The therapy clinic podcast for practice owners: honest conversations with PT, OT and SLP clinic owners about building a practice that lasts, from cash-pay models and insurance to hiring, burnout and growth.
19 minWith Dr. Ariel Cerruto, MS, PPOTD, OTR/L, Founder, mOTivate Health Care (Avon, CT). Ariel finally built the therapy app she imagined 20 years ago, and tested it in her doctoral research.
34 conversations with PTs, OTs, SLPs, chiropractors and clinic founders.
19 minDr. Ariel Cerruto, MS, PPOTD, OTR/L
Founder, mOTivate Health Care (Avon, CT)
Ariel finally built the therapy app she imagined 20 years ago, and tested it in her doctoral research.
58 minDr. Chris Miller, DPT, OCS
Founder, CDM Physical Therapy & Performance (Flourtown, PA)
Building a private caseload on evenings and weekends, starting mobile, and quitting only after replacing 80% of his income.
42 minKourtney Randsdrop, OTR/L
Co-owner, Functional Freedom (Lancaster, PA)
From two OTs to a multidisciplinary practice offering OT, PT, speech, mobile and wellness care.
44 minJillian Pendergast, MS, CCC-SLP
Founder, Edge Therapies (FL) and creator of TheraVate
Growing a cash-pay pediatric team of 20+ clinicians, and the move from therapist to CEO.
32 minDr. Rachel Selman, PT, DPT, CSCS
Founder, Synthesis Performance and Recovery (Matthews, NC)
A cash-based, collaborative clinic where clinicians aren't employees but their own bosses.
30 minSherry McLaughlin, MSPT
Founder, Michigan Institute for Human Performance (Troy, MI)
From "perfect employee" to owner: Sherry's framework for a practice rooted in biomechanics and patient-first decisions.
60 minDenise Schwartz, PT
Founder, Manual Touch Physical Therapy
Denise's playbook for a calm, profitable practice built on one-on-one, hour-long care.
58 minGreg Todd, PT
Founder, Smart Success Healthcare
Mindset mistakes, leadership blind spots and the hard truths clinic owners need to hear.
40 minDr. Aaron LeBauer, PT
Author, The Cash PT Blueprint (Greensboro, NC)
How Aaron built a six-figure cash-based PT practice by putting patient care ahead of paperwork.
53 minJennifer Kogan, MS, CCC-SLP
Founder, NJ Speech Therapy Services
From professional dancer to speech-language pathologist: how a family story led Jennifer to AAC and her own practice.
30 minViktoria Franco, PT, DPT
Solo practice owner
Raised by a PT mom, Viktoria turned a lifelong connection to care into a thriving solo practice.
55 minGina Pongetti Angeletti
Founder, Achieve Orthopedic Rehab Institute
Growing from 1,000 to 7,000+ sq ft with a gymnastics and sports medicine niche, without ads or physician referrals.
39 minDr. Kenyon D. Godwin, DC
Active Family Wellness Center (Arlington, TX)
A military veteran on the burnout moment that made him rethink everything and build a purpose-led practice.
46 minDr. Michelle Holloway, OTD, MHL, CAPS
Owner, Lifestyle Transitions, PLLC
Overworked and underpaid in outpatient care, Michelle made a bold move and launched a part-time practice of her own.
32 minKatrina Schmidt, PT, DPT, Cert. MDT
Founder, Katrina Schmidt Physical Therapy (Bethlehem, PA)
A cash-based solo practice built around one-on-one, hour-long care.
35 minMatthew Cappelli, PT
Founder, A3 Physical Therapy and Wellness (NJ)
Leaving insurance-based care behind for a concierge model that puts patients and providers first.
15 minTannia Cisneros, MS, OTR/L
Co-founder & Director, InGym (San Francisco Bay Area)
How burnout in traditional OT led to a large pediatric therapy space built without insurance.
41 minSusan Winograd, PT, MPT
Founder, Pelvicore Rehab & Wellness (Boca Raton, FL)
Thirty years in practice, and the move from hospital and home care to a cash-based pelvic health clinic.
