Born and raised in a generation that doesn’t have access to mental health services, Laurie stepped up and developed herself to function as a catalyst of change in the society. Driven by her personal struggles growing up and the gap that’s noticeable in the school counseling field, she decided to open her own practice to further extend her expertise to her community. Her approach to tapering down sessions with clients is highly admired where she helps them build their own toolbox so as not to be dependent on her therapeutic services.
Today’s guest is a proud alumni of the Dope Therapist Academy and a current student of the Elite Coaching Mastermind. Tune in as she takes us to her personal and professional perspective on growing and scaling her own private practice, implementing her framework to clients, and faithfully pursuing her goal to generate multiple streams of income.
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Guest Bio:
Laurie Ford is the CEO of Laurie Ford Counseling and Consulting, PLLC Online Therapy Private Practice. Laurie’s mission is to provide guidance to women who are “ Ready” to acknowledge, nurture, and heal their inner child issues. She dedicated over 10 years of experience helping individuals and families bridge the gap between healing and overcoming generational barriers. Laurie is a proud generational curse breaker.
Aside from being a mental health provider, she is an author, her expertise extends to helping individuals connect with their “ Inner Child” to manifest healing.
Connect | Laurie
Website: https://www.lfordcounseling.com/
IG: @_mrs.fordcounseling (https://www.instagram.com/_mrs.fordcounseling/)
Episode Timeline:
- An overview of Laurie and her practice (02:40)
- What motivated her to get into the mental health field? (03:17)
- What community does she serve in her practice? (05:01)
- What would an ideal client expect from their consultation & therapy sessions with Laurie? (06:23)
- Aiming to decrease the number of sessions with a client, what is her strategy for them not to be dependent on her services? (11:06)
- What feedback does she usually receive from her therapy clients? (13:09)
- What was it like to leave her 9-5 job? (17:47)
- All about her books, workbooks, masterclass and other streams of income (22:28)
- How to avail Laurie's products and services (30:13)
Standout Quotes from Laurie:
- "That's one big thing about my practice: We get to the root of things because I cannot counsel or help you through the 40-year-old you when you’re still stuck at the 15-year-old you. So my ideal client is ready to acknowledge and work through the 15-year-old them first..." (05:36)
- "Another big thing I wanna highlight is the TRANSPARENCY; that I do not have a co-dependent. That was one thing that stood out to me because I'm like, wow that is a compliment; she's letting me become dependent on the skills that she's taught me and not be dependent on her." (13:36)
- "I prayed and one thing He said to me was, you can't teach yourself how to be your 5-year self. You only can go further than you know. You have to make sure that you are surrounded and be in a program with somebody who can teach you the level that I’m gonna take you to, but I've also ordained different people to help you get there." (18:50)
- "Everybody in DTA was first of all, mindset-driven and very open. I wasn't used to being around a lot of women who are open to sharing their mistakes and their growth. We built relationships and guess what, it was people that were in the game for 10 years, 5 years." (20:29)
Standout Quotes from Doctor TK:
- "Therapists can only help them based on what information they're choosing to share. This is why some clients, I think, help de-stigmatize mental health because some people think we're psychic. Yeah we can read your body language, we can assume or try to guess what you're thinking but you still have to correct us. And so in order for somebody even to go through your 'acronym', they have to be willing to be vulnerable to open up because you need to hit all those 'pain points' and clear out their baggage." (09:47)
- "I do believe that all of us have our framework or theoretical orientation, but what stands in our way at times is us devaluing ourselves as a provider, not understanding the impact that we have because, let's be honest, we're not taught in business or even follow-up with the client when we're done to see- like a customer survey or life satisfaction. We have to be very creative." (12:20)
- "Therapists, don't depend on a questionnaire because a lot of the feedback that you're getting is every single day when you meet with the client. The fact that they showed up should be feedback no.1." (15:02)
- "The goal of building streams of income in your business is not to go and create 7 different businesses. You're not supposed to create 7 LLCs. What you should do is that you utilize your expertise and that is technically the top of your stool." (26:56)
Resources Mentioned:
- Get access to the Dope Therapist Community Freebie Library
- Join the Elite Coaching Mastermind 2022 Notification List
- Join the waitlist for the Dope Therapist Academy: Manifest A Profitable Private Practice
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