Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we'll do the math. Download our FREE Fun with Fees Calculator here 👉🏽 https://www.leaninmakebank.com/free    In this episode, Tiffany talks about the implications of the 2024 election results on our therapy practices, on our marketing practices, and on establishing the value of what we do.   Tiffany will challenge us to get crystal clear on where we stand with values like integrity, insight, and compassion in a time when it seems like a premium is being placed on behaviors like lying, manipulation, and preying on the vulnerable.   We can recognize our desire to be rescued, but it is vital that we don’t succumb to it.    Resources Mentioned:  Fun with Fees Calculator

Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we'll do the math. Download our FREE Fun with Fees Calculator here 👉🏽 https://www.leaninmakebank.com/free     In this episode, we’re speaking with Jamal Jones, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist based in California, to discuss his journey from reaching what he believed was the pinnacle of his career—a W2 employee with steady income—to facing the devastating reality of extreme burnout and being let go. Jamal opens up about the intense sense of failure and shame he felt as a black man and Christian, worried about letting his family down.   After discovering LIMB and putting in the work, Jamal rose from these challenges and now offers $7500 therapy packages at his private practice.   This inspiring and uplifting conversation is a must-listen for anyone struggling with stepping into their premium fee.   In this episode, Jamal will share:   His journey from experiencing severe burnout and losing his stable W2 job to now offering $7500 therapy packages at his private practice;  Why he chose to work with therapy platform tech when first starting his practice and how that supported his next steps;  How your earnings as a therapist are affected by your Self-Concept level of income;  How his Christian background and ministry work impacted his money mindset.   Resources mentioned: LIMB Academy   FWF Calculator   Jamal's Website    More about Jamal: Jamal Jones, LMFT is a therapist, speaker, and Growth Coach for Therapists in Private Practice based in Fresno, California. He helps entrepreneurs scaling their business from 6 - 7 figures and beyond take inspired action with clarity, confidence, and courage.  Learn more at centralvalleychristiancounsel.com.

The results are in. The question now - who and how are YOU going to show up, given the reality? In this special bonus episode of The Money Sessions, let’s take some time to sink in, mourn and then step the fuck up and save ourselves.

Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we'll do the math. Download our FREE Fun with Fees Calculator here 👉🏽 https://www.leaninmakebank.com/free   Here’s a question to start us off today: What if I told you that the constant push to make therapy more affordable is actually hurting both therapists and clients? I know, it sounds counterintuitive. We’re in a helping profession, right?  So making therapy affordable should be the goal.  I’m sure many of you read the New York Times article, which was headlined “Therapy Can Be a Financial Burden. Try Telling Your Therapist That.” and, if you’re anything like some of the therapists I heard from, you didn’t feel great about how cash pay therapists were portrayed. But what if this whole narrative around affordability is backfiring? What if, in our attempts to keep therapy accessible, we’re not only devaluing mental health, but also providing less-than-ideal care to our clients?  Today, we’re going to flip this conversation on its head and explore how the pursuit of 'affordable therapy' is leading us down a path of burnout and financial stress, and ultimately—less effective therapy for clients.  In this episode, Tiffany shares:  Where the push for affordable therapy comes from and its consequences on therapists;  Why “affordable therapy” isn’t a sustainable solution for therapists OR clients;  A new way to think about fees and accessibility;  The power of charging what you need.  Resources Mentioned: Fun with Fees Calculator  

Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we'll do the math. Download our FREE Fun with Fees Calculator here 👉🏽 https://www.leaninmakebank.com/free  In this episode, we’re speaking with Meredith Blumenthal, a registered dietician nutritionist based in Washington state.  One of our first non-therapist LIMB grads, Meredith discusses going from earning 63k per year working at a clinic to having her own premium fee practice where she charges $225 per session.   If you’re struggling with the ethics of charging premium fees, you’ll definitely want to tune in — we’ll be talking about how Meredith’s feminist and social justice lens reinforced her commitment to charging premium fees.   In this episode, Meredith shares:  The three signs that helped her realize she was burning out in her W2 clinic position;  Her decision to not take insurance at her private practice from the outset (Her reasons might surprise you!);  How getting clear about what she wanted to earn and how she wanted to take care of herself led to her doing improved clinical work and coming into a massive clinical insight when working with one particular client;   What happened when a client was pissed about her premium fee raise and how she handled it;  How dieticians and therapists should be working together to provide excellent clinical care;  Two pieces of strategic advice you can implement right now to start charging premium fees.   Resources mentioned:  LIMB Academy FWF Calculator   Meredith’s Website  Meredith’s Instagram More about Meredith: Meredith Blumenthal, MS, RDN, CD (she/her) is a Nutrition Therapist and Body Image Coach who has made it her mission to help women stop dieting and start living life on their own terms. Meredith believes that our “lack of self-control” and willpower is not the problem. Instead, she teaches her clients why dieting is harmful to their mental and physical health, and how to find wholehearted wellness without depriving themselves of the foods they love or jeopardizing their physical health. For clinical consultation or for your own work, contact Meredith at [email protected].   

Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we'll do the math. Download our FREE Fun with Fees Calculator here 👉🏽 https://www.leaninmakebank.com/free In this episode, we dive in to answer a listener question from Leah. She asks, how can I build a sustainable, cash pay practice when the expectation in my town is that therapists see 35-40 clients/week and pay very little?  Many therapists we’ve worked with in LIMB have had an internal conflict around the desire to 1) continue serving clients who cannot pay a higher fee and 2) earn enough to take care of themselves and their families.  So, can you have the best of both worlds?!  If you’re looking for the reality-based resolution, you won’t want to miss today’s episode.   In this episode, we’ll discuss:   How industry-specific professional norms unconsciously frame the internal and external fee raise discussion against your best interests;   How location-based cultural norms bias your beliefs about what’s possible for your practice;   Why making decisions about your future caseload based on your current caseload is rooted in cognitive present bias;  The #1 action step Leah needs to take right now to move towards her $150/session, cash pay practice. Resources mentioned:  Fun with Fees Calculator

Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we'll do the math. Download our FREE Fun with Fees Calculator here 👉🏽 https://www.leaninmakebank.com/free  In this episode, we’re speaking with Nick Bognar, LMFT, a premium fee cash pay therapist in private practice. A former LIMB Academy student and three-time guest on The Money Sessions, Nick now teaches premium fee therapists how to successfully use networking to build their caseload.   Nick and Tiffany have a blast in this episode and struggle to keep from filling the entire episode with quick-witted mirth. If you love to laugh AND you love to strategically earn more in your practice, definitely tune in. Don’t forget to share this episode with that one therapist friend who needs to hear it. You know who we’re talkin’ about. In this episode, Nick will share: Three signs that indicated he was at his max client capacity; The number one key to hiring associates for your practice;  The most important thing to keep in mind to successfully raise fees with existing clients;  His path from a 1:1 premium fee practice to creating an online course business;  The biggest challenge he is currently facing when it comes to learning how to build and scale his online course business;  Three signs that you’re “not doing it right” when it comes to networking.   Resources mentioned:  LIMB Academy FWF Calculator  Nick’s Last Episode  Action Practice Building, Nick’s Consulting for Premium Fee Therapists  Nick’s Website  Nick’s Podcast More about Nick: Nick Bognar, LMFT, is the founder of Nick Bognar Coaching, LLC, and a Private Practice Growth Coach for therapists who want to build their dream practices. Everyone who's ever gone into private practice has lamented the lack of business training in graduate programs. Spurred by this desperation, Nick used skills he'd picked up in three careers — business, hospitality, and therapy — to create Action Practice Building. This 12-week program teaches therapists specific skills and action steps to confidently build a bustling practice.   Learn more at nickbognartherapy.com.   

