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The Money Sessions — 189 episodes

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The Myth of the Insurance Boogeyman

2

Danielle's Journey to $255 & Full: A Journey through the VERY Messy Middle

3

Come to the Hamptons With Me

4

From $6K Months to $10K+ Months… and Having WAY Fewer Sessions with Hillary Pilotto

5

The Travesty of the Cupcake Shop

6

From $5K months to $17K months with 15 sessions: Canadian-based therapist Amelia Sloan leans all the way in

7

Modalities That Offer Rapid Results

8

Half the Income & Happier Than Ever with Krissy Johnson, LMFT

9

Quantum Shit & Getting Marketing Scammed

10

From $60/session to $425 as a Multi-racial, Solo Breadwinning Mom of Littles

11

The Internal Conflict of Life First Fees

12

From $107 to $265 per session: Katerina's escape from the scam as a BIPOC therapist

13

Who to Trust When It Comes to the Ethics of Fees?

14

From $110 to $250/session with Jesse Hernandez, LPC

15

AI IS Replacing Therapists: Here's What You Can Do About It

16

From $100/session avg to $225: Kara Cruz's journey from CMH to scaled offerings

17

This Is Where You Find Momentum When Feeling Stuck

18

A $100/session Increase with David Flowers

19

Our Industry's Toxic Relationship to Money: What it Costs Us All

20

From $110 to $300/session as a neurodivergent mom of 2 littles with Alyssa Desroches

21

The Weirdest Episode I've Ever Done — with Therapist Maggie

22

How Charging Life First Fees Turned Survival into Freedom – Angie Pulido-Banner's Story

23

You're Still the Identified Patient. Own It.

24

From "I Can't Afford It" to $250 Sessions – The Rise of Charlese Williams

25

The Room Where It Happens

26

Finding Herself at 40 — Sarayu Steps Into Her Life First Fee

27

The Most Important Question You Will Ever Ask

28

Why Does Building a Practice Feel So Hard Right Now? — with Allison Puryear

29

How Long Does a Life-First Practice Actually Take?

30

Doubled Her Income in 4 Months & Bought Her First House — with Sara Rader, LPCC

31

This Is How AI Replaces You in 2026

32

Single Mom. Brain Aneurysm. $350/Sessions. With Emma Summers

33

The Myth of the Black Box — The Exclusive Marketing Cabal (and How to Get Access)

34

From Agency Leadership to $320 Freedom – Amanda Starfield on Leaving the System to Serve with Integrity

35

Scammed?! How Do I Know If a Business Program Is Legit? — Stop Asking About Success Rates (You're Not Average)

36

Breaking the Chains – How Sara Champie Went from 24 Clients on Medi-Cal to $250 Sessions and Peace

37

Why You Keep Yourself Broke — Being Broke Is Not Your Problem (It's Your Solution)

38

Committing to $185 – Peer Counselor Jessica Scalzo is Creating a Movement

39

Your Low Fees Are Out of Integrity — Why You Can't Build an Honest Practice on a Lie

40

From Nonprofit Burnout to $275 Sessions – Angelina Miceli on Finally Choosing Herself

41

Your 2026 Income Will Be Decided Today

42

I Was Spinning, Not Marketing: Katie Gilbertson on Mental Hustle, Sliding Scales & Financial Wake-Up Calls.

43

Can You Really Fill a Practice at $350 Per Session?

44

From 30 Clients at $30 to Premium Cash Pay: Maggie Evans' Journey as a Sensitive Single Mom.

45

Good Enough Is Where Practices Go To Die

46

This Can't Be My Life: Natasha Deen on Raising Her Fee & Reclaiming Her Future.

47

Insurance Isn't Saving You Anymore—Now What?

48

$1.5 Million in Insurance Clawbacks: Dr. Anna DiNoto 's Story

49

Stability or Survival? The Lie That's Costing You Everything.

50

No More Fun Money: Debbie Nichols on Getting Off Insurance, Reclaiming Her Health & Owning Her Worth.

51

Clinically Bored? Why Raising Your Fees Might Save Your Practice.

