com ![]()
Guest: Claudia Davisson, M.A., CCC-SLP
Claudia Davisson, M.A., CCC-SLP is a bilingual (Spanish/English) speech-language pathologist. She has over 30 years experience as an SLP. She has worked with toddlers, pre-schoolers, school-age children, adults and their families in a variety of settings. Claudia lives in Berrien Springs with her husband & two dogs. Both of their sons are now grown. Claudia received her undergraduate degree from Andrews University in 1987, and her Masters of Arts in Speech-Language Pathology from The Ohio State University in 1989. Claudia decided to start her private practice to meet the needs of families in her community for speech therapy services. ![]()
Host: Jena H. Castro-Casbon, MS, CCC-SLP
Jena is a private-practice consultant who has helped thousands of speech-language pathologists start and grow their own private practices through her company, The Independent Clinician. She has written articles for The ASHA Leader and Presented at ASHA Connect (2017). You'll find her online in the SLP Private Practice Beginners Facebook Group and in her premium programs, The Start Your Private Practice System and the Grow Your Private Practice Coaching Program.
This episode was brought to you by my premium program The Start Your Private Practice System.
If you’ve been thinking starting a private practice full-time or "on the side" I encourage you to sign up for my FREE TRAINING. I’ll make sure you know everything more in a free 60 minute presentation than you ever learned in grad school! Visit startyourprivatepractice.com/webinar. |