In this episode, Tiffany talks about how to actually finish what you’ve started.  It’s so inspiring to start a new program or course — we have all of our dreams, we’re motivated and ready to take action — and then what happens?  We fall off. We ghost the program. Maybe we even convince ourselves that it’s “just a break” or we’ll “come back later.”  And then we lose confidence in our own ability to follow through. We lose faith in the possibility that we can impact our own future.  Tiffany doesn’t want that for you!   Grab your pen, grab your notebook, and let’s dive in.   In this episode, Tiffany shares:   What Course Dropout Syndrome is;  How we avoid Course Dropout Syndrome in The Lean In. MAKE BANK. Academy;  The three steps you can take right now to move beyond your Course Dropout Syndrome:   Step #1: Historical Lens;  Step #2: Pre-Mortem  Step #3: Building Up Guardrails.   Resources Mentioned:  Fun with Fees Calculator  

Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we'll do the math. Download our FREE Fun with Fees Calculator here 👉🏽 https://www.leaninmakebank.com/free   In this episode, we’re speaking with Jelisha Gatling, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and LIMB Grad.   Jelisha was our very first guest on The Money Sessions, and we are thrilled to have her back.   In her first episode, Jelisha shared how she went from $80/session to $210/session. Now, she is easefully charging $350/session, her practice is always full, and she lives in her own condo on the beach.   If you want to know how Jelisha went from struggling between three jobs and living with roommates in NYC to bringing everything on her vision board into fruition, you won’t want to miss this episode.   In this episode, Jelisha shares:  How a dare from Tiffany led to her increasing her fee to $350/session;  How raising her fee gave her the time and spaciousness to do internal work she had been avoiding by staying in scarcity and stress;  The internal work she had to do before stepping into a $350 full fee and how that changed how she showed up in professional and personal relationships;   Three clear tips and practical strategies for those who are currently struggling with charging low fees or feeling insecure about their lack of financial security in private practice;  How working with LIMB changed her life.   Resources mentioned:  LIMB Academy  FWF Calculator  Money Skills for Therapists with Linzy Bonham  Jelisha’s First Episode  Jelisha’s Website → Check out her Coaching for Therapists  Jelisha’s Instagram More about Jelisha: Jelisha Gatling (she/her), LMFT is a Licensed Marriage Family Therapist & Private Practice Strategist. She’s an unapologetic boundary enthusiast, who in her off time, indulges in beach naps & reading. Learn more about how you can work with Jelisha at savingthesaver.com.

The Lean In. MAKE BANK. Academy is open for enrollment! Click here to join today. In this episode, Tiffany lays out the two obstacles she’s seen therapists in private practice encounter over and over again that keep them from hitting their six-figure year, while seeing 10-12 clients (MAX) each week.  And after seven years of working with therapists around fee strategy in their private practice — including thousands of workshop attendees and over 800 LIMB Academy grads — we’d say Tiffany knows a thing or two about what’s keeping you from hitting six figures in your private practice.  You won’t want to miss this.  In this episode, Tiffany shares:  The two obstacles that are keeping you from hitting six figures in your cash pay private practice, including:  #1: Your community is working against you.   We identify three types of clinicians who are likely holding you back — the Skeptics, the Shame-shillers, and the BFLs.   #2: Even when you find therapists who support your vision and your dream, you (and your group) are unable to actually make forward progress.   Let’s talk about why.  Are you looking for a community to have your back and the framework to make it happen? The Lean In. MAKE BANK. Academy is open for enrollment!  In this program, you will get access to the six-figure community and the step by step framework to not only develop a six-figure therapist mindset, but also take the ACTIONS to achieve your cash pay, premium fee private practice.  

How to Charge Like a Six Figure Therapist Live Event  https://learn.leaninmakebank.com/how-to-charge-like-a-six-figure-therapist-live/ In this live online training event, you’ll get crystal clear about how to talk fees ethically and fairly - in a way that honors you and your clients - as we head into your Fall Fee Raise conversations.  In this episode, we're speaking with Emily, a licensed clinical psychologist out of Indiana, who specializes in working with highly successful adults of emotionally immature parents. Emily made a remarkable shift from earning $50K annually at a prestigious university job to charging $350 per session in her private practice, earning many times her previous salary while working fewer hours. These changes have allowed Emily to experience more spaciousness and ease in her life, allowing her to show up more presently as a mom. She is modeling what it looks like to be a mother and primary breadwinner, despite her early childhood messaging that women should be seen and not heard. Tune in to hear Emily's inspiring journey and how she overcame societal expectations to build a successful and fulfilling career. In this episode, Emily will share: How she went from 50k a year to as high as $350 per session in her premium fee practice; Why she made the decision to leave insurance panels and how she did it step by step; What terrified her about leaving insurance panels in order to go private pay; How building her own premium fee practice led to her own personal and professional growth; How she overcame cultural and societal expectations that she will never amount to much as a woman.   Resources mentioned: The Lean In. MAKE BANK. Academy The Fun with Fees Calculator Emily’s Website: https://www.silvermaplepsychology.com  Emily’s Email: [email protected]  More about Emily:  Dr. Emily Williams is a clinical psychologist and owner of Silver Maple Psychology, a private practice near Indianapolis, IN.  There, she helps anxious, overachieving professionals set boundaries with their emotionally immature parents, as well as helping people pleasers, adults with ADHD, children of narcissists, and the LGBTQ+ community meet their goals and reclaim joy.  Dr. Williams is known for her expertise, humor, and love of learning.

Surround yourself with a community that supports your vision. Join our FREE live event: How to Charge like a Six-Figure Therapist: September 2024.   In today’s episode, Tiffany talks about how you can identify if your friends and colleagues are helping or hurting when it comes to achieving your private practice goals.   We talk to a lot of therapists, and we’ve been noticing a pattern: therapists who have been wanting to leave insurance panels or raise fees for months or years, but haven’t yet taken the plunge.  Our question: why? What’s keeping these therapists in a situation that doesn’t work for them, that they don’t ultimately want? Why not change?  There are lots of answers to this question, but here’s one that keeps popping up: an important person (or people) discouraging the therapist from taking action.  Let’s talk about it.   In this episode, Tiffany shares:  How to distinguish between advice that’s meant to further your private practice goals versus advice that’s meant to deter you;  How to keep your respected colleagues and loved ones close without falling prey to their limiting beliefs about what’s possible for you;  The real reason your peers are discouraging you from leaving insurance panels or raising your fees;  The number one thing you need to do to make your next big professional leap.  Looking for a community to go forward with you? Join our FREE live event: How to Charge like a Six-Figure Therapist: September 2024.