30 minDr. Eric Nichols, PT, DPT
Founder, Movement Medicine Physical Therapy (Atlanta, GA)
A cash-based performance clinic inside a baseball training facility, using 3D motion capture and force plates.
38 minKelly Boo, PT
Owner, K.Boo Physical Therapy (Laramie, WY)
From growing up on a farm to a packed PT clinic less than a year after opening.
64 minDr. Raymond Y. Cho, MD, MSc
President & Medical Director, Houston Mind & Brain
From academic medicine to a private psychiatry practice offering advanced treatments.
28 minGayle Schwee, MOT, OTR, PMH-C
Co-founder, Matrescence Occupational Therapy
How a pandemic pregnancy took Gayle from pharmaceutical research to pioneering maternal health OT.
48 minJaime Kaley Perez
Owner, Thriving Joy Pediatric Therapy
Why leaving the hospital system was worth it, and the struggles most therapists don't talk about when starting out.
26 minMelissa Larson, SLP
Co-owner, American River Speech
The realities of running a private pediatric speech practice, from insurance headaches to balancing care and business.
35 minNick Howell
CEO, Northern Illinois Recovery Center
Scaling an addiction recovery center: SOPs, role clarity, patient retention and marketing that works.
35 minDr. Lauren Glissick & Dr. Lissa Clary
Co-founders, Athletic Lab PT (Santa Monica, CA)
Two PTs left the traditional model, started out renting gym space, and built a thriving cash-based practice.
29 minDaniel Brown, PT
Founder, DCB Physical Therapy (Boulder, CO)
Long hours, heavy caseloads, insurance battles, and how Daniel broke the cycle with a practice on his own terms.
38 minDr. Chloe Giordano, DPT
Founder, Neuronation Physical Therapy & Wellness
Bringing high-intensity, neuroplasticity-based rehab into patients' homes through a mobile private practice.
44 minDr. Rachel Gelman, DPT
Pelvic floor physical therapist and practice owner
How pelvic health therapy has evolved, why education matters, and what it takes to run a private practice in the specialty.
43 minDr. Sally Fryer Dietz, PT
Founder, Integrative Pediatric Therapy (Dallas, TX)
Forty years in pediatric PT, from child development to sensory integration and craniosacral therapy.
34 minDr. Michael Hyland, DPT
Owner, Hyland Physical Therapy & Wellness
Why Parkinson's patients often feel unheard, and how education became the center of Michael's practice.
28 minNichole Harju, PT, DPT, CAFS
President & COO, Creative Rehab
Nichole once planned to study sharks. Instead she found physical therapy, and now runs Creative Rehab.
35 minDr. Anne Reilley, PT, DPT, MS
Owner, Reilley Physical Therapy (Ithaca, NY)
How Anne opened her practice during the pandemic and grew it into a trusted name in her community.
25 minDerek Smith, PT
Co-owner, Roaming Rehab Physical Therapy (Buffalo, NY)
Derek walks through building a mobile practice and the real challenges of Medicare-based mobile physical therapy.
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If you run a therapy practice, or you're thinking about starting one, you'll hear how other clinicians actually did it, what they'd change, and what's working right now.
Growing a team, managing payers, keeping clinicians happy and your schedule full.
Pricing, concierge care, longer sessions and building a practice that doesn't depend on insurance.
Escaping burnout, starting small, and the first steps from employee to practice owner.
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Physical, occupational and speech therapists, chiropractors and other clinicians who own a practice or want to start one. Guests share how they built their clinics, what they would do differently and what is working for them now.
The Clinic Talk Podcast is produced by HelloNote. Episodes are hosted by the HelloNote team, including CEO Steve Glukh and COO Dmitry Shevchenko.
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Cash-based and concierge care, starting a private practice, growing and leading a team, pediatric and speech therapy, pelvic and women's health, neurological care, and mental and behavioral health.
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