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How to Start a Private Practice Without Quitting Your School Job First

For school-based SLPs and OTs who are burned out, underpaid, and ready to build something of their own — without risking the job they're not ready to leave yet. 

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LET ME GUESS…

You love being an SLP (or OT). You love working with your students. 

 

But somewhere between the 80-student caseload, the IEP meetings that eat your lunch break, and the paperwork that follows you home at night… you started wondering:

You've thought about private practice.

Maybe for months. Maybe for years. You've Googled it, followed people who've done it, maybe even whispered it to a friend or two.

But every time you get close to actually doing something about it, you hit the same wall:


âś— "I don't know where to start."
âś— "I don't have a business background."
âś— "I can't afford to quit my job."
âś— "What if I mess up the legal stuff?"
âś— "What if nobody hires me?"

So you stay. And sign the contract for another year. And count down to the next school break just to get through the week.

I know - because that was me.

I started my private practice at age 26, while working full time as an SLP. I didn't quit first. I didn't have a business degree. I just had a step-by-step plan -and that made all the difference.

Now I want to help you start the right way. 

In this free training,

you'll learn:

âś” Why you DON'T need to quit your school job before starting a private practice -and why starting "on the side" is actually the smartest move

âś” The 5 biggest mistakes school-based SLPs and OTs make when starting a practice -and how to avoid every single one

✔ The real math: how seeing just 3–5 private clients per week can add $1,000–$2,000/month to your income (without working more hours than you already do)

âś” How to handle the legal stuff -without a lawyer or a business degree

âś” How to get your first private clients using simple, free strategies that actually work for clinicians (not Instagram influencers)

âś” The exact timeline: what a realistic path from "school employee" to "practice owner" actually looks like, step by step

Plus: real stories from school-based SLPs and OTs who've done it -including some who started with zero business experience and had their first client within weeks.

Your future is waiting.
Join this free live training and to learn how to finally start your practice the right way.

SAVE MY SPOT - IT'S FREE!
March 24 at 8 PM ET | Live + Free Replay

They were in your exact spot.

Now they own their own practice. 

SCHOOL SLP → PRACTICE OWNER

"Before the Start Program, I didn't think I wanted to be an SLP anymore. I was constantly thinking about the IEPs I needed to write and wondering how I was going to fit 6 students in my speech closet. Now…? I'm having FUN again!" 

-Tayler Garzarek, MS CCC-SLP | Owner, Chatterbox Children's Therapy

ROI IN 2 WEEKS

I made the investment back already in my first 2 weeks of launching my private practice. I'm now up to 25 clients and I started 3 months ago. It's so worth it." 

-Katja Piscitelli, MS CCC-SLP | Owner, Total Spectrum Therapy

LIFE CHANGED

"I 100% recommend The Start Program. When I say it COMPLETELY changed my life, I mean it! I'm running my own private practice full-time and happier than ever in my life." -Patricia Saenz, MA CCC-SLP | Owner, The Heart of Therapy

This training was made for you if…

→ You're a school-based SLP or OT who's been thinking about private practice but hasn't taken the leap yet

→ You want to start seeing private clients but you're NOT ready to quit your school job (and don't need to!)

→ You have zero business background and the legal/financial side feels overwhelming

→ You're burned out on paperwork, have a high caseload and feel like you can't give your students what they deserve

→ You want more freedom, flexibility, and financial stability -on YOUR terms

→ You've been researching private practice for months (or years) and you're ready to stop Googling and start doing

Whether you have 2 years of experience or 20 - the business side is new to everyone. That's exactly what this training covers.

SAVE MY SPOT - IT'S FREE!
MEET YOUR HOST

Jena Castro-Casbon, MS CCC-SLP

Founder of The Independent Clinician | Author of The Path to Private Practice 

I started my private practice at age 26 -on the side of my SLP job -because I was burned out and knew there had to be a better way. I had no business background. No connections. No idea what I was doing.

I figured it out step by step, built a practice I loved, and eventually made it my full-time career.

Then my SLP and OT friends started asking how I did it. So I built The Independent Clinician to teach them.

10,000+ Clinicians Helped | 50 States | 10 Years Teaching

"This training is everything I wish someone had told me before I started. I can't wait to share it with you."

You don't need to have it all figured out.

You just need a plan.

 Join me on March 24 and I'll give you one. 

No business degree required. No risk. No fluff. Just a real plan from someone who's done it and helped 10,000+ clinicians do it too.

SAVE MY SPOT - IT'S FREE!

Can't make it live? Register anyway -we'll send you the replay. See you there! -Jena

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