How to Charge Like a Six Figure Therapist Live Event  https://learn.leaninmakebank.com/how-to-charge-like-a-six-figure-therapist-live/ In this live online training event, you’ll get crystal clear about how to talk fees ethically and fairly - in a way that honors you and your clients - as we head into your Fall Fee Raise conversations.  In this episode, we're speaking with Lauren Pass Erickson, a Licensed Professional Counselor and Registered Dance/Movement Therapist out of Colorado. After receiving a financial wake-up call, she was left with no choice but to get crystal clear about her financial situation and reevaluate her fee structure. By becoming very honest about her financial needs, Lauren not only improved her therapy practice but also set better boundaries in her clinical work and personal relationships.  Stay until the end because Lauren and Tiffany stumbled upon an insight that gave both of them goosebumps. In this episode, Lauren will share: How she went from charging as low as $30 per session to $260 per session; Getting hit with an unexpected $10,000 tax penalty forced her to take a reality based look at her fee structure; How it felt to charge premium fees for the first time; Her clinical work becoming exponentially better as she addressed her own  money mindset; Three pieces of strategic advice that will help you go from struggling to set your fees to confidently charging premium fees.   Resources mentioned: The Lean In. MAKE BANK. Academy The Fun with Fees Calculator Lauren's Website: www.naturalembodiment.org  More about Lauren:  Lauren Pass Erickson MA, LPC, R-DMT (she/her) is a somatic and dance/movement therapist who has been in private practice in Boulder, CO since 2020. Specializing in Complex PTSD and Queer Identity, Lauren helps LGBTQ+ and neurodiverse adults reconnect with their bodies after trauma, and embrace their most authentic selves with joy and confidence. 

 Join our live event How to Charge like a Six-Figure Therapist: September 2024 because therapists with more money have even more capacity to do good and make change. In this episode, we dive in to answer a listener question from Claudia. She states that thinking about money makes her feel enraged, confused and flooded, particularly when considering the unjust social structures at play. I’m going to give Claudia one specific strategy you, too, can use when trying to resolve your ambivalence around earning money as a private practice therapist, while also acknowledging the unjust financial systems inherent in our society. Links mentioned in this episode: Fun with Fee Calculator Record your question for Tiffany  

How to Charge Like a Six Figure Therapist Live Event  https://learn.leaninmakebank.com/how-to-charge-like-a-six-figure-therapist-live/ In this live online training event, you’ll get crystal clear about how to talk fees ethically and fairly - in a way that honors you and your clients - as we head into your Fall Fee Raise conversations.  About the Episode: In this episode, we're speaking with Kirsten Cheong, a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist who helps high achieving women overcome people pleasing. After receiving a sudden financial hit, Kirsten realized she had to get real about the financial aspects of her private practice. In doing so, she discovered the ways her people pleasing tendencies had interfered with her professional success and her ability to truly help her clients. She decided to make a massive change.  In this episode, Kirsten will share: How she went from agency work to private practice (with help from a LIMB stranger); How she came to realize that insurance panels were NOT the “path of least resistance” she initially thought they would be; What it feels like to take the leap from insurance to private pay when most of her clients are on insurance; How her clinical work has changed as a result of her willingness to do the hard work of owning her financial needs. What it was like to book her first $220 session, after years of negligible insurance reimbursements. Resources mentioned: The Lean In. MAKE BANK. Academy Kirsten's Website Kirsten’s Instagram Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we'll do the math. Download our FREE Fun with Fees Calculator here 👉🏽 https://www.leaninmakebank.com/free Kirsten Cheong, LMFT Kirsten Cheong is an LMFT in California who specializes in treating anxiety disorders in career women who struggle with people-pleasing and poor boundary-setting. Her own personal history battling anxiety, lacking secure boundaries, and people-pleasing to gain control in relationships helps like-minded women live more congruently to their values and step into their confidence. Kirsten's practice, Balance and Boundaries Therapy, is 100% online to serve career women all across California.  Learn more at: https://www.balanceandboundariestherapy.com/

Click here to Join our live event How to Charge like a Six-Figure Therapist: September 2024 because charging premium fees is a mindset. In this episode, we dive in to answer listener question from Rachel Hulstein-Lowe. She asks, "Why are people so much more willing to pay premium fees for coaching than for therapy?" There is a common myth out there among licensed therapists that simply switching to coaching will solve all their revenue problems.  The belief is, if I simply become a coach, clients will be more willing to pay me the big bucks. But is this true?! In this episode, I’ll reveal the truth about who can charge more: coaches or therapists. We’ll discuss: Based on the data, who earns more? Licensed therapists or coaches? What factors go into a coach being able to charge a hire hourly rate than a licensed therapist?  What’s really going on when therapists lament the high fees coaches can command?  No bull. No nonsense. Tiffany gets real by answering the question under the question. Links Mentioned: Fun with Fee Calculator Coaching Federation Data Licensed mental health therapist salary report

How to Charge Like a Six Figure Therapist Live Event  https://learn.leaninmakebank.com/how-to-charge-like-a-six-figure-therapist-live/ In this live online training event, you’ll get crystal clear about how to talk fees ethically and fairly - in a way that honors you and your clients - as we head into your Fall Fee Raise conversations.  In this episode, we're speaking with Saraa, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker out of California. Once anxiously charging as low as $30 per session, Saraa now confidently charges over $200 per session. Through overcoming massive odds, including an ACE score of 10, Saraa has carved out a successful financial future for herself and her daughter. In this episode, Saraa will share: How she went from anxiously charging as low as $30 per session to well over $200 per session confidently; Three signs that made it clear she needed to raise fees and address her private practice policies to be more in line with her financial needs; How a relationship ending forced her to get real about her fee structure; Three pieces of strategic advice to any therapist knowing they need to be charging more, but is afraid nobody will pay; How she realized she needed to go first as a black woman carving out her premium fee private practice journey.   Resources mentioned: The Lean In. MAKE BANK. Academy The Fun with Fees Calculator Saraa’s Website: www.soulspapsychotherapy.com  Saraa's Instagram: @soulspa_ocd_recovery  Saraa’s Email: [email protected]   More about Saraa:  Saraa D. Lee, LCSW of Soul Spa Psychotherapy is an OCD and Trauma specialist licensed in California and Illinois. She studied Psychology at Pomona College, earned an MSW at UCLA, and is a former Fulbright grant winner.  Saraa helps children, adults, couples, and families to drown out the noise of fear and live a joyful life.

You asked, we answered. The Money Sessions is officially back and in action. Make sure you are following us wherever you listen to your podcasts to get the latest episode the moment it drops. Want to be part of the show?! Submit your question for our new "Ask Tiffany" series here: https://www.speakpipe.com/themoneysessions_asktiffany Got questions about fee raises, leaving insurance panels, how is my hair so fabulous, why do we have two incompetent candidates running for president, for the love of GOD? Click here to record your voice memo and I’ll tackle it right on the show: https://www.speakpipe.com/themoneysessions_asktiffany Follow, Subscribe, Review & Share. 💋

In 2021, Dulce had 299 fewer client sessions than the year before, WHILE MAKING THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY. Join us for Fee Week (it's free) and we'll show you how she did it. http://www.heytiffany.com/feeweek In this episode, we'll talk about what is *actually* possible for you in 2022 if you make just a few small (but massive) shifts. 

http://www.heytiffany.com/feeweek In our last FEE WEEK, we had over 800 therapists enroll in FEE WEEK and the results were phenomenal. Join us to get your roadmap to your 6-figure 2022, while seeing fewer than 20 clients/week.

