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Selling the Couch
With 1.81 million+ downloads, Selling the Couch is an Apple Top Career podcast for current and future mental health private practitioners who think differently. Psychologist Melvin Varghese interviews successful therapists in private practice about how they built their businesses as well as top entrepreneurs, business/marketing, and social media experts.* You'll learn how therapists get referrals, grow their practices, work through fears, find their enough, and stop "trading time for income."…
Episodes
- Selling the Couch
335: How To Show Up On Social Media When You Have A Love/Hate With It With Elizabeth Penela, PhD
Welcome to today’s session, which is a conversation/coaching call with a member of our Online Course Mastermind. We focus today on the dilemma that comes along…
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334: Mindset Shifts Going From Therapy To Online Course Income with Mineela Chand, LMFT
The pandemic has dramatically shifted and shaped the world of therapy, and it’s prompted all of us to take a close look at our work and how we can do it best…
- Selling the Couch
333: Why I’m Done Building a $1 Million/Year Business
Is your goal to build a business that brings in $1 million each year? I used to be that entrepreneur, too, but something’s changed. Even though I always feel…
- Selling the Couch
332: How To Tell Better Stories In Your Marketing with Brent Stutzman
Everyone loves a good story! Just think how your marketing could be transformed by using the same captivating pull of a good story! This concept takes the…
- Selling the Couch
331: How To Work Through Perfectionism When Launching Your Online Course (Katie Lear, LCMHC, RPT, RDT)
If you’ve had a standoff with perfectionism in starting something new, you’ll want to join us for this coaching call in today’s session. Like most clinicians…
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330: How To Not Let Work Become Your Identity (Dan Cumberland)
Welcome to a brand new season of Selling the Couch! After an extended sabbatical of several months, it’s good to be back on STC with new, exciting shows…
- Selling the Couch
ENCORE: Creation, Do's and Don'ts of a Successful Retreat Model in Private Practice
Today’s show is about a topic I’ve wanted to cover for a while. It’s about something many of us might have wanted to do in our practices. We are talking about…
- Selling the Couch
ENCORE: 3 Ways To Become A Better Leader In A Post-Pandemic World
So much of what we do as clinicians revolves around leadership, even though we may not be comfortable thinking of ourselves that way. If we are truly leaders…
- Selling the Couch
ENCORE: Building A Second Brain, Melvin Varghese, Ph.D.
Do you love learning new things but struggle to retain the information you’d like to remember for later use? This problem is an ever-present obstacle in my…
- Selling the Couch
ENCORE: 3 Tips To Significantly "Wow" Your Telehealth Videos
Today’s show covers a topic that always brings out the nerd in me. If you are an STC regular, then you know the importance I place on my video and audio gear…
- Selling the Couch
ENCORE: Expert Insights on How to Generate Income Through Podcasting
As rewarding as it is to start your own podcast and share your knowledge and expertise with the world, there is one thing that makes it even better--and that’s…
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ENCORE: Understanding Our Money Stories and Setting Private Practice Fees in Order to Honor Our Stories
What are your “money stories”? This is a topic many of us struggle with related to the stories we tell ourselves about money. Our money beliefs affect…
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ENCORE: Growing Your Practice With Retreats, Workshops and Groups
In this episode of Selling the Couch, we have our first repeat guest - Ker Nola. Keri is back today to discuss ways to grow your practice through retreats…
- Selling the Couch
ENCORE: Increasing Efficiency in Your Private Practice
Welcome! My guest today is Dana Hampson, who is inprivate practice in Alabama. Our topic is increasing efficiency in the day to day operation of a private…
- Selling the Couch
ENCORE: Using SEO to Grow Your Private Practice
Welcome! I’m glad to be back on the podcast after a break over the holidays, and I wish you each a Happy 2017 as we start off this year together! My guest…
- Selling the Couch
ENCORE: The Biggest Bookkeeping Blunders That Clinicians Make and Their Solutions
Balance sheet, profit/loss statements, cash flow, business expense----do these terms send you into a sudden state of anxiety and panic? If so, then this is the…
- Selling the Couch
ENCORE: The Concept Of Using Telemedicine For Mental Health Clinicians And Practical Measures To Take
The concept of using telemedicine for mental health clinicians has become very relevant due to the coronavirus pandemic. Unfortunately, meeting clients this…
- Selling the Couch
ENCORE: Ups And Downs of Transitioning From a Full-Time job Into Private Practice
Chances are you’ve thought about today’s topic at least once, or you may have your own similar experience. Many clinicians have gone through the transition…
- Selling the Couch
ENCORE: Creating A Conference To Share Your Message In Private Practice
As clinicians, we often think about creative outlets for our messages of hope and healing. One of those that you might not have considered is creating a…
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ENCORE: What A Clinician Needs To Have In Place Before Scaling To Multiple Income Streams
I can’t believe it’s here----Episode 200! I’m thrilled to have made it this far in my journey and to have so many of you along with me. Podcasting has made me…
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ENCORE: The First Online Marketplace Exclusively For Mental Health Professionals To Buy And Sell Their Original Products
Today’s show is a little different than normal. We’re highlighting the first online marketplace exclusively for mental health professionals to buy and sell…
- Selling the Couch
ENCORE: A Live vs. Pre-Recorded Online Course
Today’s show is a live coaching call regarding a topic that has been very relevant to me recently. We are talking about the many nuances of online courses. I…
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ENCORE: How Online Reviews Help Improve The Private Practice with Keely Kolmes, PsyD
With today’s technology, most people rely on online reviews when it comes to products, services, restaurants, hotels, and much more. When it comes to…
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ENCORE: Tips on Creating a Professional Livestream, Melvin Varghese, Ph.D.
