Five Oaks Speech Therapy Services
Renee Robles wasn't looking for a business partner. She was getting coffee at Starbucks. Christina Ramos wasn't looking for a career change. She was just…
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Renee Robles wasn't looking for a business partner. She was getting coffee at Starbucks. Christina Ramos wasn't looking for a career change. She was just…
Most conversations about private practice start with the same assumption: you're the owner. You signed the lease. You filed the LLC. You built it from scr…
"Orofacial myology, in my view, is the complete missing link for us in our field."
"You can't pour from an empty cup. We need as much compassion as we give to our families."
"If you're serious, I really need to start thinking about it."
"It is helpful to check in with your therapist because some of us may be more willing to talk about issues if we're presented with the opportunity first."
"It's kind of silly to think that somebody with the kind of problems that can be presented with stroke and brain injury are going to go to a clinic two ti…
"Turns out I'm now taking private clients." That's what Gabrielle Nicolette told a family who couldn't find a speech therapist for their child. She hadn't…
Most SLPs who dream about opening a private practice imagine making the leap all at once. Quit the schools, sign a lease, hang a shingle. But Vicki Morris…
Most SLPs are trained to be clinicians, not salespeople. So when the biggest barrier to growing a teletherapy business turns out to be cold-calling school…
Most SLPs who start a private practice do it because the math stopped working. Jill Shook is no exception. She moved somewhere the cost of living stayed t…
Most SLPs don't start a business because they have a baby who sleeps well. But Alexandria Zachos will tell you, with a laugh, that her daughter's napping…
Most SLPs don't plan to become professional speakers. They don't think about touring the country, building a social media following, or publishing books.…
Nobody tells you that the scariest part of starting a private practice isn't the paperwork or the insurance credentialing. It's the quiet moments when no…
Sometimes the push to start your own practice isn't ambition. It's frustration. Jessica Hudson didn't leave her position at a large multi-discipline clini…
Most parents don't call a speech pathologist when their kid struggles with reading. They call a tutor. Maybe they talk to the school. But a speech-languag…
Nicole Judratis's father didn't mince words. She was explaining the rates she'd been charging at her new private practice in Oglesby, Illinois. He heard h…
Most speech pathologists dread the paperwork. The scheduling, the Medicaid billing, the report writing. Kadie Jackstadt loved it. And that single differen…
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