Are you on track to make 6-figures in your practice while having fewer than 20 sessions per week?  If yes. Then you are probably one of our Lean In. MAKE BANK. Academy students. HIGH FIVE. If no, then I’m inviting you to join us in FEE WEEK. Go to www.heytiffany.com/feeweek 

   In this episode, we're speaking with Audrey Schoen, a California based License Marriage and Family Therapist. Audrey specializes in working with the spouses of Law Enforcement Officers in private practice. Within her practice, Audrey’s goal is to help her clients achieve a sense of steadiness and confidence in the face of life's ups and downs, both within themselves and their relationships.      As the wife of a Law Enforcement officer herself, she will talk about the triad of reality checks that led her to absolutely raise her fees.  In this episode, Audrey will share: How being the wife of a Law Enforcement Officer forced her to get real about how much she needed to make in private practice; How charging Premium Fees allowed her to be a better therapist for her clients; Her current anxiety about charging more, despite making leaps and bounds from where she started; 3 mindset shifts to consider if you are currently struggling to raise fees. Resources mentioned: Fun with Fees  Lean In. Make Bank. 4 Steps to Raise Your Fee Workshop More about Audrey:  Audrey is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Northern CA with an exclusively online practice working with adults and couples seeking to create a more connected and congruent life. As a police wife herself, She especially enjoys supporting partners and spouses of law enforcement and first responders. She brings a real-life, even-keeled approach to counseling, coming alongside her clients as they shine light into the dark and challenging places in life. To Contact: https://www.audreylmft.com/

  In this episode, we are speaking with Erica Thomas, a Texas based Clinical Social Worker and Therapist. Erica focuses her practice on mother and daughter relationship as a way of helping shape future generations of women. Erica will be discussing how a very expensive reality check led her to drop insurance panels and pursue private practice.  In this episode, Erica will share: Why she chose to start out on insurance panels;  How the “security blanket” of insurance panels cost her $15,000 dollars; How being a Latinx woman from a working class family shaped her view on money; One thing you can do to get off insurance panels now.    Resources mentioned: Lean In. Make Bank. Fun with Fees  4 Steps to Raise Your Fee Workshop More About Erica:  Erica Thomas is a therapist with her own private practice in Liberty Hill, TX. She currently niches in  mother-daughter relationships, as a way of helping shape future generations of great, empowered  women. She draws experience through her 18+ years of being a clinician, seeing thousands of women  who have been impacted by their own relationships with their mothers and through her own personal  journey as a daughter and a mother. Erica gets to be the super proud mother of 3 amazing children (2  sons and 1 daughter) and the super lucky spouse of a husband who is her best friend and biggest  cheerleader.  To Contact: (512) 777-0899, ​​https://vnclh.com/

In this episode, we are speaking with Harry Au, a Licensed Therapist and Registered Social Worker based in Ontario. Harry focuses his work on helping Asian and BIPOC individuals in a private practice setting. Harry will be discussing how he went from an activist with anxiety, guilt, shame, and judgement around the desire to have money, to a Premium Fee therapist with more money and resources for activism.    In this episode, Harry will share: How his identity as 1.5 generation Chinese Immigrant and family conflict around money, led him to be money avoidant; 3 signs that led him to leave agency work and move into private practice; The big leap he took allowing him to charge premium fees and return to activism with more intention, capacity, and resources; How he went from burnout and overwhelmed, to an activist that charges $180+  per session.   Resources mentioned: Lean In. Make Bank. Fun with Fees  4 Steps to Raise Your Fee Workshop More About Harry: Harry (he/him) is a therapist in Toronto, Canada, who works specifically with Asian clients. He’s a quirky weirdo who is learning to embrace all of those parts of him, and is passionate about working with other quirky weirdos who want to do the same. To Contact: 647-201-6610, [email protected]

In this episode, we are speaking with Vanessa Solis, a California based Licensed Clinical Social Worker.  Vanessa has over a decade of experience working to create a space where people can tell their story. She offers traditional talk therapy as well as EMDR for women and teens. Vanessa is currently in the process of creating a group practice that supports the development of EMDR and Brainspotting for clinicians of color.   In this episode, Vanessa will share: Her journey from community health to premium fees; How race and class shaped her fee setting strategy; What fears she battled with making the change; How changing her fees and upleveling allowed her to show up differently as a mother, spouse, and clinician.   Resources mentioned: Lean In. Make Bank. Fun with Fees  4 Steps to Raise Your Fee Workshop   More About Vanessa: Vanessa Solis is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the Bay Area, CA. She helps women understand how previous trauma is connected to anxiety, depression. and low self esteem, and how that all works in the brain. She specializes in working with women of color in brain based therapy techniques, such as EMDR and Brainspotting, allowing clients to experience the brain's power in healing itself.  Vanessa is in the process of creating a group practice that supports the development of EMDR and Brainspotting clinicians of color, in order to create an exponential impact in her community and beyond.   To contact  - (925) 257-0205,  Vanessasolislcsw.com,  [email protected]

In this episode, we're speaking with Susannah Horwitz, a Colorado based License Mental Health Counselor. Susannah works with women and adolescents to heal trauma. She takes on a trauma-informed, nature based, expressive arts approach to help her clients get “off the couch” and into the outdoors to facilitate healing.  Susannah now works in Private Practice, charging premium fees, and is the primary breadwinner for her family. Taking what she learned with LIMB and applying it to her practice, she is able to set her family up for success and show up more fully for her clients.  In this episode, Susannah will share: What three signs led her to charging premium fees and her fears around increasing her fees;  How she built her private practice without a website presence; Why she did not want to be a therapist with 30+ clients;  What it’s like to be the primary breadwinner, and how she is still managing a work-life balance.   Resources mentioned: Fun with Fees  Lean In. Make Bank. 4 Steps to Raise Your Fee Workshop   More about Susanna:    Susannah Horwitz is a trauma-informed, nature based expressive arts therapist and licensed professional counselor, with dual licensure in Massachusetts and Colorado. She loves to bring therapy clients "off the couch" and into the outdoors to help them connect with the multifaceted powers of imagination, sense of humor, playfulness, and creativity to heal trauma and thrive.   For the past 24 years she traveled an eclectic career path that has included employment as a public school teacher in Baltimore, an Outdoor Experiential Educator in Michigan and Ohio, A museum arts educator in Ohio, A school counselor in Boston, the lead singer in a touring East coast band, an Expressive Arts therapist and Director of a College/Career Access program in Lynn, MA, a private practice therapist (and budding coach/retreat leader) in MA and CO, and most importantly a mother.  To connect: [email protected] , SusannahHorwitz.com    

