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...
E77: How a $15,000 Dollar Reality Check Led Erica To Drop Insurance Panels
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...
Ep 76: How Harry Reconciled His Activist Identity With Charging Premium Fees
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E75: How Vanessa Went From Charging $85 Per Client To $250 Premium Fees Per Session
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...
E74: How Susannah Started Private Practice And Became The Primary Breadwinner
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,...
E73: How Shawny Wrestled With Charging $200/Session While Working Exclusively With The Transgender & Queer Community
In this episode, we’re speaking with Shawny Sena, a Minnesota-based Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Shawny exclusively works with Transgender and Queer children and teens, helping them heal...
E72: How A Significant Personal Loss Led Erin To Charging Premium Fees
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...
E71: How Sam Got Off Insurance Panels; A Step By Step Approach
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...
E70: Going from a Corporate Setting To Creating A Bigger Impact On Her Community Without Sacrificing Her Well Being Or Time With Her Family
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...
E69: How Rae Created An Equitable And Sustainable Group Practice By Reducing Their Caseload By 75%
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...
E68: From A Single Mother On Food Stamps To A Published Author With Over 300,000 Followers On Social Media
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...
E67: Do Queer Therapists Have A RIGHT To Charge Premium Fees? A Conversation With Lee & Courtney
In this episode, we’re speaking with Lee Wells, a Chicago based Social Worker and Courtney Wells, a Chicago based Psychologist. Both Lee and Courtney are working in private practice and wrestling...
E66: How Dana Paid Off $120,000 Dollars In Student Loans
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...
E58: What happened when Alisa raised her fees and surpassed her husband’s income to become the family breadwinner
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....
E63: Why a Covid-19 induced Pulmonary Embolism Lead Drew To Raise Her Fees
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....
E61: How Marissa went from CMH to $350/session in less than 12 months
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,...
E60: How Paige bucked the norm and became a cash-pay-only Testing Psychologist in an industry dominated by insurance
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E59: Going from as little as $0/session to charging $200/session in a town with an annual median income of 25k
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...
E57: How Derrick, a Queer, Black therapist stepped into charging $350/session
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...
E56: How Amy Santana left insurance panels behind and now charges $225/session
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...
E55: How Alyse went from having fees all over the place to charging $200/per hour
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...
E54: Maya Jakobs on Going From Making $22/Hour to Starting Her Own Practice that Now Makes Six Figures A Year
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...
E53: How Josh Went from Wall Street to Social Work with Zero Ambivalence About Making Bank AND Giving Back
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...
E52: How Elaine Went from “I Can’t Charge That Much” to Charging $250/Session
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...
E51: How joining the LIMB academy transformed Ryan’s life (about taking money leaps and becoming a TikTok Star)
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...
E50: How Christy was able to charge premium fees – even while working with “Creatives” during COVID-19
Today we’re speaking with Christy Merriner, a therapist based in Los Angeles who opened her private practice in March 2020, right as COVID lockdowns began. Christy is going to tell us her story on...
E49: How Rashida Went from Charging $40/Session to Charging $200/Session
What’s up my peeps. 😎 I’m so excited to be back. New year and a NEEEEEW season of THE MONEY SESSIONS! Let’s goooooo! 🏃🏾♀️💨 Today we get to hear from Rashida Ingram, a couple and family therapist...
E47: How Carolyn went from charging $82/session from insurance panels to charging up to $400/session private pay
Carolyn Alroy is a New York based analyst who sees working professionals and couples. She helps them gain success in work and relationships. In this episode, Caroyln talks about the difficult...
E46: How Nekia White went from charging $50 to charging $250 per session, DESPITE the craziness of 2020
In this episode, we are talking with Nekia White, a Licensed Certified Clinical Social Worker serving clients in Maryland, DC and Virginia. Nekia is going to talk about her experience starting her...
E45: How Kelly, founder of Zynnyme, went from burnt out and broke to 5 weeks in Spain
In this episode we talk to Zynnyme Co-Founder, Kelly Higdon. Kelly will talk about her journey from working for county mental health to becoming a therapist in her own private practice to creating...
E44: When your clients ACTUALLY cannot pay premium fees
In this episode of The Money Sessions, Tiffany is going to be talking about how to make sense of all the complex feelings that come when raising fees means saying goodbye to clients. This is real...
E43: How going from charging as low as $50/session to $250/session translated into Kirstin’s ability to take charge of her fertility
In this episode, we’re talking with Kirstin Carl who is a Licensed Psychotherapist serving clients in Los Angeles. Kirstin is going to talk about what it took to go from charging as low as $50 per...
E42: Broke in Private Practice? Here’s Why
Welcome to our new segment of The Money Sessions. We need a name!! If you’ve got any good ideas for what we can call this segment, shoot us an email at tiffany@leaninmakebank.com In this episode,...
