2024's Must-Have Online Resources for Therapists in Private Practice

Today, clinicians looking to start and manage their own therapy practice can easily access valuable information on attracting new clients, establishing a good reputation, and discovering suitable business resources via podcasts, newsletters, social media, and various other platforms.

To set yourself up for success in the new year, I compiled a list for you of the best online resources that offer valuable content for therapists in private practice.

Updated for 2024.

Best podcasts for therapists

Therapy For Your Money podcast with Julie Herres, the CEO and Founder of GreenOak Accounting. It covers all things money and finance for private practice owners.

The Practice of Therapy with Gordon Brewer helps therapists, counselors, and other mental health clinicians start, build, and grow in their private practices. Whether you are just starting into private practice or have been in it a while, it will give you information to help you grow and succeed!

Selling the Couch with Melvin Varghese is the #1 podcast for mental health private practitioners. Listening to it, you'll learn how successful business owners get referrals, make money, work through fears, and how they've stopped "trading time for income."

Heard Business School - this is a new podcast hosted by Michael Fulwiler from Heard, a financial back office for therapists. With new episodes released every Monday, you'll hear interviews and success stories with therapists and business owners.

I'm including it in this list because Heard has been consistently producing high-quality resources for therapists and I'm convinced that their podcast will be just as good.

The Therapy Show with Lisa Mustard, LMFT is a must-listen to learn everything you need to know about Continuing Education. It's not only a podcast but an entire education library of courses and resources to help you with CE.

Money Skills for Therapists the Podcast with Linzy Bonham demystifies all things private practice finances through short and sweet solo episodes, conversations with therapists who have transformed their relationships with money, and live coaching calls with Money Skills for Therapists students.

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Best social media accounts to follow for therapists

Andrea Rotondo is the owner of Liquid Cents Bookkeeping. She posts on LinkedIn about developing helpful financial systems for therapists. Her posts are always easy to follow, accessible, and fun!

Avivit Fisher is yours truly and the founder of REdD Strategy. I create content specifically for therapists who want to attract private pay clients. If that's you, make sure to follow me on LinkedIn and say "hi"!

Christopher Brown's LinkedIn account is filled with helpful information on adding psychedelic therapies to your practice. If you've been interested in integrative therapy for your practice, follow Christopher to learn about it.

Private Practice Skills is a YouTube channel hosted by Dr. Marie Fang. It offers tips to make the process of starting private practice simple and accessible. Access information she's learned along the way. Learn to start your business, build your brand, market yourself, and maintain your practice with these quick weekly tools.

Steve Turney's LinkedIn account is the one to follow if you want to connect to the top voices in the mental health space. Steve is the Executive Director of the annual Mental Health Conference and just a genuinely nice guy and a mental health advocate.

BEST NEWSLETTErs for therapists

Therapy Marketer is a weekly newsletter for therapists that teaches marketing in 5 minutes or less. Every week you'll get free tips that help therapists get better at marketing. Always concise with actionable takeaways.

Therapy Flow is another weekly newsletter written by Joshua Brummel, the founder of the Therapy Flow agency. Joshua focuses on sales and marketing tactics that help therapists hustle less and flow more.

Therapy Business Brief was created for therapy business owners. Every week therapists get the best hand-picked industry news, trends, and marketing tips to help them fill their schedules and take their practice to the next level.

Behavioral Health Business is an independent source for breaking news and up-to-date information on the mental health and addiction recovery industry. It's focused on covering the trends, ideas, and people shaping the future of the industry.

Brighter Vision's weekly newsletter offers tips, webinars, and advice on digital marketing that help therapists build a private practice.

best blogs for therapists

Pollen is an online magazine created by Simple Practice that features articles on topics like therapy business, marketing, wellness, and inspiration. Written by a collective of writers, it sets the gold standard in the health and wellness space.

The REdD Strategy blog is an online library of guides, tools, and articles on all things marketing for therapists. It offers in-depth articles on branding, strategies for attracting and retaining clients, business tools for practice growth, and marketing resources.

Simplified SEO is a unique blog that dives deep into everything SEO. Created and written by Jessica Tappana, a licensed therapist, and her team it offers articles on subjects like keyword research, blogging, local SEO, and much more.

Productive Therapist is a blog that covers all the topics that help therapists stay productive and efficient. Written by Uriah Guilford, MFT, it's a treasure trove of resources and information on getting more done!

Counseling Wise is a savvy blog written by Becky DeGrossa about all aspects of running a private practice business.

Final word

If you liked this post, you may also like to read The Ultimate Guide to Business Training for Therapists.

Let me know if you'd like to see another resource on this list.