In this episode, we're speaking with Shawny Sena, a Minnesota based License Marriage and Family Therapist. Shawny exclusively works with Transgender and Queer children and teens, helping them heal “deeper than language” through movement, art, stories, imagination, and music.  Shawny has wrestled with the complexity of charging premium fees while continuing to work with clients who come from marginalized communities. Today she has leveled up from the burnout of group practice to living the life she wants without compromising her integrity, values, and the community she loves to serve.  In this episode, Shawny will share: - Three signs that led her to raise her fees; - How her feelings towards participating in a racist and capitalist system, informed her decision around fees; - How she went from underpaid and overworked in group practice to charging premium fees in private practice, without compromising her clientele;  - How doing the work in LIMB allowed her to change her fees ethically and confidently. Resources mentioned: Fun with Fees  Lean In. Make Bank. 4 Steps to Raise Your Fee Workshop   More about Shawny:  Shawny Sena is a Marriage and Family Therapist based in Minneapolis, MN. She works with LGBTQIA kids, teens, and adults and specializes in reconnecting clients with their playful instincts and creativity, especially when they have been inhibited by developmental trauma. Her background in the arts, sex education, and play therapy guide her beliefs that pleasure and joy are the ultimate tools of healing. To Contact: [email protected]      

In this episode, we're speaking with Erin Collins, a therapist based out of Massachusetts. Erin focuses her work on teens and adults experiencing anxiety, as well as people healing from different types of loss.  After the father of Erin’s sons passed away from Cancer, Erin had to step up and become the sole financial provider for her children. Along with this new role, Erin had to deal with her own grieving, and the grieving of her children. This difficult reality led Erin to rethink her views on private practice and premium fees.  In this episode Erin will dive into: What it means to look at your financial reality despite being terrified; Fears and strategies to overcoming the “I can’t” mindset regarding charging premium fees; How doing the work to overcome an empathetic nature led her to where she is now; How she was able to craft out a new life for herself and her children, despite the challenges she faced. Resources mentioned: Fun with Fees  Lean In. Make Bank. 4 Steps to Raise Your Fee Workshop   More About Erin: Erin is a psychotherapist in the Boston area specializing in anxiety, grief and loss. She is the mother of two teenage sons who lost their father two years ago to colon cancer. Erin is currently in the process of starting a second business as a life coach for women struggling with momfectionism. To contact: https://www.erinpcollinstherapy.com/ 617-682-7376, [email protected]

In this episode, we're speaking with Samantha Osborne, a clinician located in Asheville, NC. Sam holds many titles: Board Certified Counselor, Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist, and Mental Health Integrative Medicine Certified Provider (MHIMCP).  She became interested in mental health after struggling with her own anxiety and depression. She now centers her practice around helping others in similar mental spaces to “live with less anxiety and more joy”. In this episode, Sam will share: What it was like to come from an upwardly mobile, working-class family to owning her own business; Three signs led her to make the change from insurance panels to private pay; How she used a no-judgement, no-nonsense decision making approach to get off insurance panels; How canceling insurance panels led her to having an upwardly mobile family and the impact it’s had on the well-being of her family.   Resources mentioned: Fun with Fees  Lean In. Make Bank. 4 Steps to Raise Your Fee Workshop More about Sam:  Samantha Osborne is a therapist for ambitious overachievers in Asheville, NC.  She's a "super fan" of the Money Sessions, and she has picked up several new hobbies since starting her private practice.   To contact - www.SamanthaOsborneTherapy.com

In this episode, we're speaking with Melisa Alaba, A Licensed Professional Counselor and Life Coach out of Marietta, GA. Melisa has been in practice since 2003. She currently works through private practice and a group practice specializing in helping professional women of color heal from emotional trauma and live extraordinary lives.   Along with being a counselor and life coach, Melisa is the CEO of VisionWorks Coaching and Counseling. She is a Breakthrough Coach, Speaker, Published Author and Creator of the B’HEALED Transformation Process.   In this episode, Melisa will share: What it was like as in the corporate setting; How she was able to take care of herself and her family more efficiently, while making a bigger impact on her community; Why she does not believe in the zero sum game; Her approach to charging premium fees and valuing her work.   Resources mentioned: Lean In. Make Bank. Fun with Fees  4 Steps to Raise Your Fee Workshop More about Melisa:  I’m Melisa Alaba. CEO of Vision Works Coaching and Counseling, Breakthrough Coach, Speaker, Published Author, Creator of the B’HEALED transformation process, Mama, and chocolate lover. I’m a licensed counselor with a Masters in Psychology from Roosevelt University, and a Life and Happiness Coach. My book – Live Out Loud: 52 Ways to Reawaken Your Spirit and Live a Life of Purpose – was featured in the movie 72 Hours. My advice has been featured in Ebony Magazine, Ebony online, Parents Magazine, Redbook, ABC online. And I’ve made live appearances on Fox News and CBS as well as given talks at countless events. For the past 20 years, I’ve coached hundreds of women of color to work through deep trauma, heal their wounds, have life-changing breakthroughs, and get to their next level. Find out more here:  Melisa Alaba on Youtube To Contact: [email protected]

In this episode, we're speaking with Rae McDaniel, a Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified Sex Therapist in Chicago. As a Gender and Certified Sex Therapist, They work with people feeling anxious about a transition they are experiencing,  whether it be through sex and gender or sexual identity and relationships. Rae strives to support individuals in feeling confident in their own skin and finding community. In this episode, Rae will share: Why having no safety-net caused Rae to take bigger risks and create such a powerful business; How they overcame fears in creating a sustainable practice and why that allowed space to impact a wider community; How being queer and non-binary has informed their busiess decisions and clinical practice; Why taking care of yourself as a clinician allows space to give back and support a wider more diverse community. Resources mentioned: Fun with Fees  Lean In. Make Bank. 4 Steps to Raise Your Fee Workshop   More About Rae: Rae McDaniel, MEd, LCPC, CST (They/Them) is a non-binary, Gender and Certified Sex Therapist, Coach, and Educator who works with transgender/non-binary/questioning folks feeling anxious and lost about transitions they’re experiencing in gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, and relationships. They are the creator of GenderFck: The Club, a one-of-a-kind, research-based online coaching community of transgender/non-binary/questioning folks who are on a mission to transition with less suffering, more ease, and (dare we even say it!) pleasure and the founder of Practical Audacity, a Gender & Sex Therapy group practice in Chicago, Illinois. Rae is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Illinois and a Certified Sex Therapist through the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT).    To contact, www.genderfck.club, www.practicalaudacity.com, Instagram: @practicalaudacity, Facebook.com/practicalaudacity