Today’s show is the first of a two-part series about livestreaming. I jumped somewhat hesitantly into this world a few months ago, and surprisingly, I’ve…
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ENCORE: How I Create Live Streaming Content With 30 Minutes of Prep: Melvin Varghese, Ph.D.
This is the follow-up to last week’s podcast about creating a professional livestream. We’ve already covered the gear you’ll need, so today’s show focuses on…
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ENCORE: Charging Premium Prices For Your Online Course (Money Blocks + Fears)
Welcome to Session 300! I never even imagined reaching this point, and I’m very grateful to be at this milestone. I love everything about connecting with…
- Selling the Couch
ENCORE: Where Should I Focus My Online Course Marketing?
One of the new things for STC this year is the incorporation of coaching calls into the podcast from time to time. Join us for a glimpse into today’s coaching…
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ENCORE: 10 Lessons Learned from a Successful Cohort-Based Course Launch
Today’s show covers lessons I have learned from launching a successful cohort-based course (CBC). The process takes a lot of work but is very rewarding, so if…
- Selling the Couch
329: 7 Questions to Ask Before Launching an Online Course
This episode is the last one before I take an extended break for a few months. The plan is to be back in April 2023, with exciting, brand-new STC episodes. I…
- Selling the Couch
328: Mental Roadblocks Of Going From Clinician To Coach with Angela Williams, LCSW
Today’s topic is very relevant in our post-pandemic world. Many clinicians are left wondering if their best work lies in the clinical field or the…
- Selling the Couch
327: An Easier Way to Refer Out Clients with Anna O’Brien and Jim Pasquarella
I think often about legacy in providing STC as a resource for our field and being of service to our colleagues. The same desire for a lasting legacy drives me…
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326: Standing Out On Twitter-3 Lessons Learned From 0 to 200k Followers with Aadit Sheth
I still call myself a Twitter newbie because I haven’t been there for very long, but I’ve been honored to connect with amazing people holding full and varied…
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325: 7 Ways That Shifting To A 4 Day Work Week Made Me A Better Entrepreneur
Today’s topic is inspired by a Twitter thread I wrote about a life-changing event in our family when our daughter began preschool recently. Since she was born…
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324: How To Grow A New Podcast with Jeremy Enns
“Will anyone listen to it? How can I grow my audience?” These are the questions that badger everyone who starts a podcast, and even though I am a veteran…
- Selling the Couch
323: 3 Tips To Become An Awesome Storyteller Online
Today’s topic is a fascinating one for me. As therapists, we are wired for stories, but telling an effective story online is a struggle for many of us…
- Selling the Couch
322: How To Avoid Information Overload In Your Online Course
Today’s session is a coaching call, and our main focus is on a struggle that many course creators face. When you are an expert in your course content, how do…
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321: Business As A Tool For Growth, Creativity, and Social Justice with Ariana Lloyd, LCSW
Hello! Welcome to a brand new season of STC that will take us through September and October before I take an extended sabbatical of several months. Today’s…
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ENCORE: Improving Your Private Practice Website with Daniel Fava
Like many of you, I’m looking forward to a different 2021, but I am grateful for what we’ve learned about ourselves, our businesses, and our resilience…
- Selling the Couch
ENCORE: Moving From An Online Course To A Membership Model with Jennifer McGurk, RDN, CDN, CEDRD-S
Today’s show takes on a very niched perspective, but the information and wisdom are useful in many aspects of our work as clinicians and business owners. We…
- Selling the Couch
ENCORE: Building A Personal Brand On Social Media
If the topic of building your personal brand on social media brings feelings of anxiety and insecurity, then today’s show is for you. As clinicians, we know it…
- Selling the Couch
ENCORE: Writing a Children's Book
Have you ever considered writing a children’s book? I’ll admit that I’ve thought about it, and it might be a new endeavor in my future. Writing a children’s…
- Selling the Couch
320: 5 Lessons I Learned After 2 Cohort-Based Course Launches
