Working in a busy private practice can wear you down and burn you out over time if you’re not careful. On Monday mornings, my average to-do list includes: lots of sessions to plan; new client intakes and interviews; assessments; therapy; calls to parents, teachers and others to help my clients; home/school visits; reports to write;…
Being in private practice can be lonely. We spend most of our working hours on bookings, reports, planning, parent correspondence and calls, and, of course, assessments and therapy. In 2016, whole weeks went by where I didn’t speak to anyone other than my clients, their families and my admin staff. Quite ironic, really, given that…
Over the break, while couch-potato gazing at the cricket, I gave some thought to long-term, sustainable business models for private speech pathology practices. Specifically, mine! When you start out, almost anything you read about launching a small business will at some point hit you with a frightening stat or two, e.g., that 80% of small…
Have you ever found yourself saying yes to an important business contract or buying an expensive resource and later regretted it? Most speech pathologists I know are pretty smart. We also tend to think the best of people. Optimism and trust are great qualities when working with clients and their families. But they can leave…
“I need a blood test”* Lots of people have never met a speech pathologist. Some have a rough idea of what we do, often along the lines of: “Oh, you work with kids with speech impediments, right?” Others have absolutely no idea. And fair enough. There are loads of professions I know little or nothing…
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