52

The $300 Breakthrough: How Vicky Truong Raised Her Fee Without Selling Out Her Culture.

53

Escape Plan or Entrepreneurial Trap? Why Your Passive Income Dream is Costing You.

54

I'd Never Made More Than $3K a Month: Dylan Spradlin on Breaking the Group Practice Mold & Charging $200 as a Play Therapist.

55

Only Rich Therapists Should Offer Low-Fee Therapy.

56

From $130 to $385 Cash Pay: How Olethea Turned Her Business into Her Rich Auntie.

57

Been Out of the Game? Why That Doesn't Disqualify You From Charging Premium Fees

58

Charging Premium Fees When You've Survived the Unthinkable: Jessica Malmberg's $220 Leap.

59

This Is What's Killing Your Practice Income in 2025

60

From $55 Shame to $225 Sovereignty: Julianna on Leaving Martyrdom Behind.

61

If You Only Listen to One Episode, Listen to This One

62

Building a Business That Works For YOU with Dr. Shauna Pollard.

63

"It's Possible… Just Not for Me": Breaking the Generational Spell That Keeps Therapists Playing Small.

64

Is a Premium Fee Private Practice Still Possible in 2025? A Conversation with Jenn.

65

"I Don't Want to Only Work With Rich People"—Let's Talk About It.

66

Breaking Free From Insurance Panel Burnout: Beth's Story.

67

When You're Doing Everything Right... And It's Still Not Working.

68

From Burnout to Balance: Monica's Journey to a Premium Private Practice.

69

Why some therapists can charge $250/session and others simply cannot

70

Leaving Insurance Panels and Surviving a 50% Decrease in Revenue: Here's What Ginelle Did Next.

71

The White Man's Burden: When Tiffany Paid $40/Session

72

From Insurance Panels to $250 Sessions: Tavari's In-Process Journey.

73

3 Signs You're Gaslighting Yourself Into Accepting a Practice That Doesn't Work.

74

From Financial Insecurity to $525 Sessions: How Brianna Emancipated Herself.

75

The Startling Truth Every Therapist Needs to Hear (Before It's Too Late).

76

How Marcuetta Went from Insurance Panels to $350 Per Session PLUS What She Learned from Opening and Closing a Therapy Group Practice.

77

2025 Predictions for Your Private Practice with Heard CEO, Andrew Riesen

78

From $70 to $450/session: After the Premium Fee Journey with Susannah.

79

Take an hour for YOU this week.

80

How Charging Premium Fees Has Allowed This Therapist Mom of Two to Make a Massive Social and Political Impact.

81

It's time to take a risk.

82

Every Therapist's Worst Nightmare: A Disciplinary Complaint Because Your Fees Are Too High.

83

Are you ready to rock the boat?

84

How Jesse Went From Working in Community Mental Health to Charging up to $300/session.

85

How To Charge Like a Six-Figure Therapist: Your Blueprint for 2025 Success

86

100th Episode Special: Turning the Tables on Tiffany

87

The Money Sessions Rewind: How Maya Went From $22/Hour to a Six-Figure Private Practice.

88

From $80 to $375 Per Session: How Audrey's Fee Raise Allowed Her to Pay for Childcare.

89

Your Kids Are Not Your Client's ATM: Breaking the Cycle of Financial Martyrdom.

90

From Three Jobs to $500 Sessions: Marissa's Marketing Strategy for Premium Fee Success.

91

The Election: Two Weeks Later

92

From $25/hour to $7500 Therapy Packages: Jamal's Step-by-Step Journey to Designing his Ideal Premium Fee Therapy Practice.

93

Post Election PSA: Here's what I know about YOU.

94

Did the New York Times just blame the lack of affordable mental health care on therapists?!

95

From Clinic Burnout to $225 per Session: Meredith's Bold Move to Ethical Premium Fees as a Registered Dietary Nutritionist

96

Ask Tiffany: How can I build a sustainable, cash pay practice when the expectation in my town is that therapists see 35-40 clients/week and charge very little?