Today’s solo episode is the last one before we take an extended summer break for August. We will return with new episodes in September and October before I…
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319: 9 Ways to Turn Your Podcast Into A Money-Making Machine
Before I started this podcast in 2015, I had rolled the idea around in my head over and over again. The problem was that I was full of fears and apprehension…
- Selling the Couch
318: Why You Should Not Just Build a Social Media Following with Craig Morris
Today’s topic is relevant to many different types of businesses and entrepreneurs, and it’s something I have pondered along my own journey. We are taking a…
- Selling the Couch
317: A Niche Working With Incarcerated Men
Today’s session is atypical and very specific, but I think it’s a relevant and timely focus. The topic of supporting incarcerated men has been something I’ve…
- Selling the Couch
316: Creating A Breathwork App with Brian Von Ancken
Today’s session is all about building a breathwork app. It’s an interesting and nuanced process that most of us don’t understand. Breathwork can be a vital…
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315: How to Use Loom to Record Your Course Quickly and Efficiently
Even with seven years or so of course-building under my belt, I certainly do not claim to be an expert with all the answers. Always the student, I’m constantly…
- Selling the Couch
314: Finding Our Enough as Entrepreneurs with Keri Nola
Today’s session is very relevant to the season of life that I’m currently navigating. How far do we keep going as entrepreneurs as we reach our goals? How far…
- Selling the Couch
313: The 10 Biggest Mistakes I Made As An Online Course Creator
These past few years, I’ve been focused on building a life around my family and self-care rather than fitting those things around a career. I’ve learned that…
- Selling the Couch
312: SEO When Doing Telehealth Across The State
Today’s topic is a relevant one for many clinicians as telehealth services have become a widespread, vital, and normal part of the healthcare field…
- Selling the Couch
311: 10 Lessons I've Learned as a Course Creator (part 2)
Today’s solo episode is the second in a two-part series about the lessons I’ve learned as a course creator. I launched The Healthcasters course back in 2015…
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310: Creating an Online Course for Parents
I’m the fortunate podcast host with two guests today, which is a first for me! They are long-time friends of mine from grad school who have taken a unique idea…
- Selling the Couch
309: 10 Lessons I've Learned as a Course Creator
Today’s solo episode is the first in a two-part series about the lessons I’ve learned as a course creator. I launched The Healthcasters course back in 2015…
- Selling the Couch
308: How Writing A Book Helped Grow My Practice
Today’s session is special because our guest is a friend and colleague from our internship days at Vanderbilt. He has accomplished many things in his career…
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ENCORE: Creating An Epic Welcome Video,Bryan Nixon, MA, LPC
Today’s topic is very specific, but it’s one that makes a big difference in your private practice and has a meaningful impact on your clients. We are talking…
- Selling the Couch
ENCORE: 3 Powerful Reasons Every Entrepreneur Needs A Daily Hike (Backed By Science)
What if I told you that there is something simple and free that most of us can do daily for an hour or less that yields amazing physical and mental benefits?…
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ENCORE: Moving From An Online Course To A Membership Model with Jennifer McGurk, RDN, CDN, CEDRD-S
Today’s show takes on a very niched perspective, but the information and wisdom are useful in many aspects of our work as clinicians and business owners. We…
- Selling the Couch
ENCORE: Real Advice To Therapists Launching An Online Course
This is the last episode until September while I take some time off to focus on self-care before the summer ends. Today’s episode is a valuable one if you are…
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307: How to Keep Your Podcast Going
At the beginning of this month, we reached our seven years of podcasting milestone here at Selling the Couch. That’s pretty crazy when statistics show that…
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306: How to Show Up Imperfect In Your Marketing
If there is one thing I’ve learned as a small business owner, it’s that it takes courage to show up imperfect. We want so badly to be perfect and put together…