E41: How Maegan went from judging therapists who charge premium cash fees to becoming that therapist and business owner herself!
In this episode, we’re speaking with Maegan Megginson who has a premium fee, cash pay group practice in Portland, Oregon, with ten therapists that work in the practice. You heard that right – no...
E40: How surviving breast cancer helped Sarah Kate realize low fees were no longer an option
In this episode, we are talking with Sarah Kate Valatka, a therapist in private practice in Virginia, about her journey to raise her fees and make her schedule work for her. She will also share what...
E39: What it means for Stevon to be a Black therapist in America who charges over $250/session
In this episode, we are speaking with Stevon Lewis, a therapist in private practice, who is truly demonstrating what it’s like to be a therapist in the world who is making a bigger impact, without...
E38: Olethea’s journey as a BIPOC woman of color who charges $330 per session
In this episode, we are talking with Canadian therapist, Olethea Pimenta, who was on the show in April 2019. We’ll talk about what has transpired since then. And OH-BOY, has a lot transpired. In...
E37: How Lauren created an online private practice that allows her to passionately serve her clients & give back to the community
In this episode, we’re speaking with Lauren Selfridge, a therapist in private practice, who is going to be talking about what it took for her to raise her fees and why she had to change her...
E36: How Annie transitioned from a 20-year private practice into a new business that allows her to live the lifestyle that she always wanted
In this episode, we’re speaking with therapist Annie Schuessler who just ended her 20-year private practice in order to move forward with her “side hustle” that has become so much more. She is now a...
E35: How Uriah Guilford went from being a “trailer park kid” to a wealthy, multi-business therapist
In this episode, we’re speaking with Uriah Guilford, a therapist who built a very successful group practice, his own private practice, and also went on to create a successful virtual assistant...
E34: How Linzy moved from her own private practice to helping therapists in their private practices feel calm & in control of their finances
In this episode, we’re speaking with Linzy Bonham from Money Nuts and Bolts. She is a therapist turned business owner who also works with therapists around money. Linzy focuses on getting your money...
E33: How raising her session fees increased the quality of Holly’s clinical work
In this episode, we’re speaking with Holly Anderson, one of our Lean In MAKE BANK grads. Before she got into Lean In. MAKE BANK, she was charging $125 per session. Then she raised her fees by $10...
E32: What it took for Raelyn to go from charging $95 to $145 per session
In this episode, we’re speaking with Raelyn Koop, a Licensed Professional Counselor in Kansas City, Missouri. She has been in private practice for six years. In 2017, she also launched a counseling...
E31: From $125 to $180 & Rising: How Kim navigates making bank even during a global crisis
In this episode, we get to hear from Philadelphia-based therapist Kim Wheeler Poitevien went from charging $125 to charging $180. This episode has So Many Gems. If you’re struggling to raise fees...
E30: What To Do When You Lose 85% of Your Caseload Due to Covid
In this episode, we get to hear from three therapists who share their experience with Stepping it UP in a time of Covid-19, despite difficult circumstances. There’s Rachel, who returned from...
E29: Social Distancing & Making Bank in a time of COVID19
In this episode, we get to hear from San Francisco based therapist Tiffany McLain. What?! Tiffany McLain, ladies and gentlemen. I know. I know. I’d rather hear from a guest to, but #covid! So this...
E28: How Nick responded when a seasoned professional challenged him in a room full of therapists
In this episode, we’re speaking with Nick Bognar, a Pasadena based therapist and host of the More Exemplary podcast, who implemented a no-cancellation policy in his private practice. Let me ask you...
E27: What happened when Rose started taking her private practice seriously?
In this episode, we’ll hear from Rose Kormanyos, a therapist in private practice and graduate of Lean In. MAKE BANK. I’ve had the privilege of working with Rose in many different capacities and her...
E25: The magic of Dori’s $400 fees + what it’s like to surpass your mentors
In this episode, we’ll hear from Dr. Dori Gatter, a psychotherapist and business consultant, who left her agency job to start her own private practice 25 years ago. She now charges over $300 for...
E24: How Heather turned down a potential client and chose not to compromise her fee of $225
In this episode, we’ll hear from New York based therapist, Dr. Heather Stevenson who stands firmly behind her fee…no matter what. You see, Heather is still in the process of growth. Her practice is...
E23: Charging for clinical supervision, getting shade for leaving panels and MORE in this first mailbag episode!
In this very first mailbag episode, I’ll be answering questions submitted by Dr. Amy Parks and Dr. Leslie Blevins. We’ll be talking about what it means to go before the rest of our field to make...
