Compassionate Climb

Meet Elena Cetola, the owner of the group practice Good Hope Wellness. She shares how her experience immigrating from Peru and how the work ethic she was taught led her to take a CNA course, apply to nursing school, work on an inpatient psychiatric unit, and return to school to become a nurse practitioner. She describes the positive experience she had working in community mental health but the decision to ultimately start her own b...

Meet Rachel Bentley, the owner the group practice COR Counseling and the consulting business, Next Level Private Practice, a consulting business aimed at mental health practitioners looking to start or expand their private practices. Rachel uses Internal Family Systems (IFS) to help her lead her team and build a successful business. Through IFS, Rachel has learned not only about herself, but how to effectively communicate with her ...

Meet Dr. Tara Vossenkemper, group practice owner, business consultant, and podcaster who believes that leadership doesn't have to suck the life out of you. She shares how she manages a virtual team while traveling in an RV with her family, uses the Entrepreneurial Operating System to provide structure, clarity, and accountability, and developed the Culture Focused Practice Podcast. She discusses her 6 month EOS Mastermind for Group...

In this episode, I share the strategies that have helped me land more speaking opportunities. I talk about how I defined my niche, started offering trainings to build credibility, and showed up at events and conferences to connect with the right people. I also walk through how I applied to speak at aligned events and explain how having a podcast has become a powerful platform for connecting with people I admire and creating meaning...

Meet Katie K. May and Shaelene Kite, the co-founders of Stabilize and Scale, where they help group practice owners make data-driven, values-aligned decisions. Together, they have supported over 60 six- and seven-figure practices in building sustainable systems, leading with clarity, and scaling without burnout. In this episode they share how they met on Facebook as DBT practice owners who became battle buddies during the pandemic. ...

Meet Jole Berlage-Buccellati, a holistic coach who works with highly sensitive people. She helps these individuals build self-worth and become effective leaders and business people in a world that is not built for people like them. Jole says that 20% of the global population is a highly sensitive person and that despite our world that rewards loudness and narcissism, sensitive people still have great gifts to give to the world. She...

Meet Rachel Duncan, a financial and art therapist based in Denver, Colorado. Through her company, The Money Healing Club, Rachel helps clients work through their money related trauma and form a healthier relationship with their finances. Her career journey took many twists and turns until she finally realized what her real passion was: financial therapy. Rachel offers one-on-one therapy and a group membership. Through this work, sh...

Meet Arilda Surridge LMFT and director of Wellness Counseling Inc. She is a certified in EMDR, an approved EMDRIA consultant, a trainer, author, and international retreat host. She shares how she began providing retreats for couples, transitioned to providing retreats for therapists, and is traveling the world training mental health professionals in trauma treatment. She describes how she structures her retreats, what participants ...

In this episode I share my journey turning 40 and making the decision to prioritize my health and wellness by hiring a coach. I draw the parallel between business goals and personal goals and the benefits of utilizing someone to guide you that has advanced knowledge and is where you want to be.

Key Takeaways:

-honor your commitments to yourself

-you are more likely to achieve your goals with accountability

-enter what is most impor...

Meet Kristen Belevich, the owner of the group practice B&B Well Counseling who is preparing for her second maternity leave while in private practice. She is also helping two of the clinicians in her practice prepare for their maternity leaves as well. She discusses her process for acquiring more space, hiring multiple clinicians at one time, training and onboarding, as well as her process for transferring clients in this situat...

Julia shares the trends she is seeing in the mental health profession and her own group practice and shares the following reasons clinicians still want to join a group practice:

1. Collaborative learning environment

2. Reduced administrative tasks

3. Support network

4. Financial stability

5. Stable income and benefits

6. Continuing education opportunities

Learn more about her practice Compassionate Counseling Company.

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Meet Kristen Acciari, owner of the group practice Holistic Heart in Rhode Island. She discusses the network events she hosts along with the owner of ME Psychotherapy that came out of their own desire to connect and collaborate with helping professionals that get it. She discusses the evolution of her practice that started in 2014 and has grown to 15 clinicians explaining her start in a behaviorally oriented nonprofit and the wall s...

Meet Jennifer Vincent, a therapist specializing in trauma and business coach. She discusses the private practice she started in Indiana in 2016, expanded to group, and sold last year. She shares the steps involved in selling a practice and her move to Florida as well as the process of starting another group practice called Therapy for Cycle Breakers. She also describes the consulting she provides to therapists on hiring, streamlini...

Meet Jennifer Crawford and Meredith Eaton, co-CEOs of Move Forward Virtual Assistants. Through their company they offer comprehensive mental health virtual assistants, mental health receptionists, and administrative support for mental health practices. They strive to help clinicians build their businesses and take some of the administrative weight off their shoulders. Their focus on feminist leadership, a work-life balance for thei...

Meet Kim Snyder who has been a therapist for 16 years working primarily with parents involved with the legal system who recently closed her private practice and opened EPIC Parenting Academy. She currently provides workshops, courses, coaching, and groups. She shares how her experience with 4 adult children and 6 grandchildren has influenced her work, describes her process of closing her practice and starting and marketing this new...

Meet Melissa Henry, a brand strategist and owner of Helluva Brand that helps entrepreneurs build a powerful, visionary brand. After spending 20 years as an accountant and transitioning to brand photography, she had a client that ask if she would coach them on building their personal brand and the rest is history! She explains how she helps clients identify their unique selling proposition that is not only unique but also defensible...

Meet Kelly Geagan, the Clinical Director at Compassionate Counseling Company. She shares her career climb from juvenile detention, to paraprofessional, to community mental health and promotions to risk manager and program director. She shares traits that contribute to quality leadership, how this position evolved and what it entails, and factors that contributed to success.

Key Takeaways:

-never stop learning if you want to be...

Meet Katesha Reid, an LPC who is also an identity coach for women, author, and speaker.  She has made a career of not just being a therapist but also helping women find out who they are outside of their socially prescribed roles as a wife, mother, or something to someone else. Katesha uses her own experiences struggling with her identity as an adult woman and how she found who she was to help other women do the same. When her eldes...