Selling the Couch
457 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 days ago - ★★★★★ - 286 ratingsWith 1.81 million+ downloads, Selling the Couch is an Apple Top Career podcast for current and future mental health private practitioners who think differently. Psychologist Melvin Varghese interviews successful therapists in private practice about how they built their businesses as well as top entrepreneurs, business/marketing, and social media experts.*
You'll learn how therapists get referrals, grow their practices, work through fears, find their enough, and stop "trading time for income." Melvin also shares the lessons as he grows his impact + income beyond the therapy room (podcasting, YouTube, writing, online courses, masterminds, investing, etc) and the tips and tools he uses to grow STC from a single-person business to the CEO of a 6-figure business.*
Featured in Psychology Today, Good Therapy, and Psych Central
****Get show notes and even more good stuff at sellingthecouch.com/stcpodcast*
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Episodes
6: On Being a Counselor and Pro Blogger
March 24, 2015 11:30 - 36 minutes - 29.1 MBHow to write for larger blogs. Today's guest, Michael Formica is a certified counselor, life coach, and regular columnist for the Huffington Post and Psychology Today. In this episode, you’ll learn to let go of perfectionism and take action, a powerful exercise to improve creativity, how to find guest blogging opportunities with larger blogs and publications, and tips and resources to become a better writer. Support this podcast
5: Great Audio Made Easy
March 19, 2015 11:30 - 23 minutes - 22.1 MBHow therapists can get great audio. In this episode, you’ll learn about: What makes great audio, Why good audio matters on your private practice website, Simple tricks to get better sound, and recommended (and very reasonably priced) gear. Support this podcast
4: Building a Private Pay Practice
March 17, 2015 11:30 - 24 minutes - 23 MBTips to build a insurance0free practice. Can you build a private pay practice in this day and age? That is the question that Keri Nola and I explore in Session 4 of the Selling the Couch podcast. Keri’s a licensed psychotherapist who helps therapists build the private practice of their dreams. In this episode, you’ll learn about: How to overcome the fear of telling a client that you’re private pay, how to use “out of network benefits” for a client who wants to use their insurance, what to...
3: How to Stand Out on Twitter
March 12, 2015 11:30 - 27 minutes - 22 MBHow use Twitter to market your counseling private practice. Today's podcast is with my friend Bud Hennekes (the guy has been on Twitter since 2008 and landed three jobs using Twitter!). Bud's the guy I go to with quetsions about Twitter. In this episode, you’ll learn about the mindset that makes a difference on Twitter, how Bud searches for topics and engages with others on Twitter, the “psychology” behind Twitter, how to stand out on Twitter, a huge mistake that many people make on Twitter ...
2: 5 Years And A Thriving Private Practice
March 06, 2015 03:30 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MBCamille McDaniel shares how she's building a thriving private practice even though she started just a few years ago. Camille talks about the moment she knew that she had to make the leap into private practice, how she worked through the initial struggles, and the her advice for someone who’s just starting out. In this episode, you’ll learn about a quote that inspires Camille on a daily basis, the moment where Camille decided that she was getting too comfortable and how it lead her to take th...
1: Lessons from 15 Years in Private Practice
March 06, 2015 03:13 - 24 minutes - 27.7 MBDr. Cory Bank is a sports psychologist in private practice. In today's session, Cory shares about his private practice journey that started 15 years ago. After today's session, you’ll learn a quote that inspires Cory on a daily basis, how Cory worked through the fears and insecurities of starting his private practice, the one mistake that Cory made that set him back financially with his private practice, what Cory tells his graduate students and coaching clients about how much to charge, a ...
0: Intro and What to Expect
March 05, 2015 15:45 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBSelling the Couch is the podcast that helps mental health providers build and grow their counseling private practices. Many of us go into private practice but are taught very little about owning a small business. We quickly get overwhelmed and some of us burn out. To help, I'm interviewing successful clinicians about the "business side" of private practice (e.g., how they get referrals, their best advice for new practitioners, etc.) as well as business, marketing, and social media experts t...