The Money Sessions

Tiffany McLain
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The Money Sessions

Deep, thoughtful, raw conversations with real therapists who are in the midst of leaning into raising fees and making bank – all while working with the clients they are passionate about serving.

  1. When You're Doing Everything Right... And It's Still Not Working.

    5D AGO

    When You're Doing Everything Right... And It's Still Not Working.

    Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we'll do the math. Download our FREE Fun with Fees Calculator here 👉🏽 https://www.leaninmakebank.com/free    What do you do when you’ve done the mindset work, you’re confidently charging premium fees, and you’ve built a solid foundation for your private practice—yet the clients still aren’t coming?    In this episode of The Money Sessions, Tiffany takes on the tough reality that even when you’re doing everything "right," things can still feel like they’re falling apart.    She dives deep into the real reasons businesses fail, the importance of adapting to a changing market, and what it actually takes to sustain a premium fee practice long-term.    If you're wondering what the next step is when your practice feels like it's stalling, tune in for insight, strategy, and some real talk from someone who’s been there.   In this episode, Tiffany shares:   Why so many therapists feel like they're doing everything right but still struggle to stay full;    The sobering statistics about business failure—and how they apply to private practice;   What to do when you're feeling stuck, frustrated, and ready to throw in the towel;   THE key to long-term success in private practice.   Resources Mentioned:   Fun with Fees Calculator

    23 min
  2. From Burnout to Balance: Monica’s Journey to a Premium Private Practice.

    APR 14

    From Burnout to Balance: Monica’s Journey to a Premium Private Practice.

    Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we'll do the math. Download our FREE Fun with Fees Calculator here 👉🏽 https://www.leaninmakebank.com/free   In this episode, we’re speaking with Monica Helvie, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and LIMB Academy grad based in Texas. Monica specializes in helping anxious achievers rediscover inner and outer balance, and also offers burnout recovery coaching for high-achieving career women.   Monica’s story is a powerful transformation from survival mode to success—from working multiple jobs, barely making it to daycare pickups, and feeling stuck in the insurance panel grind—to charging $250 per session, seeing just ten clients per week, and reclaiming her time, energy, and life.   If you’re stuck in survival mode, burning out under low insurance rates, or just dreaming of a different way to run your practice, this episode will challenge and inspire you.   In this episode, Monica shares:  How Monica went from three insurance panels and $50 cash pay sessions to a fully private pay practice charging $250 per session;  Three signs that being an insurance-based therapist was leading to burnout and causing her to recreate the old patterns of the hardworking-but-absent parent that she grew up with;  What’s currently working for Monica when it comes to marketing her premium fee practice;  Monica’s advice for therapists who are currently overwhelmed with insurance clients but don’t see any way out;  How her relationships, parenting, and personal life have flourished now that she’s no longer drowning in work;  How it was the idea of time freedom - and not necessarily more money - that allowed Monica to make massive changes in her life.   Resources mentioned:  LIMB Academy  FWF Calculator  Monica's Therapy Website    Monica's Coaching Website  Monica´s Instagram   More about Monica:  Monica is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in CA and TX, specializing in helping anxious achievers silence their inner drill sergeant to overcome self doubt, rediscover balance, and strengthen their authenticity. Monica also offers burnout recovery coaching for high-achieving career women who are ready to reclaim their energy, peace, and fulfillment in their work, health, and relationships without the overwhelm!

    50 min

  3. APR 7

    Why some therapists can charge $250/session and others simply cannot

    Email Tiffany (hey@leaninmakebank.com) with the word “NOW”.   Resources Mentioned:  Fun with Fees Calculator DM Tiffany on Instagram Send Tiffany an Email

    19 min
  4. Leaving Insurance Panels and Surviving a 50% Decrease in Revenue: Here’s What Ginelle Did Next.

    MAR 31

    Leaving Insurance Panels and Surviving a 50% Decrease in Revenue: Here’s What Ginelle Did Next.

    Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we'll do the math. Download our FREE Fun with Fees Calculator here 👉🏽 https://www.leaninmakebank.com/free   In this episode, we’re speaking with Ginelle Krummey, a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and LIMB grad based in North Carolina.   In today’s interview with Tiffany, Ginelle talks about how she continued to move forward even after she got off of insurance panels and lost about half of her caseload.   While her husband was also leaving his job. With a baby on the way.   At this point, many therapists would have given up, gone back, said it was impossible and returned to the relative security of a soul-crushing system—but not Ginelle.   Ginelle was determined to move forward and create the life that she ACTUALLY wanted for herself, a life that was in integrity with who and how she wanted to be.   Here’s her story.    In this episode, Ginelle shares:  How Ginelle decreased her hours and set a schedule that worked for her (which included leaving ALL insurance panels);  Three signs that made it clear that she needed to make a massive shift to her schedule and practice, even as other life transitions were happening;  The “afterlife”—what happened after she made these changes and how it prepared her for the world events that were to come;  Three pieces of strategic advice around shifting your mindset to help you be in integrity with who and how you want to be (even if it’s scary);  How she and her community were impacted by Hurricane Helene;  How building a life and practice that truly supports her helped her navigate the hurricane and its aftermath with resilience, ease, and the ability to support others.   Resources mentioned:  LIMB Academy FWF Calculator Ginelle’s Website  Ginelle’s Instagram   More about Ginelle:   Ginelle Krummey, LCMHC provides integrative feminist analytic therapy for couples and individuals in her scenic homesite office in the mountains outside of Asheville, NC. Ginelle specializes in burnout response and prevention for individuals and corporate entities. Ginelle contributes to the advancement of feminism with advocacy writing about the experiences and unmet needs of the population of birthing people she calls breastfeeding breadwinners. Outside of work, Ginelle spends time with her toddler and husband, Australian Shepherd and 4 chickens.

    53 min
  5. The White Man’s Burden: When Tiffany Paid $40/Session

    MAR 24

    The White Man’s Burden: When Tiffany Paid $40/Session

    I’m looking for 3 therapists who are ready to break free from the low fee trap. Find me on Instagram @leaninmakebank and DM me the word “POWER."   When therapists talk to me about needing to give back and be accessible, I often think about my own experience as a sliding scale client. I know what it feels like to pay a sliding scale fee. I know what it means to need help and not be able to afford it. But being a sliding scale client has its dark sides.   Resources Mentioned:  Fun with Fees Calculator DM Tiffany on Instagram Send Tiffany an Email

    22 min
  6. From Insurance Panels to $250 Sessions: Tavari’s In-Process Journey.

    MAR 17

    From Insurance Panels to $250 Sessions: Tavari’s In-Process Journey.

    Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we'll do the math. Download our FREE Fun with Fees Calculator here 👉🏽 https://www.leaninmakebank.com/free   In this episode, we’re speaking with Dr. Tavari Brown, Ph.D., LPC, MPH, CPCS, a LIMB grad and current mentor based out of Atlanta, Georgia.   Recorded before her move from LIMB student to mentor, Tavari takes this opportunity to share her in-process journey of leaving all insurance panels and charging cash pay, premium fee rates.   She gets real about her previous “damsel in distress” mentality and how she moved from waiting for rescue from a knight in shining armor to saving herself instead.   This episode will challenge you to think about yourself and your practice differently.  You won’t want to miss it.    In this episode, Tavari shares:  Three signs that let her know she needed to get off of all insurance panels;  How her clinical work has changed as a result of the changes she’s making in her mindset and practice;  How her marketing has changed as a result of her doing her deeper work;  A key question for any therapist seeing over 30 clients a week that believes they’re doing good work;  Three pieces of strategic advice for any therapist who is currently struggling with being overworked while seeing clients on insurance panels.   Resources mentioned:  LIMB Academy  FWF Calculator  Tavari’s Website   More about Tavari: Dr. Tavari Brown, Ph.D., LPC, MPH, CPCS is a health educator, licensed professional counselor, and counselor educator. Her public health career began as an Adolescent Health Advisor for a California health department prior to becoming a Public Health Advisor for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Dr. Brown integrates her public health knowledge with her counseling skills. She owns and operates an Atlanta based private counseling practice with a focus on cancer, grief, and fertility issues.