E22: How Marquita, a therapist AND single mom, turned her practice around and made BANK
In this episode, we’ll hear from Atlanta based therapist Marquita Johnson who, after 10 years in private practice, got off insurance panels and raised her fees. I was so curious to speak with her...
E21: How Brooke said goodbye to agencies and built the private practice of her dreams
Welcome back for Season 2 of The Money Sessions! This year we’re going to be exploring a new topic: What does it mean for those of us who come from working class backgrounds to build wealth – both...
E20: What’s in store for Season 2?!
Welcome to the last episode of 2019 and of Season 1! We’re so excited to dive into 2020 and continue bringing you stories of therapists making changes in their practice and learning more about how...
E19: How Najla navigated the transition from agency to private practice while staying true to herself, her culture, and her clinical work
In this episode, we will hear from Najla Sallum. Look, we do get into this work for personal reasons. Nobody sits back and says, “Hey, I want to make great money doing work that I can leave at the...
E18: How Montoyia discovered her worth and started charging premium fees as a woman of color in private practice
In this episode, we hear from Memphis based therapist Montoyia McGowan. Montoyia was one of my earlier LIMB students and she rocked it in terms of really leaning into her money mindset stories and...
E17: How a dare led Stephanie to raise her fees from $110 to $150
In this episode, we get to hear from New York based therapist Stephanie Dobbin. Stephanie is a relationally based group process therapist who, on a dare from a friend, raised her fees from $110 to...
E16: How this testing psychologist consultant raised his fees from $250/hour to $400/hour
It’s exhausting putting all the extra hours into your practice now so you can afford to live the life you love later. But what if you could overcome the fear of raising your rates while creating a...
E15: Tiffany’s $16,000 tax mistake with private practice tax specialist, Mickey Kerr
Woah! I love this episode. We’re diving in with Mickey Kerr from WellnessFi a book-keeping and tax specialist advising organization that specializes in working with therapists. We’re going to talk...
E14: John’s journey of going from $60/session to $150+/session
In this episode, we get to hear from another Ohio based therapist, John Harrison. John grew up with money messages that did not serve him and he became aware of how these messages were playing out...
E13: “Divorce is more expensive than couples therapy” & Other Therapy-Fee Gems
In this episode, we get to hear from New York psychoanalyst Teresa Solomita. Teresa and I go waaay back. Well, way back to 2017 when she participated in a beta marketing program I was testing out....
E12: How becoming the sole breadwinner forced Donna to get real about her practice
In this episode, we will be hearing from New York/New Jersey based therapist Donna Corbett. I have heard from so many therapists (100% of them women) who talk about the fact that they treat their...
E11: Will charging more turn Kyra into a greedy person?
Kyra Grossman is doing everything right – he’s raised his fees, is able to afford nice vacations, and he’s finally earning enough to pay for retirement and up his professional game by paying for...
E10: How Zoey implemented a NO-CANCELLATION policy in her therapy practice
In this episode, we get to hear from Ohio based therapist Zoey Holguin who defied the odds by going cash pay in her insurance based town and how this gave her the space to start an online business...
E9: Leaving group practice – How Jenn went from charging $50/session to $175
In this episode of The Money Sessions, we get to hear from Virginia based therapist Jenn Fredette. Jenn is going to talk about just how hard it was for her to leave her group practice, given that...
E8: How Emily learned to charge $200/session
In this session, we get to hear from Emily Whitish, a therapist just outside of Seattle who decided to get off *most* insurance panels and raise her rates to $200/session despite living in a small...
E7: How Jacque got an extra 10k in her pocket while creating MORE time, energy and resources to scale her practice
In this episode of The Money Sessions, we get to hear from Dr. Jacque Straight. Jacque went from a blue collar upbringing to successful private practice owner by really challenging the limiting...
E6: How having a chronic illness has led Sandra to charge MORE while working with marginalized populations
In this episode of The Money Sessions, we’re diving in deep with Sandra Seaman. Sandra is a Seattle based therapist who works with populations that many therapists say cannot afford premium fees....
E5: What does it take to raise fees AND take on only clients who commit to weekly sessions?
In this episode of The Money Sessions, we are diving in deep with Olethea Pimenta. Olethea first heard me talk about therapists and money on a Simple Practice course and she raised her fees then and...
E4: From agency to insurance based practice to private pay practice
Despite her fears, Kelly Coté, LPC realized it was time to leave her agency job to start her own private practice. She started out on insurance panels to ease the transition. It became clear to...
E3: From barely scraping by to $10k/month
What would it take for a therapist to go from barely scraping by in a financially struggling practice, a marriage that is suffering as a result and feeling on the brink of failure to earning...
E2: From $80/session to $165 for individuals and $210 for couples
In this episode, we get to hear from New York based therapist Jelisha Gatling who went from barely making $500/month in private practice to having her first 6k month in less than a year – and that’s...
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