Business Consulting for Therapy Practice Owners
Because every owner deserves to love their practice culture, trust their hires, have efficient systems, and save time in their lives.
Tell me if this sounds like you…
want to revamp your hiring process with intention and a special emphasis on finding the right people
desperately want to create a heathy practice culture, but feel unsure about how to effectively do this and maintain it without 24/7 oversight
are having an issue with (a) toxic employee(s), and are unsure about how to handle it while not disrupting your entire practice culture and systems
are tired of feeling uncertain about how employees feel and what they want, and want help embedding feedback systems into your practice
feel frustrated about balls getting dropped by people who don’t seem to understand what their role is or how to effectively do it, and yet you feel unsure about how to solve this issue for good
feel overwhelmed by the amount of tasks on your plate, but don’t know which person to delegate those tasks to and aren’t sure how to let go of the tasks
know you need to clarify your org chart to be on the same page as your team, but can’t figure out the best way to structure your practice roles
want to conceptualize the next, most important roles to integrate into your org chart, but feel both confused and uncertain about what should come first
want to develop a leadership team, but are unsure which roles are most important and which people are the best fit from your team
feel reticent to create a leadership team that you desperately need because you’ve done this in the past and it went poorly (think once-bitten-twice-shy mentality) or because you’re overwhelmed by the thought of doing it
pronouns: she/her
I’m Tara. Happy you’re here!
I’m a therapist-entrepreneur, supervisor, and practice consultant with a zest for organizational culture, hiring the right people, and intentional design
I’ve got a knack for a few things.
First, practice consulting. My passion and zest is hardcore about organizational health, hiring the right people, and intentional design. What does that mean, exactly? Well, I’ll explain.
Organizational health is about the overall wellness of your practice. Is morale high? Are people engaged? Do employees feel both invested and valued? Is everybody generally satisfied? There’s way more to it than that, of course, but those are the broad brush strokes.
Hiring the right people is about, well, just that - hiring the right people. Hiring is hard, for real, but I’ll say that hiring the right people is a way of ensuring that your turnover remains low and bad apples get booted quickly. [Yes, even if you have solid hiring processes, you’ll have poor fits sneak in!]
Intentional design is all about doing things with purpose. This is from how you set up your systems, how you streamline your processes, how you make decisions, the vision you set, and the values you exude. All of it.
Secondly, I’m a therapist-entrepreneur. What does this mean, exactly? Well, it means that I started out as a private practitioner, and quickly shifted into owning and running a group therapy practice. While I started out with a hefty caseload, the majority of my current time is focused on building the business and ensuring alignment with our vision.
Lastly, I’m a supervisor in the state of Missouri. My clinical specialty is couples work, which includes quite a few trainings (Gottman levels 1, 2, and 3, PREP facilitator, and Prepare/Enrich), as well as a dissertation focused on anxiety and marital satisfaction in women (Vossenkemper, 2020). I love all things couples, and especially thrive with couples working through toxic conflict (excessive or nonexistent) or on the brink of divorce.
Education and Training
I’ve earned a PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision at the University of Missouri - Saint Louis, a Master of Arts in Counseling at Missouri Baptist University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (with a minor in Criminal Justice). I’ve taught on and off (mostly on) since 2012, have been supervising both interns and provisional clinicians (completing their full licensure requirements) since 2014, and have been doing consulting for other therapy practice owners since 2020.