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The Practice of Therapy Helping clinicians navigate their private practice journey... Unsure about how to go into private practice? Are you disenchanted with working for an agency?

Has going into private practice always been your dream? Are you anxious about leaving the security of a "steady paycheck" or "steady job"? I was too!! If you are wanting to learn how to start or grow a private practice as a therapist, coach or counselor, you have come to the right place! This is the place to get information, learn and find the tools to build and grow a successful private practice as a mental health health practitioner, therapist, counselor or coach. Over 15 years ago when I started my career as a therapist, I dreamed of having my own counseling private practice. I worked for an agency for over 8 years and got discouraged and was tired of working the long hours and dealing with endless paperwork. I took the bold move of delving into private practice and you can too! Today I have a thriving group counselling practice with 5 other contract counselors working with me. Boy have I learned a lot in those 15 years! Most of it the hard way!!! But it doesn't have to be hard or scary for you as to take the bold move of becoming your own boss and starting a private practice. My name is Gordon Brewer and I love being able to share all that I have learned in the 15 years that I have been in practice as a licensed therapist. I love collaborating and not only teaching, but learning from others.

Somewhere along the way, someone decided watching football and being a nurturing dad didn’t belong together. 🏈👶Who made ...
10/20/2026

Somewhere along the way, someone decided watching football and being a nurturing dad didn’t belong together. 🏈👶

Who made that rule?

Dr. Travis Heath joins Gordon to explore the cultural stories we absorb—and what happens when we get curious about them.

🎧 Beyond the Diagnosis: The Stories That Shape Our Clients. Listen to The Practice of Therapy Podcast through the link in bio.

10/19/2026

Watching football while rocking your newborn. Why would those two things seem incompatible? 🏈

Dr. Travis Heath shares how deeply cultural expectations can shape our ideas about who we’re allowed to be—and how easily we accept those messages as truth.

In therapy, getting curious about those stories can start with a simple question: Where did you learn that rule?

10/16/2026

Mmmm 🍦 for me!

10/15/2026

Therapists will do literally ANYTHING except finish their notes. 😂

One minute you’re catching up on paperwork, the next you’re 12 tabs deep researching something that has absolutely nothing to do with your to-do list.

But hey, it’s professional development, right? 🤷‍♂️

Therapists, what’s your favorite way to procrastinate on paperwork? 👀

10/14/2026

Doing it all got your practice started. But how long can you keep it up? Gordon and Whitney Owens talk delegation and growth in TPOT 453. 🎧

10 therapists quit in one year—and Whitney Owens explains why she now sees it differently. 👀 Hear her take on hiring, va...
10/13/2026

10 therapists quit in one year—and Whitney Owens explains why she now sees it differently. 👀 Hear her take on hiring, values, and finding the right team in TPOT 453.

https://youtu.be/2s3WksNVxiw

10/12/2026

Ever catch yourself thinking, “Maybe I actually DO know what I’m doing”? 😅

Whitney Owens says that moment came when her group practice reached 7–10 therapists. The confidence took time—and it didn’t mean she was done learning.

If you’re still second-guessing yourself as a practice owner, take a minute to notice what you handle today that once felt impossible.

10/09/2026

Nice try. This hour is about you. 😂

10/08/2026

Trying to keep the therapist face neutral while internally screaming, “YES. THAT. RIGHT THERE.”

10/07/2026

I somehow convinced myself as a kid that because my sister liked hamburgers, I had to like hot dogs. 😂

No one told me that. It was just a rule I made up in my own head — and Debi Trent Brown pointed out how often we do the same thing in much bigger areas of life.

What “rule” are you following that might not actually be real?

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