How Grief Changed Her Path (IFS, Brainspotting & Energy Healing) with Jaclyn Tyson
Rebel Therapist
This podcast is changing because my work is changing! I’m still offering business coaching, and you can find out how I help therapists and healers with their businesses at . AND I’ve stepped back into working with clients as a healer. I have been on a HUGE healing journey of my own that started with a guided psychedelic journey in January of 2023. I then received Brainspotting, first from my friend, Alicia Taverner. Hire her if you can. She’s at .* Then I received some parts work. I have gotten so much help from these modalities. They really get to the root of my trauma in a way that...
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A Program For People With Ancestral Ties To The Nazi Regime with Iris Brilliant and Justine Epstein
Rebel Therapist
My 2 guests today created and will co-facilitate The Hour Before Dawn A Program for Inheritors of Wealth with Family Ties to the Nazi Regime who want to take ancestral responsibility and create a more just world. () Iris Brilliant is a money coach based in Berlin, Germany. She guides wealthy people who are confused or conflicted about what to do with their money to create a deeply liberating vision and plan for their wealth. She has recently shaped her career to fight fascism globally. Justine Epstein is a facilitator and mentor for people with inherited wealth who want to examine the...
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Create Content That Builds Your Audience
Rebel Therapist
I’ve been regularly creating content to build and nurture my audience for 10 years now. This strategy has worked really well for me. It’s been a huge part of how I’ve drawn people to my work and built their trust. My content has also helped thousands of people who I’ll never have the pleasure of meeting. AND…creating content week after week can be overwhelming. Daniel Fava had me on his podcast, Private Practice Elevation, and we dug into all of my insights about how to create content that matters. I realized this conversation includes a lot of things I haven’t shared with you, and...
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A Group Process For Ancestral Healing | Judy Hu
Rebel Therapist
When you engage in your own healing, how does your work change? Today I’m talking to Judy Hu. They’ve created a group process to alchemize generational trauma, and in this episode she talks all about her own path to healing and finding this way of working. They also guide me through an unexpected and powerful process during the interview. Judy Hu is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor turned Boundary Coach based in Massachusetts. Judy is the author of bestselling book, The Boundary Revolution: Decolonize Your Relationships and Discover a New Path to Joy, which documents the framework Judy...
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Real Advice About Creating Your Own Program: An Open Coaching Call
Rebel Therapist
Before I share the replay of this open coaching call I want to tell you… Wednesday, April 2nd is the last day to sign up for in 2025. Do you have a sense of what having your own course or program could do for your career? If you’ve been sitting on an idea for a while, I want to invite you to create your program with me. This is the process where you take your incredible strengths as a therapist or healer and you create a signature program so that you can serve more people, make more money, and get your best ideas out of your head and into a unique container you’ll be able to offer over...
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Creating and Filling A Program About Shame | Tatra De La Rosa
Rebel Therapist
Got shame? When shame shows up, it’s overwhelming and contagious. My guest has created a process to help therapists transform shame with their clients. You’re about to hear how she created her program, how her process works, and how she transformed her own shame in the process of building her business. Tatra De La Rosa is a therapist and educator with a private practice in Northern California where she provides supervision and training to associate therapists, and teaches graduate students on the path to becoming therapists. She’s been working with clients in her private practice to heal...
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Returning To Your Program After Time Away | Kate Ahl
Rebel Therapist
Sometimes you have to unexpectedly step away from your business. When you return, it’s really helpful to have a program you’ve created that you can dive back into. Having your own program separate from your private practice gives you a way to serve people and make money from anywhere, and you don’t lose that branch of your business, even if you move to a different part of the world. That’s the story of this week’s guest. Kate Ahl is a therapist and coach with over 20 years' experience of working with writers, researchers and academics, in the UK and the US. For many years she was an...
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Visibility And Vulnerability With José Aleman
Rebel Therapist
Pivoting to work beyond private practice usually means getting more visible. And getting more visible can bring up a lot of vulnerability for people, especially people who are therapists. Today’s guest is putting himself out there in new ways, and finding that while he grows his audience, he also finds there’s a way it is contributing to his own healing. Jose Aleman is a therapist-turned-coach with over 20 years of experience. As the creator of Loving Your Awkward Self, Jose offers confidence-boosting content tailored to queer, first-generation, and BIPOC individuals, while welcoming all....
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Create Your Program AND Write Your Book | Dr. Christen Mullane
Rebel Therapist
Here’s a really cool idea: create a program that helps your write your book. When you create a program you get to take your best ideas, turn them into a clear process, AND help a group of people in real time. You get feedback and make adjustments along the way so that your process gets even better. Then you write your book knowing that you’re writing something that really helps people. Both your program and your book allow you to help more people and get known for your work. That’s what today’s guest, Dr. Christen Mullane has been up to. She’s a clinical psychologist and certified...
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Numbers to track and ignore
Rebel Therapist
We’re out of balance with how much of our brain energy we give to certain numbers. Like when this happens in my brain: “How many likes did I get for that post?” A few minutes later…”How about now?” Not useful. I want the numbers I track and encourage my clients and listeners to track to be highly meaningful and helpful in making real business decisions. I never want those numbers to make us feel bad or to help us assess our worthiness. Fuck that. Useful numbers help us make decisions and pay attention to what we care about. Less useful numbers stress us out and distract us from...
info_outlineToday I’m gonna talk about one of the fastest and least stressful ways to start a group program.
Let’s say you’re excited to run a signature program beyond your private practice, and you know you want it to be a small group.
I relate. I LOVE running groups.
Just a few reasons you might be in love with the idea of creating a group program:
- Participants benefit from each other’s wisdom and feel less alone.
- You make more money.
- A sense of accountability is often bigger in a group.
- Groups give you energy.
- You’re gifted at running groups.
- In a group, you get the richness of discussion.
Let’s imagine this is you.
You’ve written up a sales page or registration page for your program. You’ve told everyone you know all about it. You’ve sent out emails to your small but growing email list. You’ve posted on instagram, in FB groups and anywhere else where it’s appropriate to post. You’ve reached out to every single colleague who might make a referral. You’ve even reached out directly to a handful of people who you think would be great participants with a no pressure invitation to check it out.
All your friends and colleagues are excited for you. You keep hearing: “People will want this!” You’ve got the outline ready. You’ve got the zoom link ready to share. The group calls are on your calendar. You’ve figured out how to accept payments. You are just SO ready.
You offer a free consultation to anyone who has questions about the program and might want to sign up.
And then the consultations start…
You talk to one person who might be interested but not right now and is wondering when you’ll run it again.
You talk to another person who might be interested and will let you know.
You talk to a third person who decides to sign up. Yay!
You talk to a fourth person who says they want to do it but then realize they’ll be away for the first 3 weeks of your program.
And then…no more consultations. No more sign ups. And your start date is next week. Arg!
Did you do something wrong? Is your group not meant to be?
First of all, you are not alone. This has happened to me. This has happened to many people who run successful group programs now.
This often happens when you’re transitioning to a new kind of business. Even if you already had a full therapy practice, this can easily happen when you step into selling a program for the first time.
Perhaps your mistake (if you made one) was to start with a group program.
Perhaps you should have started with a 1:1 structured, niched and outcome based program.
What?! We just talked about why you really prefer to run a group.
But you STILL might be better off starting your pilot program 1:1 and then turning that offer into a group when your business is ready.
Listen to the episode in which I break down why starting with a 1:1 structured, niched and outcome based program might be your fastest, least stressful way to create a group program.
Show notes at https://rebeltherapist.me/podcast/218