    50 min
  7. 3 Signs You’re Gaslighting Yourself Into Accepting a Practice That Doesn’t Work.

    MAR 10

    3 Signs You’re Gaslighting Yourself Into Accepting a Practice That Doesn’t Work.

    Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we'll do the math. Download our FREE Fun with Fees Calculator here 👉🏽 https://www.leaninmakebank.com/free    In today’s eye-opening episode, Tiffany calls out the all-too-common habit of therapists convincing themselves that everything is “fine.”  Even—and especially—when it’s not.   And you KNOW it.  (Cue the meme of that dog sitting in a room full of fire.)  But what can you do about it?!  If you’re ready to stop justifying exhaustion and start making real, lasting change, this is the episode for you.   In this episode, Tiffany shares:  How her own habit of saying “I’m fine” masked deeper struggles;  The power of radical honesty in recognizing what’s not actually working in your private practice;  The hidden costs of undercharging and overworking;  Why so many therapists end up in unsustainable practices and how to break free from survival mode;  The crucial first step to building a practice that actually serves YOU.   Resources Mentioned:  Fun with Fees Calculator DM Tiffany on Instagram Send Tiffany an Email

    18 min
  8. From Financial Insecurity to $525 Sessions: How Brianna Emancipated Herself.

    MAR 3

    From Financial Insecurity to $525 Sessions: How Brianna Emancipated Herself.

    Ready to set your fee? You choose the dream, we'll do the math. Download our FREE Fun with Fees Calculator here 👉🏽 https://www.leaninmakebank.com/free   In this episode, we’re speaking with Dr. Brianna Mann, PhD, a LIMB Academy grad based in Minnesota who specializes in working with high achievers.   Brianna gets real in today’s interview, talking about what it REALLY took for her to emancipate herself from a system that was not designed for her.  She also gets vulnerable, sharing what allowed her to keep moving forward—to keep moving towards her dream—even when she was leaving an abusive relationship, three months behind on her mortgage payments, half a million dollars in debt, and relying on welfare just to get by.  This story will inspire you—and challenge you—to think differently about yourself and the world around you.   In this episode, Brianna shares:  How a 20% decrease in reimbursement rates from her insurance panels pushed Brianna to go private pay;  What happened after Brianna joined the LIMB Academy and really started addressing her mindset work;  How she moved from financial insecurity and reliance on insurance panels to $525 private pay sessions;  Her top three pieces of strategic advice for a therapist who’s feeling stuck in their private practice;  The specific marketing strategies Brianna used to attract clients who were willing to pay her premium fees;  The difference between networking at therapist conferences and networking with professionals who hold themselves to a higher standard (this one is EXCITING).     Resources mentioned:  LIMB Academy  FWF Calculator  Brianna’s Website  Brianna's Dream Course Brianna's Digital Inner Child Meditation Brianna’s Pinterest More about Brianna: Dr. Brianna Mann, Ph.D works with high achievers who have obtained the American Dream and feel like they’ve been sold a bill of goods because they don’t feel any happier or like their lives any more. In fact, they actually feel depressed, anxious, neurotic or numb; they’ve found out the hard way that happiness and freedom are inside jobs. Dr. Mann works with them to find and heal the root of these problems, so they can stop the fake-it-until-you-make-it routine and experience freedom and joy as more than just pipe dreams.

    52 min
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Deep, thoughtful, raw conversations with real therapists who are in the midst of leaning into raising fees and making bank – all while working with the clients they are passionate about serving.

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  • Creator
    Tiffany McLain
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2025
  • Episodes
    123
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    ©2019
  • Show Website
    The Money Sessions

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