S1E8: Owning your business, charging a fee you deserve and working through shame in finances with Tiana Leeds, LMFT

On today's episode of The Flourishing Therapreneur we are joined by Tiana Leeds, LMFT as she discusses owning your business, charging a fee you deserve and working through shame in finances.

 

During this episode we cover:

• The evolution of her licensing journey and how choosing specific clinical sites helped prepare her for private practice
• An honest dialogue and conversation around the tension between being a therapist and business owner
• Exploring the passed down philosophy of what a therapist in private practice does and how they make a living
• Questioning and holding gently the contradictory beliefs that being a business owner and being a therapist present
• How as therapists we lean towards being client oriented, but as business owners we need to be business oriented. How do the two co-exist?
• How to set a fee in private practice — exploring the numbers and sustainable goals
• If you view finances in private practice as employing yourself — is the pay appetizing? Do “they” treat their employees well? Can you see yourself there long term?
• Getting clear on your financials so you are congruent with what you can give and how you spend your time 
• Knowing that there is more than one way to do the sliding scale philosophy
• Questioning the thought process of needing to “give back” as a therapist when as a therapist our job is a giving job 
• How you don’t need to have a sliding scale client to give back — as therapists our profession is always giving back — it’s the nature of our work
• Recognizing as clinicians how we are already being contributors to our profession and givers as therapists
• Highlighting how careers are suppose to support you and it’s not selfish as a therapist to want to have a decent income 
• Questioning the concept of being a “good” therapist vs. a “greedy” therapist and debunking those thought processes
• Being curious about our own reactions to hearing other colleagues rates and holding those thoughts gently and thoughtfully
• Letting go of self-criticism in finances as a therapist

 

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Did you enjoy learning from Tiana? Connect with her at: www.tianaleeds.com @thetianaleeds on IG or check out her money block course and free guide www.bit.ly/fivemoneyblocks