How I went from burned out to fired up about helping SLPs and OTs build successful private practices
Only two years into being a speech-language pathologist I began to feel ineffective, stuck and burned out. So I decided to start a private practice much earlier than I had planned to. After a few years, I decided to share what I had learned and fill in the business knowledge gap that exists for most SLPs and OTs.
Since 2008, I have helped 10,000+ speech-language pathologists and occupational therapists build private practices full-time or “on the side” to have more freedom, flexibility, financial abundance and to live an amazing life as an SLP or OT and family member.
And now I want to help you, too.


How I went from burned out to fired up about helping SLPs and OTs build successful private practices
Only two years into being a speech-language pathologist I began to feel ineffective, stuck and burned out. So I decided to start a private practice much earlier than I had planned to. After a few years, I decided to share what I had learned and fill in the business knowledge gap that exists for most SLPs and OTs.
Since 2008, I have helped 10,000+ speech-language pathologists and occupational therapists build private practices full-time or “on the side” to have more freedom, flexibility, financial abundance and to live an amazing life as an SLP or OT and family member.
And now I want to help you, too.


Back when I first started, it was hard to find information on how to start a speech therapy private practice. Whenever I looked at the ASHA website to learn more about private practice everything looked scary, overwhelming and made me incompetent and terrified about making mistakes.
I thought that in order to have a private practice you had to have a brick an mortar clinic, have $5,000 to $10,000 saved in the bank and 20+ years of experience. It turns out, that is the “old way” of starting a practice.

Back when I first started, it was hard to find information on how to start a speech therapy private practice. Whenever I looked at the ASHA website to learn more about private practice everything looked scary, overwhelming and made me incompetent and terrified about making mistakes.
I thought that in order to have a private practice you had to have a brick an mortar clinic, have $5,000 to $10,000 saved in the bank and 20+ years of experience. It turns out, that is the “old way” of starting a practice.

I teach the New Way to start a private practice
The New Way to start a private practice is much simpler, less overwhelming and more profitable - which is why it works much better for most SLPs and OTs.
Turns out, you can start a successful private practice:

Without quitting your job (see clients “on the side” and keep your steady pay & benefits as long as you need them)

Without waiting for 20 years (as long as you have something to bring to the table!)

Without to save tons of money or going into debt (instead, use your earnings to pay off your debt!)

Without a business background (no - you don’t need an MBA!)
Watch my FREE training where I cover the New Way to start a private practice

I am a wife and mom to two young boys (Hayes & Holden)
I love spicy food
I know all of the words to most Broadway musicals but can’t sing
I read a book a week (favorite genres: business, biography and non-fiction)
I love to cook and have a goal of cooking 1 new meal a week
I’m an Enneagram 9 and an introvert
I like pina coladas and rain but not yoga nor champagne
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“I’m on a mission to help 1,000 SLPs and OTs start their private practices this year.”
Jena H. Castro-Casbon, MS CCC-SLP