In this episode, we're speaking with Allyson Dinneen, a marriage and family therapist, author, and Instagram star. Allyson went from being a single mother relying on food stamps to becoming a published author in the US, UK and Australia as well as growing a huge following on social media.  Allyson describes once being a therapist who writes a little, to a writer who does a little therapy. Through her book Notes From Your Therapist , Allyson seeks to cultivate emotional well-being, recognize the struggles of being human, and offer a nurturing, compassionate perspective, just as she does in her practice. In this episode Allyson will dive into: How community mental health led to conflicted feelings of wanting to give back to the community and how the system is broken; How a Google search about sliding scales led her to raise her fees; Why raising her fees helped her prioritize her time which ultimately led to financial security through a book deal; How she still struggles with raising fees with current clients and her process for working through that; In what ways codependency shows up in practice and how to undo boundary violations learned through taking care of our parents; How she demonstrated that no matter where you are or the struggles you face, it is possible to charge premium fees and pursue the life you want for YOU. Resources mentioned: Fun with Fees  Lean In. Make Bank. 4 Steps to Raise Your Fee Workshop Notes From Your Therapist 10 Myths Therapists Have About Setting Fees   More About Allyson: I was a therapist who wanted to do a little writing. And now I am a writer who does a little therapy. (My first book just came out!) I love working with and writing about emotions, emotional neglect, and relationships. Finally all the parts of my life are in alignment with who I am and what I love to do most. To contact: [email protected], Instagram - Notes From Your Therapist

In this episode, we're speaking with Lee Dal Pra, a Chicago based Social Worker and Courtney Wells, a Chicago based Psychologist. Both Lee and Courtney are working in private practice and wrestling with how to Lean In to charging premium fees and building generational wealth, while simultaneously contending with the messages that in order for Queer people and BIPOC people to deserve wealth, they have to work ten times harder AND focus on giving back to the community, ultimately sacrificing their own well being. Why is it that we demand Queer people and BIPOC people do their own work to build wealth and make up for social injustice while also solving problems of mental health in society? Whooftah. We’ll take it up in this episode.    In this episode, we will cover: Why Lee and Courtney decide to transition into private practice from high positions in the hospitalized mental healthcare setting; How they have received pushback from peers on establishing private practice fees and coming off insurance panels; How they served to challenge and encourage one another to grow as clinicians and business owners; A candid conversation discussing the pressure on Queer and BIPOC therapits to self sacrifice in order to fix a broken system.   Resources mentioned: Fun with Fees  Lean In. Make Bank. 4 Steps to Raise Your Fee Workshop   More about Lee: Lee Dal Pra, AM, LCSW is a licensed clinical social worker specializing in evidence-based therapy for young folx with anxiety, depression, and other mood disorders. Lee is the co-owner and Clinical Director of Mind Chicago, a relatable, science-based group practice for youth, young adults, and families. Lee is also a certified yoga instructor and crockpot aficionado. To contact: 312-667-3775, [email protected], www.mindchicago.com   More about Courtney: Courtney Wells, PhD is a clinical psychologist who specializes in trauma. They are the owner of Pivot Psychological Services in Chicago providing evidence-based individual and group services for adults. Additionally, Dr. Wells works with other healing professionals through mindfulness and self-compassion to ensure their well-being and longevity in the field. Lastly, Dr. Wells is a lover of mystery novels and a tamer of two Pekingese.  To contact: 312-868-0163, [email protected], https://pivotpsychchicago.org/   

  In this episode, we're speaking with Dana Belletiere, a licensed therapist out of New Hampshire.  Dana has a background in Psychology, Sociology, Human Development and Social work., She also holds two Master degrees in Education in Development and Social Work. After years of education Dana found herself in a heap of debt feeling trapped and hopeless. Dana decided to put herself in the driver's seat of her money and career, ultimately creating her ideal work environment and tackling $120,000 dollars of student debt!   In this episode, Dana will dive into: What led her to join a Public Service Loan Forgiveness program  (PSLF); The difficulties she experienced working at a residential treatment center while in a loan forgiveness program; How she was able to step-up and face reality to tackle her student loans, and what changes she had to make; The three strategies helped her pay off her student loans and what happened as a result.   Resources mentioned: Fun with Fees  Lean In. Make Bank. 4 Steps to Raise Your Fee Workshop More About Dana I’m Dana Belletiere - an online therapist with a focus on helping clients live authentic, empowered, intentional lives. I work with individuals that tend to put their own wants and needs at the bottom of the list. They want to improve how they feel, but have trouble taking the time and energy for themselves. They are looking to ask more from their relationship and careers, but don’t know how to go about doing so.  Through a unique process of self-reflection, self-acceptance, and self-empowerment, I help clients understand and take care of the different parts of themselves, building confidence along the way. I work with clients in New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts. I provide online therapy, which allows for distance treatment and flexible scheduling. To contact: https://danalicsw.com/ ,   855-298-5237

In this week’s episode, we talk to Alisa Taylor, MFT who works with mothers around identifying, setting and HOLD their boundaries. She also served as a Money Mentor in The Lean In. MAKE BANK. Academy. And deeyamn, in this episode, you’ll learn why. Alisa is going to BLOW YOUR MIND. In this episode, she is going to peel back the layers of so many questions and conflicts therapists have when thinking about charging premium fees and setting clearer boundaries in their practices - around time, around finances, around cancellation policies. You definitely do not want to miss this episode. In this episode, Alisa will share: What it took to go from charging as low as $85/session to charging upwards of $225/session; 3 fears she had about raising fees and charging premium fees; How and why she replaced her 48 hour cancellation policy a “Consistency Policy” and how that impacted her clients’ commitment to therapy; How she navigated the conflict between the desire to earn more and the question, “But shouldn’t I be happy with what I have?” How getting deep with her money mindset through The Lean In. MAKE BANK. Academy allowed her to set clear boundaries in her marriage so she could raise fees, homeschool and start her next business, even in a time of Covid. Resources mentioned: The Lean In. Make Bank. Academy FEE WEEK: Follow us on Instagram to learn more @TiffanyLMcLain More about Alisa:  Alisa has a small, high-fee virtual private practice in Southern California. As a recovering codependent, perfectionist and people pleaser herself, Alisa works with women on these issues using depth work and Brainspotting. Alisa's current focus is having a highly fulfilling personal life with a private practice on the side. http://www.alisataylorcounseling.com Connect with Alisa: [email protected]

Hello, HELLO! Tiffany here popping in on a random Wednesday to announce that FEE WEEK #2 is almost heeere. 🎉 I know, be stilly thine heart. You can register for fee week here ==> http://www.heytiffany.com/feeweek When does it start: Monday, May 17th What you will get:  5 Days of Access to our Exclusive FB Community where you will be surrounded by therapists who are ready to play bigger and earn more, without apology.  Short digestible workshops each day that will walk you through the steps to create your Roadmap to a 6-figure Year. One quick action you can take each day to help you take the next step on Your 6-figure Roadmap (I know your time is precious, so this one action will be short, sweet and POWERFUL). Daily FB Lives with Private Practice Fee Strategist Tiffany McLain, where you can ask questions, get to know your fellow baller therapists and get clear about your next step to 6-figures. PRIZES! Daily prizes when you complete each action AND a $500 for one lucky therapist who completes all 5 daily action steps.