97

Nick's #1 Secret to Successfully Raising Fees with Existing Clients

98

Moving Beyond Course Dropout Syndrome: 3 Steps to Finish What You Start

99

Where Are They Now: What Happened After Jelisha Went From $80/session to $350/session in Her Private Therapy Practice

100

The Two Obstacles That Keep Therapists From Hitting Six Figures In Their Cash Pay Private Practice

101

From $24/hour to $350/session: How Emily stepped the F* UP and became the primary breadwinner as a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice

102

Are your friends hurting you or helping you when it comes to reaching your private practice goals?

103

From $30 to $260 per Session: Lauren's Journey from Financial Wake-Up Call to Premium Fee Success

104

Ask Tiffany: Capitalism and Premium Fees

105

From Insurance Panels to $220/session: How Recovering From People Pleasing Led to Successfully Raising Fees in Kirsten's Private Therapy Practice as an LMFT.

106

Ask Tiffany: Coaching vs. Therapy & Who Can Command Premium Fees

107

Breaking Barriers: From $30 to $200 per Session – Saraa's Bold Leap to Financial Freedom

108

The Money Sessions podcast is coming back!

109

Your roadmap to a 6-figure 2022. Without stress.

110

FEE WEEK is open! Join us, my love.

111

Q1 is almost over. Time for a fee audit.

112

How Getting Real About Her Financial Reality Led Audrey To Charge $200 Dollars Per Session.

113

How a $15,000 Dollar Reality Check Led Erica To Drop Insurance Panels.

114

How Harry Reconciled His Activist Identity With Charging Premium Fees.

115

How Vanessa Went From Charging $85 Per Client To $250 Premium Fees Per Session.

116

How Susannah Started Private Practice And Became The Primary Breadwinner.

117

How Shawny Wrestled With Charging $200 Dollars Per Session While Working Exclusively With The Transgender And Queer Community.

118

How A Significant Personal Loss Led Erin To Charging Premium Fees.

119

How Sam Got Off Insurance Panels; A Step By Step Approach

120

How Melisa Went From A Corporate Setting To Creating A Bigger Impact On Her Community Without Sacrificing Her Own Well Being Or Time With Her Family.

121

How Rae Created An Equitable And Sustainable Group Practice By Reducing Their Caseload By 75%.

122

How Allyson Went From A Single Mother On Food Stamps To A Published Author With Over 300,000 Followers On Social Media.

123

Do Queer Therapists Have A RIGHT To Charge Premium Fees; A Conversation With Lee And Courtney

124

How Dana Paid Off $120,00 Dollars In Student Loans.

125

What happened when Alisa raised her fees and surpassed her husband's income to become the family breadwinner.

126

Bonus: FEE WEEK is coming!

127

Why a Covid-19 induced Pulmonary Embolism Lead Drew To Raise Her Fees

128

Bonus: FEE WEEK is Coming!

129

Marissa: From CMH to $350/session in 12 months DURING A PANDEMIC

130

How Paige bucked the norm and became a cash-pay-only Testing Psychologist in an industry dominated by insurance.

131

How Djuna went from charging as little as $0 per session to charging $200/session in a town with a median income of 25k/annually.

132

How Derrick, a Queer, Black therapist stepped into charging $350/session.

133

EP:56 - How Amy Santana left insurance panels behind and now charges $225/session.

134

Ep: 55- How Alyse went from having fees all over the place to charging $200/per hour.

135

The Money Sessions Ep.54: How Lean In. MAKE BANK. Alum, Maya Jakobs, Went From Making $22/Hour to Starting Her Own Practice that Now Makes Six Figures A Year.

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The Money Sessions Ep. 53: How Josh Went from Wall Street to Social Work with Zero Ambivalence About Making Bank AND Giving Back.

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The Money Sessions Episode 52: How Elaine Went from "I Cant Charge That Much" to Charging $250/Session.

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The Money Sessions Episode 51: BEFORE & AFTER - How LIMB student Ryan Allen transformed his life (and became a Tik Tok Star) by taking his money leap into The Lean In. MAKE BANK. Academy.

