Kristin on what her PhD never taught her about running a practice.

Starting a Private Practice is where we talk with therapists and psychologists who built practices on their own terms, and get honest about the parts nobody trained us for. This one is for anyone who has done everything they could think of to grow, watched it not work, and quietly wondered whether the problem is them. Kristin left academic medicine, built a virtual group practice for kids and teens, and figured out that the skill she needed to sharpen was not a clinical one.What You'll Hear 00:00 Introduction to Kristin and her practice 01:35 Building a virtual, accessible practice 03:12 Evidence-based care and outcome tracking 06:59 Leading a collaborative group practice 09:59 Marketing, social media, and SEO 16:12 Growing the practice through business skills 19:36 Staying grounded through growth 22:29 Advice for building a pediatric practice 25:18 Final advice for practice ownersAbout Kristin Kristin is a licensed psychologist and the founder of Little Dove Psychology, a virtual practice based in Austin serving children, adolescents, college students, and families across Texas and additional PSYPACT states. Before private practice, she worked in academic medicine at Children's Wisconsin and the Medical College of Wisconsin, including work as the attending psychologist for a cystic fibrosis clinic and research on telehealth group therapy that predates the pandemic. Her practice focuses on anxiety, depression, family conflict, emotion regulation, and ADHD testing and treatment, with evening and weekend availability so kids are not pulled out of school and parents are not missing work. She also runs Little Dove Consulting, which partners with health systems on behavioral health program design. You can reach her through littledovepsychology.com or on LinkedIn.Resources Mentioned Little Dove Psychology: https://littledovepsychology.com/ ADHD testing in Austin: https://littledovepsychology.com/adhd-testing-austin Psychological testing and evaluation: https://littledovepsychology.com/psychological-testing-evaluation Anxiety therapy for kids and teens: https://littledovepsychology.com/anxiety-therapist-austin Online therapy in Austin: https://littledovepsychology.com/austin-therapy Meet the Little Dove team: https://littledovepsychology.com/about About Kristin: https://littledovepsychology.com/dr-kristin-kroll Little Dove Consulting: https://littledoveconsulting.com/ Kristin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristin-hunter-kroll-phd-b94a1330/ Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/KbHnfIZeJS4 Read the blog post: [BLOG URL]Want the Kind of Support Miranda and Kristin Talk About?Business School for Therapists is our flagship program for therapists ready to build a practice that supports the life they actually want. It is a blend of live coaching and self-paced curriculum, plus a community of clinicians who normalize niching, real fees, and clinical depth. Twenty years in, it is the work we wish someone had handed us when we were spending our own weekends figuring this out. Learn more: zynnyme.comListen, Subscribe, and Leave a Review Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/starting-a-counseling-practice-with-kelly/id1398391639 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7K8TQ13vJL4L3IvtWLLXV3Stay Connected Website: zynnyme.com Blog: zynnyme.com/blog Instagram: instagram.com/zynnyme LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/2456942 Pinterest: pinterest.com/zynnyme Facebook: facebook.com/kellyandmirandaMentioned in this episode:Register Now - Private Pay Clients: How to Attract, Convert, and Keep Your First (or 50th)