In this episode, we are speaking with Drew Rabidoux, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker based out of New York. Drew joins forces with women in developing boundaries to foster kick-a** relationships. Drew will talk about how, after 20 years in Social Work, she was inspired to start her Private Practice only to be faced with a life-threatening situation which ultimately led her to raise her fees. In this episode, Drew will share: How 20 years in Social Work impacted her emotional well-being which inspired to start her Private Practice. How a life-threatening medical experience led her to raise her fees. Why she invested in both The Lean In. MAKE BANK. Academy and The Inner Circle at the same time. How she wrestled with her internal conflict of helping the community vs. taking care of her family. Resources mentioned: Lean In. Make Bank. Fun with Fees  The Inner CIrcle More About Drew: Drew is an LCSW in NYC who is now building a completely virtual practice. She is a community service junkie (alum of AmeriCorps and the Peace Corps), boyband fanatic, and a COVID19 survivor. Having COVID19 left a chronic illness and has opened her eyes to the need to take care of herself and make her practice work to support it. Reach out at: [email protected]

FEE WEEK: Roadmap to your 6-Figure year is opening for enrollment next week. 🎉 FEE WEEK is a free 5-day pop up extravaganza for therapists and social workers who are ready to earn more in private practice while working less.  What you will get:  5 Days of Access to our Exclusive FB Community where you will be surrounded by therapists who are ready to play bigger and earn more, without apology.  Short digestible workshops each day that will walk you through the steps to create your Roadmap to a 6-figure year. One 5 minute action you can take each day to help you take the next step on Your 6-figure Roadmap (I know your time is precious, so this one action will be short, sweet and POWERFUL). Daily FB Lives with Private Practice Fee Strategist Tiffany McLain, where you can ask questions, get to know your fellow baller therapists and get clear about your next step to 6-figures. PRIZES! Daily prizes when you complete each action AND a $500 for one lucky therapist who completes all 5 daily action steps. Stay tuned! Next week, we'll tell you how you can enroll. Make sure you're following us on Instagram @TiffanyLMcLain to get the latest information.

In this episode, we're speaking with Marissa Esquibel, a private practice therapist in southern california and a Lean In. MAKE BANK. Academy graduate and past Money Mindset Mentor.  In this episode, we get to hear how Marissa went from feeling like a victim, helpless to external circumstances, to really leaning in and taking responsibility for saving herself. This shift in her mindset allowed her to charge $350/session and fill her practice in under 12 months.   In this episode, Marissa will share: 3 signs that let her know it was time to leave CMH and group practice; The fears she experienced about being first in her family to step out of a the employee mindset and start her own business; How she went from working in CMH to confidently charging $350/session;  How facing herself and her entitlement helped Marissa step up an do transformational clinical work; How her identity as a Latinx woman informs how she negotiates colleague jugement about taking up space in the world as a premium fee therapist; Why creating her own business led to the biggest opportunity for self growth; 3 mindset shifts to going from burnout and broke to stepping up and taking responsibility for your finances in private practice.    Resources mentioned: The Lean In. Make Bank. Academy Therapy Reimagined Conference 4 Steps to Raise Your Fee Workshop Therapy Practice Accelerator   More about Marissa:  Marissa Esquibel, LMFT, is a psychotherapist, podcaster, and past Money Mentor in The Lean In. MAKE BANK Academy. She's on a one-woman mission to empower young women to stop playing small and start taking up space and she's accomplishing that one session, podcast, or Tiktok post at a time! She attended LIMB in February 2020 and, thanks to the crushing the course, hasn't stopped gaining momentum since. [email protected]

In this episode, we're speaking with Dr. Paige Hover, a testing psychologist and practicing therapist in Chicago who specializes in working with anxious perfectionists to help them understand what underlying issues may be contributing to their struggles.  Paige, a Lean In. MAKE BANK. Grad is going to get VERY real about the struggles she had trusting that she could actually build a cash-pay practice as in the world of testing psychology - a field dominated by insurance based practices. Her journey wasn't easy and there were a lot of times she felt like giving up. Fortunately she persisted and she has reaped the clinical and financial rewards of playing the long game. In this episode, Paige will share: Why she decided not to take insurance as a testing psychologist; How she overcame the negative messages she received around going private pay as a testing psychologist; The challenges that come with being a testing psychologist who does NOT take insurance in a field where so may testing psychologists DO take insurance; How she navigated the limbo of coming from a working class family and ultimately becoming a doctoral level testing psychologist and how feeling like she doesn’t belong to either world are part and parcel of being upwardly mobile; Specific steps you can take as a testing psychologist to charge premium fees without being on insurance. Resources mentioned: FEE WEEK Lean In. Make Bank. More about Paige:  Dr. Paige Hover is a clinical psychologist who works with anxious perfectionists to manage anxiety, burnout and budding addiction concerns. She provides therapy and psychological/neuropsychological testing. She is licensed and practices in Illinois, New York and soon PSYPACT states! Get in Touch: [email protected]

In this episode, we're speaking with Djuna Osborne, a therapist based in Roanoke, VA. She went from charging as low as $0/session to charging $200/session in a town where the median household income is 25k.  In this episode, we will hear how growing up with conflicting money narratives - both attending a private school, but also having to beg other students for money so she could eat - impacted her money behavior when she went into her own private practice. In this episode, Djuna will share: How facing her money mindset issues helped Djuna become a better clinician; What it was like for Djuna to look for a premium fee therapist in her area and why she made the choice to pay more for her own therapy;  How increasing her fees allowed her to be more present with her family and children; Three things she was afraid of when raising fees; Three actionable things you can do right now to charge premium fees and improve your clinical skills.  Resources mentioned: Fun with Fees  4 Steps to Raise Your Fee Workshop More about Djuna:  Djuna Osborne, MSW, LCSW is a psychotherapist in private practice based in Roanoke, VA. She works with compassionate professionals - medical residents, attending physicians, entrepreneurs and other therapists - to help them cultivate their hearts and their minds so they can have greater confidence, prevent and work through burnout, and feel happy and fulfilled both in their professions and with themselves. As the spouse of a physician, Djuna lived through her husband's medical school and residency while simultaneously working in a hospital and obtaining her clinical training. She is keenly aware of the unique pressures of medicine and the way that our core values of "doing what is right" can be in conflict with organizational norms. Djuna has a deep passion for bringing more compassion into the world one person at a time. When she is not working with clients, she loves building community with other professionals, friends, and fellow citizens. She also loves spending time with her husband, two daughters and their beloved dog, Donut, road tripping anywhere an RV will go.  She can be reached at [email protected], djunaosbornecounseling.com or by calling 540-269-1551. She welcomes all inquiries!  

In this episode, we're speaking with Derrick Hoard, LMFT, is a therapist based in Seattle Washington. This episode will blow your mind. In this episode, we’ll hear about Derrick’s journey going leaving a group practice setting and creating their own premium fee practice where they charge up to $350/session and having a paid online community space that provides peer support and connection.  Derrick will talk about how he moved from a model where the group practice did his marketing to taking responsibility for his own marketing efforts - which resulted in viral Tik Tok stardom.   In this episode, Derrick will share: 3 signs that led him to realize he needed to leave group practice and go out on his own;  How resentment led them to recognize they needed to raise their fees - which resulted in BETTER clinical outcomes;  His message to people who demand that he should be “giving back” as a Queer, Black therapist, even at the expense of his own wellbeing;  Why being yourself, fully embracing who you are, is the keep to your premium fee private practice;  3 strategies you can implement right now to start charging premium fees in your own practice Resources mentioned: Lean In. Make Bank. Fun with Fees Calculator 4 Steps to Raise Your Fee Workshop More about Derrick:  Derrick Hoard, LMFT is a licensed marriage and family therapist and advocate for survivors of and people still intertwined in abusive situations.  They are neurodiverse and loves videogames.  Derrick hopes to to work themselves out of a job by providing content that validates people experiences and lets them know that there is nothing wrong with, they are doing the best they can, and when the learn to love themselves they will do so much better.  Learn more: https://thesituationaltherapist.com/  

