Private Practice Unlocked: Helping Therapists Build Profitable Businesses Without Sacrificing Quality Care for Their Patients
Are you a therapist ready to start or grow your private practice—but totally overwhelmed by the business side of things? You’re not alone. And you’re exactly who this podcast is for.
Private Practice Unlocked exists to fill the gaps grad school left behind. We’re talking about the real-life stuff you need to run a successful, sustainable practice while not sacrificing quality care for your clients.
I’m Amber Moyo—a licensed therapist, supervisor, and former private practice owner who’s been through the messy middle of figuring it all out. I created this show to help you skip the guesswork and build a practice that actually works for your life.
So if you’re ready to stop spinning your wheels and finally feel confident running your private practice, hit that follow button and start listening to Private Practice Unlocked. You don’t have to do this alone.
Private Practice Unlocked: Helping Therapists Build Profitable Businesses Without Sacrificing Quality Care for Their Patients
How to Prepare Your Private Practice (and Finances) for the Holidays
The holidays can bring a unique mix of emotions for private practice owners — gratitude, exhaustion, guilt about taking time off, and anxiety about money. For many therapists, client cancellations increase, schedules look lighter, and income can feel unpredictable. And without context, it’s easy to assume something is going wrong.
In this Christmas Eve episode, Amber offers a calm, realistic conversation about how to navigate the holiday season in private practice financially, emotionally, and practically. Instead of treating holiday slowdowns like emergencies, she reframes them as a predictable business season that can be planned for with intention and compassion.
Amber shares reflections from her own early experiences in private practice, when holiday cancellations felt personal and stressful, and how learning to anticipate seasonal shifts helped her move out of panic and into steadiness.
Listeners will learn:
Why holiday slowdowns are normal and not a sign of failure
How to anticipate income changes instead of being blindsided by them
How to decide about time off intentionally rather than reactively
How to handle cancellations without personalizing them
Why understanding seasonality is a key part of sustainable private practice
This episode is an invitation to slow down, release shame, and approach the holidays with a steadier nervous system and clearer expectations.
Feeling stressed about cancellations, income, or time off this season?
DM Amber on Instagram @privatepracticeunlocked and let her know what feels hardest right now — she’ll help you think it through.
Let’s build the practice — and life — you deserve.
If Private Practice Unlocked has helped you feel more confident, less overwhelmed, or less alone in building your practice, you can support the show by making a small donation. Your contribution helps cover production costs and allows Amber to keep creating free, practical resources for therapists.
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