Starting and growing a group practice is a bold move. It’s exciting, meaningful, and filled with possibility. But it can also feel incredibly isolating. You’ve got therapists relying on you, clients to serve, admin fires to put out, and a vision to chase—if you can even remember what that vision was in the first place.

That’s exactly why I started the Empowered to Lead podcast.

As a group practice owner, you are not just a clinician anymore. You are a business owner. That means the way you operate must be sustainable, boundaried, and legally sound.

You write contracts not only to protect your practice, but to clarify expectations and uphold your role as a business leader. And if your contractor agreement states that clinicians are only paid for sessions the clinic gets paid for—then that’s the agreement. Full stop.