Show Notes:
You may feel like you’re on your own in private practice. Rajani Venkatraman Levis wants you to do what she did: ask for help and be in community with other healers. She shares what it was like for her as an immigrant to take the scary leap into private practice and encourages others to do the same. Listen as she gets personal about her entrepreneurial journey and shares the self-care tools that keep her feeling resilient as a therapist and as a human.
Topics Discussed In This Episode:
How she started teaching and public speaking
Why therapists of color often get funneled away from private practice
The need for diversity in our field and in private practice in particular
Why navigating private practice was particularly intimidating as a POC and an immigrant
How she honors a period of silence every day (and why it wasn’t easy at first!)
Her fees, with real numbers as usual
The day-long training she’s developed about vicarious resilience
How to be known as an expert in trauma without burning out
Many ways to use EMDR in a private practice
Creating community and asking for help
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