You’re trained to put others first — but over time, this can leave you emotionally and spiritually drained if you don’t make time for you.
Running your own mental health private or group practice can be rewarding but also challenging and lonely.
You may face business problems or challenges that you’re not sure how to solve or receive advice that doesn’t feel right for your values.
Additionally, you must wear multiple hats every day, including:
- Providing therapy to clients
- Leading and training other therapists
- Managing the day-to-day responsibilities of a business, like marketing, paying bills, administrative tasks, monitoring SEO, and putting out all the little fires
As a result, you can be pulled in so many directions that you can feel stretched thin — struggling to create time for yourself, your beliefs, and your values.
Over time, you may feel out of balance, disconnected, or overwhelmed. Leaving you at risk of burning out and not enjoying the practice you put so much time and effort into.
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But delving deeper into your faith, beliefs, and spirituality and incorporating these into your business and self-care can help you create space for you to:
Recharge
Stay Centered
Recapture your deeper purpose and mission
Create a sustainable business you love
You can build a deeper connection between your faith, your business, and your whole self.
Several years ago (before COVID), I found myself feeling burned out as a therapist, group practice owner, and person. Even with positive events in my life, I felt drained and concerned that I didn’t have enough emotional energy to show up for my family after giving my all to clients and my team.
After some trial and error, I found what was missing — a practice of soul care and spirituality.
This eventually led me to develop the 5 Pillars of Soul Care for Therapists. The pillars provide a pathway for us to walk alongside one another and explore our spirituality and beliefs together.
These pillars help us hold space for ourselves and our faith journey, so we can incorporate all aspects of ourselves into our daily lives and businesses. So we feel more complete, understood, and in line with who we are — mind, body, and spirit.
Embracing my spiritual journey and incorporating the 5 Pillars changed everything for me.
Now I work with mental health solo practitioners and group practice owners helping them work through business problems while also exploring and integrating their spiritual journey and faith. So they can gain support from like-minded therapists, create a sustainable business they love, and thrive.
Lisa Franklin
6 year solo practice owner, 6 month group practice owner
I was looking for a business coach who could help me transition from a solo practice to a group practice. After talking with Dawn, I knew she would be the perfect fit to help me make this transition. Her years of experience as a group practice owner combined with her training in Spiritual Direction were invaluable in our consultation time. I always left our time together feeling empowered and renewed. Dawn helped me take my practice to the next level with a clear direction and a giant dose of confidence!
Brenda Stewart, LMHC, NCC, CCMHC
Practice Owner and Therapist
Consulting with Dawn has been life changing. Not only have I learned valuable information on being a group practice owner and leader, but through the integration of soul care, I have grown and changed deeply as a person. The outflow of who I am, as my soul is in a state of wellness, directly impacts my employees and then, in turn our clients. I am deeply grateful for Dawn's leadership, expertise, and the way in which she tends to our souls as therapists and leaders.
Besty Mejas
I had a great experience working with Dawn. She struck a perfect balance between clinical and spiritual approaches. I appreciated being able to freely explore what God was revealing while also developing practical next steps. Dawn was very accommodating and provided great support.
Steph Korpal
Group practice owner
Dawn's mastermind group was an absolute gift! It was a wonderful blend of consulting plus soul-care, where neither felt forced. The group she gathered was also one of the most naturally cohesive groups I've experienced when doing any type of small group work, which I found profoundly valuable. That she knows how big of an impact that dynamic can have on these experiences, and plans accordingly, makes it EXTRA worth doing. I felt cared for as a business owner but also as a faith-based person, who often needs help carving out time for that part of myself, and following through on activities and reflections that will be meaningful for my spirit and soul.
Grow a spiritually-centered solo or group practice that doesn’t take over your life.
For over 10 years, I’ve been working with faith-based group practice owners and solo practitioners to help them create, redefine, or grow a sustainable mental health practice that they love.
Contact me today, and let’s see how I can help you.