Episode 81: Nick DeCourcey has followed his aspirations

Meet Nick DeCourcey, an LICSW who recently started his private practice, Aspirations Counseling, and is transitioning full-time! His career climb has been fueled by a desire to work within his values. After getting his MSW, he began working in outpatient community mental health but felt that there was a misalignment in his views of helping clients compared to the agency which led him to consider private practice.

His private practice journey started with a lot of self-directed learning but then when he found Julia’s webinar on starting a private practice through the National Association of Social Workers, he felt more prepared to take action. After obtaining his LICSW, he scheduled a consult with Julia and decided to purchase a package to help guide him in building his business. He attributes a lot of his current success and profitability to Julia’s help as a consultant and recommends that everyone considering going into private practice get one!

Most impressively, he went from starting his private practice to leaving his agency job in less than a year! With such rapid growth in his private practice, it no longer made sense to continue seeing clients in the community mental health agency he had been working with. In a little over a year, he went from considering private practice, to establishing the business, to building a full time caseload. Find out how he did it, how a consultant can help, and how to tell if private practice may be right for you in this week’s episode.

Key highlights:

• Nick's transition to private practice was fueled by his desire “to help, not just be helpful”.

• Nick also said that “my private practice, getting it going and making it profitable, was easier than my final paper for my master’s”!

• To help him decide if it was the right move for him, Nick put a dollar value on his peace of mind.

• A consultant can not only give you resources and ideas on how to get going and keep going, but they can also help you avoid really expensive mistakes down the road.

• Nick shared that the 30 minute free consult Julia offered helped him determine they were the right fit.

• Nick has also worked hard to make himself “findable” like investing in his website, having a Psychology Today page, and even leaving his business cards (with chocolate chip cookies!) at local doctor’s offices.

Julia's Links:

Compassionate Consulting Company

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Nick’s Links:

Website

Psychology Today