139

E50. How Christy was able to charge premium fees - even while working with "Creatives" during COVID-19.

140

The Money Sessions Episode 1: How Rashida Went from Charging $40/Session to Charging $200/Session

141

The Money Sessions Season 3 - Ready? Set. FEE WEEK!

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The Money Session Episode 47: How Carolyn went from charging $82/session from insurance panels to charging up to $400/session private pay.

143

How Nekia White went from charging $50 to charging $250 per session, DESPITE the craziness of 2020.

144

How Kelly, Founder of Zynnyme, went from burnt out and broke to 5 weeks in Spain.

145

When your clients ACTUALLY cannot pay premium fees.

146

How going from charging as low as $50/session to $250/session translated into Kirstin's ability to take charge of her fertility.

147

Broke in Private Practice? Here's Why.

148

How Maegan went from judging therapists who charge premium cash fees to becoming a therapist and business owner who charges premium, cash pay fees.

149

How surviving breast cancer helped Sarah Kate realize low fees were no longer an option.

150

What it means for Stevon to be a Black therapist in America who charges over $250/session.

151

Olethea's journey as a BIPOC woman of color who charges $330 per session.

152

How Lauren created an online private practice that allows her to passionately serve her clients and give back to the greater community.

153

How Annie transitioned from a 20-year private practice into a new business that allows her to live the lifestyle that she always wanted.

154

How Uriah Guilford went from being a "trailer park kid" to a wealthy, multi-business therapist

155

How Linzy moved from her own private practice to helping therapists in their private practices feel calm & in control of their finances.

156

How raising her session fees increased the quality of Holly's clinical work.

157

What it took for Raelyn to go from charging $95 to $145 per session.

158

From $125 to $180 & Rising: How Kim navigates making bank even during a global crisis.

159

What To Do When You Lose 85% of Your Caseload

160

SOCIAL DISTANCING & Making Bank in a time of COVID19

161

How Nick responded when a seasoned professional challenged him in a room full of therapists.

162

What happened when Rose started taking her private practice seriously?

163

Getting to know WellnessFi founder, Eddie Valls.

164

The magic of Dori's $400 fees + what it's like to surpass your mentors.

165

How Heather turned down a potential client and chose not to compromise her fee of $225

166

Mailbag #1: Charging for clinical supervision, getting shade for leaving panels and MORE!

167

How Marquita, a therapist AND single mom, turned her practice around and made BANK.

168

How Brooke went from charging $25/session to $150 and built the practice of her dreams.

169

What's in store for Season 2?!

170

Najla: Navigating the transition from agency to private practice while staying true to yourself and your journey.

171

Montoyia: How this woman of color discovered her worth and started charging premium fees in her private practice.

172

Stephanie: How a dare led this group process therapist to raise her fees from $110 to $150.

173

Jeremy: How this testing psychologist consultant raised his fees from $250/hour to $400/hour

174

Tiffany's $16,000 Tax Mistake: An interview with a private practice tax specialist, Mickey Kerr.

175

John: The journey of going from $60/session to $150/session.

176

Teresa: "Divorce is more expensive than couples therapy" & Other Therapy -Fee Gems

177

Donna: How becoming the sole breadwinner forced Donna to get real about her practice.

178

Kyra: Can more money make us greedy?

179

Zoey: Implementing a NO-CANCELLATION Policy + so much more

180

Jenn: Leaving Group Practice - From $50 to $175/Session

181

The Money Sessions: Summer Updaaaate

182

The Money Sessions Episode 8: How Emily learned to charge $200/session

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How Jacque got an extra 10k in her pocket while creating MORE time, energy and resources to scale her practice

184

Sandra: How having a chronic illness has led Sandra to charge MORE while committing to working with marginalized populations.

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Olethea: What does it take to raise fees AND take on only clients who commit to weekly sessions?

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Kelly: From agency to insurance based practice to private pay practice

187

Tessa: From barely scraping by to 10k/month & growing

188

Jelisha goes from $80/session to $210/session in less than a year

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How DO therapists raise their fees and why is it so hard?