11/20/2025
When I became a working therapist, I thought the hard part was behind me.
Iâd made it through grad school. Iâd survived internship. Iâd learned how to sit in the room with big feelings, complex trauma, and tender stories.
But no one told me the truth about what happens next.
No one told me that becoming a newly licensed therapist comes with a different kind of learning curveâone that has nothing to do with theory or technique and everything to do with the business of therapy.
I still remember sitting at my desk after my first official week as a therapist and thinking:
⢠âHow am I supposed to set my fee?â
⢠âWhat do I do if someone keeps canceling?â
⢠âAm I allowed to say no?â
⢠âWhy did no one teach us any of this in grad school?â
⢠âIs every new therapist this overwhelmed, or is it just me?â
I created The Emerging Therapist for this exact momentâbecause nearly every earlyâcareer clinician I mentor tells me the same thing:
âI love the work. I just donât know how to build a sustainable career doing it.â
Our next session, happening December 3 from 9:00â10:30 AM ET, is one of the most important:
The Business of Therapy: Private Practice 101
(AKA everything you wish someone had taught you when you graduated.)
In this session, weâll talk about the foundations every new therapist needs but very few ever learn:
⢠How to think about your rates without guilt
⢠How to create boundaries that protect your energy and your schedule
⢠How to avoid burnout by aligning your work with your values
⢠How to understand whatâs ethical, whatâs sustainable, and whatâs yours to decide
⢠The business basics youâre secretly Googling at midnight: (âCan I charge for noâshows?â âHow many clients is too many?â âWhat structure should I choose?â)
When youâre a new therapist, the learning curve is hugeânot because youâre unprepared, but because the profession asks you to be both a healer and a professional. And most of us only got trained for half of that role.
If youâre a new or recently licensed therapist, or if youâve just graduated and youâre wondering how to actually start your career with confidence, this is a space designed for you.
You can join just this session for $33. No long-term commitment needed.
⨠Learn more or register here:
đ https://www.leigh-ann-larson.com/emerging-therapist
Letâs make the part no one teaches feel a whole lot less overwhelming.