In this episode, we're speaking with Amy Santana, a private practice therapist whose practice is made up almost entirely of black women, queer and non-binary patients. She will give us an inside look at her past and what it meant for her as the eldest child of teenage immigrants to start charging premium fees. Amy will also dive deep into the negative feelings that come with creating a private practice and what it meant for her to let go of the scarcity mindset while staying true to herself and those she wishes to serve. In this episode, Amy will share: Why she was reluctant to start a private practice in the first place; Her journey to leave insurance panels and start charging premium fees, up to $225/session; How she has experienced guilt, shame and insecurity when she thinks about charging premium fees; The grief and loss that comes with creating a premium fee practice as a BIPOC queer woman;  3 questions you can ask yourself to help you when considering whether you should be charging a cash pay premium fee in your practice.   Resources mentioned: Lean In. Make Bank. Fun with Fees  4 Steps to Raise Your Fee Workshop   More about Amy:  Amy Santana is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who specializes in working with the BIPOC and LGBTQ communities. She helps women and non-binary individuals heal their relationships with food and their bodies, recover from relational trauma and create a life they love. She began working in private practice part-time in November 2018, and has been in private practice full-time since June 2020. Find more at: www.amymsantana.com

In today’s episode, we are going to be talking to Alyse Freda Colon, a private practice therapist and social worker based out of New York. Alyse brings us along as she dives deep into how The Lean In. MAKE BANK Academy has revolutionized the way she thinks AND works with money in a clinical setting. . In this episode, Alyse will share: How she was able to show up thoughtfully and fully as clinician while she was doing her money work; How the messages Alyse got as a social worker impacted her ability to charge more AND what she did to break out of scarcity mindset; #1 piece of advice she has for therapists starting out in private practice Resources mentioned: Lean In. Make Bank. Fun with Fees 4 Steps to Raise Your Fee Workshop   More about Alyse:  Alyse Freda Colon is a therapist in private practice in New York. She specializes in helping her patients sort out and identify what is not working in their life and assist them in making behavioral changes so that they can “live the life they want” and become “unstuck”.

In today’s episode of The Money Sessions we are talking with Maya Jakob, a licensed therapist in Canada and Lean In. MAKE BANK. alum who is blowing it out of the water.  Maya is going to share with us how she went from earning $22/hour in her community mental health job to charging $160/session. She’s going to talk about her process leaving her non-profit, what it meant to rebuild her professional relationships and how 2020, the year of COVID, was her practice’s best year yet. In this episode, Maya will share: What it took for her to leave her non-profit and start her own practice; What it took for her to build new relationships in the premium fee world; How difficult it was for her to confront her cancellation policy lapses and how she streamlined her fees AND no-show policies; How her private practice has now surpassed six figures and has a booked schedule, despite a global pandemic. Resources mentioned: Lean In. Make Bank. Fun with Fees Calculator 4 Steps to Raise Your Fees More about Maya:  I support women as they exit out of painful relationships and into the peace and calm that exists through healing as they connect to their truth and live it. Our work together starts by mapping out an individualized plan of support which recognizes not only the impacts of pain but how our experience of hurt affect our relationship navigation. Find more at: www.truegritcounselling.ca

In this episode of The Money Sessions we will be speaking with Josh Wolf-Powers, a clinical social worker and certified clinical trauma professional based in New York. Josh is a former wall street executive who left the suit and tie game to pursue his passion of making a difference through social work. In this episode, we get to hear from someone who comes from the professional trajectory that is commonly misunderstood and even vilified. Josh has zero conflict about making good money, which is exactly why Tiffany was very curious to pick his brain. He will go into detail about his experience creating an investment firm and how it shaped his money mindset. Josh will share his AMAZING fee structure and a game changing cancellation policy. He will take us through his journey - from social worker, to a friggin’ Wall Street exec and then back full circle, to social work and opening his private practice as a psychoanalyst. In this episode, Josh will share: How his experience on wall street has shaped the way he thinks about the exchange of money in his private practice; His AMAZING fee structure and how he cultivates a zero-guilt money mindset; His cancellation policy, or lack there of, and how he implemented it with his patients; The ways being the son of a gay father and a socialist feminist mother drives his desire to give back; His top three pieces of advice to help you build a less conflicted relationship with money, so you can help others AND make bank. Resources mentioned: Lean In. Make Bank. Fun with Fees Calculator

In today’s episode we are talking to Dr. Yelena “Elaine” Blank, a clinical psychologist in the San Francisco Bay Area. Elaine is a queer immigrant who is paving the way for others like her. A while ago, Elaine stumbled upon our fun with fees calculator and was given a fee of $249 per session. Her first thought was “NO WAY!” “Who would pay ME that much?” BUT she bossed up, broke through those glass ceilings and now she’s actually charging a $250/session fee. In this episode, Elaine takes us on her journey of developing a premium fee practice as a queer immigrant. She will talk about her life - her country of origin, her upbringing, how she broke through the narratives she had heard her entire life and how you can do it also! In this episode, Elaine will share: How she went from a scarcity mindset to charging premium fees; Her story about her country of origin and how those stories followed her into the United States;  How being a queer female immigrant has impacted her private practice and money mindset;  How she overcame the narrative that the men in the home are the primary breadwinners and established herself as the head of her family;  Three tips that you can use to go from a scarcity money mindset to charging $250/session.

Today’s episode of The Money Sessions is a special one! 🤩 This episode is going to allow us to give you an inside look at how The Lean In. MAKE BANK. Academy can change your life. Meet Ryan Allen, a therapist out of Ohio, rising tik-tok star and an alumni of the Lean In. MAKE BANK. Academy. In this episode, you’ll get to hear an interview with Ryan before he joined us in LIMB and you’ll hear an interview with him one year later. And, MAN! Have things changed. Ryan went from working full time for an agency, to creating his own premium fee private practice. His dream was to have more time to spend with his wife and dog...aaaand to learn a little more about social media. AND LEARN HE DID. Ryan has become a Tik Tok phenom. In fact, I just heard that he did his first television appearance. WOAH. In this episode, Ryan will share: How changing his money mindset one year ago drastically changed the course of his life; How Ryan got the confidence to leave his full-time agency job; How Ryan went from feeling insecure, anxious and stressed about charging premium fees, to building a successful premium fee practice; How Ryan chose time over money and got his life back; How leaving his 9-5 gave Ryan the time, energy and creativity to create a social media presence that went beyond his wildest dreams; 3 Tips YOU can use to go from burnt out, 40/week job, to premium fee private practice. More about Ryan: Ryan Allen LPCC-S, LICDC, is a therapist and clinical counselor based out of Blue Ash, Ohio. He is a children's mental health advocate and specializes in preschool anger, anxiety and trauma. ryanallencounseling.com Resources mentioned: Join us for FEE WEEK. 01/25-01/31ryanallencounseling.com