The Money Sessions
Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we’ll do the math.🎁 Download our FREE Life First Fees Private Practice Calculator 👉🏽 Ready to charge Life First Fees? What does it actually mean to be good enough to charge $600 per session? More certifications? Another modality? A better niche? A prettier website? Most therapists assume that charging premium fees is simply a reflection of clinical expertise. But in this episode, Tiffany challenges that assumption and asks a much deeper question: What if the thing that allows someone to charge $600 per session has less to do with what...
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Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we’ll do the math.🎁 Download our FREE Life First Fees Private Practice Calculator 👉🏽 Ready to charge Life First Fees? What happens when a therapist charges $600 per session and becomes the target of criticism, projection, outrage, and endless commentary from other therapists? In this powerful and provocative episode, Tiffany sits down with a mystery guest we'll call Maverick—a Canadian trauma therapist who built a thriving premium fee practice and now charges $600 per session for deeply relational trauma work. Maverick shares the...
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Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we’ll do the math.🎁 Download our FREE Life First Fees Private Practice Calculator 👉🏽 Ready to charge Life First Fees? Therapists are afraid of a lot of things. Raising their fees. Leaving insurance panels. Being visible. Being judged. Failing publicly. But according to Tiffany, one of the biggest obstacles standing between therapists and the lives they actually want isn't reality. It's a story. A story that says: Insurance is the only safe option. The market is too competitive. Clients won't pay. The economy won't support it. ...
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Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we’ll do the math.🎁 Download our FREE Life First Fees Private Practice Calculator 👉🏽 Ready to charge Life First Fees? What if the “messy middle” isn’t proof you’re failing… but proof you’re growing? In this deeply honest episode, Tiffany sits down with Danielle Robbins, an LMHC in New York, who went from opening a private practice with one client at a $200 fee to charging $255/session, nearly full, and preparing to leave group practice for good. But this is not a shiny overnight success story. This is the story of fear....
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Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we’ll do the math.🎁 Download our FREE Life First Fees Private Practice Calculator 👉🏽 Ready to charge Life First Fees? What if the thing standing between you and your Life First Practice isn’t strategy? What if it’s the story you tell yourself about who you’re allowed to be? In this deeply personal episode, Tiffany shares a surprising encounter that sparked a profound realization about wealth, self-concept, and the invisible limits therapists place on themselves. A simple conversation about the Hamptons uncovered something many...
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Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we’ll do the math.🎁 Download our FREE Life First Fees Private Practice Calculator 👉🏽 Ready to charge Life First Fees? What happens when the practice you built starts feeling like a trap? In this deeply honest Money Sessions episode, Tiffany sits down with therapist Hillary Pilotto to unpack the emotional, financial, and identity-level shifts that helped them go from exhausting $6K months to consistent $10K+ months… while seeing WAY fewer clients. And here’s the thing: Hillary already had what many therapists think they want. A...
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Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we’ll do the math.🎁 Download our FREE Life First Fees Private Practice Calculator 👉🏽 Ready to charge Life First Fees? There is a reason so many therapists are exhausted, resentful, financially anxious, and quietly fantasizing about leaving the profession altogether. And it’s not because they “aren’t good at business.” It’s because most therapists are trying to run their private practice like a cupcake shop. In this sharp, disruptive, and deeply clarifying episode, Tiffany unpacks one of the biggest misunderstandings...
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Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we’ll do the math. 🎁 Download our FREE Fun with Fees Calculator 👉🏽 Ready to charge Life First Fees? Think therapists in Canada can’t charge premium fees? Think again. In this episode of The Money Sessions, Tiffany sits down with Amelia Sloan, a Canadian-based therapist whose journey challenges the belief that geography, culture, or the therapy industry determines what you can earn. Before making changes in their practice, Amelia was seeing 15–18 clients a week, charging roughly $80–$140 per session, and bringing in about $5K–$6K...
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Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we’ll do the math.🎁 Download our FREE Life First Fees Private Practice Calculator 👉🏽 Ready to charge Life First Fees? Therapists are asking the wrong question. The question is not: “How do I get more clients?” The real question is: “How do I become a therapist whose work creates powerful, noticeable transformation?” Because in 2026, clients are no longer simply looking for weekly emotional maintenance. They are looking for results. And therapists who can confidently help clients experience meaningful movement—without...
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Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we’ll do the math. 🎁 Download our FREE Fun with Fees Calculator 👉🏽 Ready to charge Life First Fees? What happens when you cut your income in half… and feel more free than ever? In this unforgettable episode of The Money Sessions, Tiffany sits down with Krissy Johnson, LMFT, whose path into private practice is anything but traditional. Before becoming a therapist, Krissy toured the country as a performer. When COVID shut down the industry, she finally used the therapy degree she had earned years earlier—quickly building a full...
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Every therapist has asked this question—
even if only silently:
“Is it ethical for me to charge this much?”
And underneath that…
“Who gets to decide?”
In this episode, Tiffany takes on one of the most confusing, loaded, and emotionally charged topics in our field: the ethics of fees.
Because right now, therapists are getting very mixed messages.
Charge more—but don’t be greedy.
Take care of yourself—but don’t abandon accessibility.
Build wealth—but stay humble.
Value your work—but don’t make clients uncomfortable.
So who do you listen to?
Your grad school training?
Your licensing board?
Your colleagues in Facebook groups?
The loudest voices on Instagram?
Or the quiet voice in your own body that knows something isn’t working?
In this episode, Tiffany cuts through the noise and names the deeper issue:
Most therapists are outsourcing their ethical authority.
And it’s keeping them stuck, under-earning, and disconnected from the very clients they’re meant to serve.
In this episode, Tiffany breaks down:
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Why the “ethics of fees” conversation is often rooted in fear, not actual ethics
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The difference between ethical responsibility and emotional discomfort
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How therapist culture reinforces confusion, guilt, and second-guessing around money
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Why looking to misaligned peers for guidance will keep you stuck
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The role of personal responsibility in determining your fees
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What it actually means to run an ethical, sustainable, professional practice
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Why undercharging can be just as unethical as overextending yourself
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How to start trusting your own clinical and financial authority
This episode is not about giving you a number.
It’s about giving you your authority back.
Because ethics are not determined by the loudest, most anxious voices in the room.
They are determined by your ability to think clearly, act responsibly, and build a practice that actually works—for you and your clients.
If you’re ready to set fees that are both ethical and sustainable email tiffany@leaninmakebank.com with the subject line “I’m Ready.”
Because the real question isn’t:
“Is this ethical?”
It’s:
“Am I willing to take responsibility for building a practice that actually works?”