Guest:  Tamiko "Tami" Teshima, M.A., CCC-SLP
Tami has worked with children ranging from preschoolers to high schoolers with a variety of needs including articulation/phonology, Autism Spectrum Disorder, expressive and receptive language delays, and fluency. In addition, she has worked with adults recovering from strokes and traumatic brain injuries in skilled nursing settings. Additionally, she works with individuals seeking gender-affirming voice modification. She, in partnership with Out on the Lakeshore, recently piloted a group-format class for individuals seeking these services as well. Other areas of interest include augmentative and alternative communication and early childhood intervention.

Host: Jena H. Castro-Casbon, MS CCC-SLP
Jena H. Castro-Casbon, MS, CCC-SLP, 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.

Jena lives in Boston, MA and is a wife and mama to two young boys. ​

Guest: Becky McArthur:
I am a graduate of Wilfrid Laurier University (Waterloo, Ontario) and Western University (London, Ontario) as of 2015. Since graduating, I worked solely in private practice in both home- and clinic-based services with clients across the lifespan. Private practice lit a fire in my professional soul by allowing me to provide quality, direct service while creating strong relationships with families. 

​Host: Jena Castro-Casbon, MS CCC-SLP
​Jena H. Castro-Casbon, MS, CCC-SLP, 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.

Guests: Rene Robles & Cristina Ramos, SLP
Rene & Cristina are the owners and creators of Five Oaks. Our staff have been mentors, teachers and educators to new therapists for several decades. Our idea was to build a business that values success and tailors therapy to improve the quality of our patient’s lives thus enriching ours.

Five Oaks is proud of our diversity – our therapists are fluent in English and Spanish.

Host: Jena Castro-Casbon, MS CCC-SLP
​Jena H. Castro-Casbon, MS, CCC-SLP, 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.

Jena lives in Boston, MA and is a wife and mama to two young boys. ​

After finding her way to SLP after a career in teaching, Tami Teshima was a school SLP who got laid off in spring of 2019. She decided that it was a sign to start her own private practice. This episode was recorded on her year anniversary of private practice. She is now a Mentor in The Start Your Private Practice System, which is how she got her start!
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In this episode of The Private Practice Success Stories podcast, Lauren Walden of Walden Speech Therapy shares her love of speech-language pathology while working as a secretary at a private clinic. In addition to working in the public schools, she continues to work for that same clinic as a PRN SLP while she pursues clients in her own office space. She credits the Start Your Private Practice course as a helpful and motivational method to help her pursue success.​
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Bobbi Adams-Brown, SLP had a family connection to speech-language pathology early on and pursued it beyond her education degree. She has experience both in contracting in the public schools as well as working for others' private practices. She is a certified autism specialist and has multiple streams of income from her private practice, paid consulting, part-time work, passive income on Teachers Pay Teachers and is a Mentor for The Start Your Private Practice System.​
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Tiffany is a pioneer in the field of private practice because she has started her own early in her career. She seamlessly transitioned from an acute rehab position to specializing in assistive technology. Her relentless determination, pursuit of skilled training, and her community connections have helped her build her clientele of children and adults with complex communication needs in a tremendously short span of time. She followed The Start Your Private Practice System to get started.
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Emily Hussey initially put her private practice dreams on hold to focus on her family and her important work as a school SLP. She patiently drew up a plan, interviewed others, carefully researched the needs of her area and accumulated helpful resources. She also credits the Start Your Private Practice student FB group with essential support. Now Emily is combining her passion for nutrition and wellness, her extensive experience with school-age children, and her know-how for developing multimedia presentations into a successful private practice.
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Guest: Jeannette Washington, CCC-SLP
Jeannette Washington, M.Ed is a graduate of our 2017 Java bootcamp. Since graduation, she’s been busy advocating for tech inclusivity, publishing a book, and speaking internationally to demystify digital accessibility and disability inclusion. Jeannette’s dedication to finding a better way led her to combine her background in dyslexia therapy with the tech skills she learned at Grand Circus, and she has some impressive projects to show for it.

nHost: Jena H. Castro-Casbon, MS CCC-SLP
Jena H. Castro-Casbon, MS, CCC-SLP, 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.

Jena lives in Boston, MA and is a wife and mama to two young boys. ​