Episode 192: Consistency, Criticism, and Courage in Private Practice Consulting [featuring Rachel Bentley]

In this episode, Rachel Bentley shares her journey of building a thriving group practice and launching the Next Level Private Practice Summit, emphasizing the power of community, collaboration, and taking risks despite self-doubt or fear of imperfection. She and Patrick Casale discuss the importance of consistency, authentic connection, and embracing vulnerability to grow personally and professionally in private practice.

Here are 3 key takeaways:

1. Embrace Imperfection and Take Action: Rachel shares how perfectionism and self-doubt almost stopped her from launching her summit. The key isn't to wait until everything is perfect, but to take the leap and iterate as you go. Progress beats perfection!
2. Build Community Through Collaboration (Not Competition): Both Patrick and Rachel emphasize the importance of collaboration over competition in our industry. There’s plenty of space for everyone to succeed, and true growth happens when we support each other.
3. Consistency is Critical: Whether you’re launching an event, offering a course, or opening up your practice to new clients, showing up consistently matters more than doing everything flawlessly. People usually need to see your message multiple times before they take action.

More about Rachel:

Rachel Bentley, MA LPC, is a trained IFS Level (2)+ therapist, trained IFIO therapist, and clinical supervisor. Rachel is a Private Practice Consultant, and she hosts retreats and summits to assist private practice owners in starting and growing their private practices. Rachel is the Founder and CEO of COR Counseling and Next Level Private Practice.

COR Counseling is a private practice that centers around trauma-informed and LGBTQIA+ affirming care. COR is a 40-therapist group with physical locations in E Lansing and Ann Arbor, MI. COR also serves clients across Michigan (via Telehealth).

Next Level Private Practice assists therapists in all levels of Private Practice to include 1) Therapists that are starting out in developing their own practices 2) Solo practice owners that wish to develop additional revenue streams and/or grow into group practices 3) Group practice owners that are seeking ways to make their practices sustainable.

Rachel will host the Next Level Private Practice Summit in the Fall of 2025. This summit will be a (safe) place and space for therapists and practice owners to connect, learn, and build their private practices. Learn more about the summit and Next Level's offerings (here): nextlevelprivatepractice.com

• Register here for the Next Level Private Practice Summit, and use code Nextlevel50 for $50 off registration: nextlevelprivatepractice.com/summit
• Learn more about COR Counseling: corcounselingmi.com
• NEXT LEVEL Facebook Group: facebook.com/share/g/15oQgGm7PV
• NEXT LEVEL Facebook Page: facebook.com/nextlevelprivatepractice
• NEXT LEVEL Instagram: instagram.com/nextlevelprivatepractice

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