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The Hidden Reality of Running a Private Practice

25 May 2026 · 1 min

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In this video, the speaker reflects on the surprising amount of backend and administrative work involved in owning a private practice. Despite taking courses and purchasing marketing packages, they emphasize that a significant amount of effort still falls on the owner. They acknowledge that while the workload is heavier than expected, they anticipate that streamlining processes over time will make the effort worthwhile and lead to a smoother operation.

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Has there been anything that's like surprised you so far as like a private practice owner? Just the amount of backend work that goes into it. It's not easy. It's not quick and simple. No matter how much help you have, I've taken like courses, purchased packages and things like that to help with marketing. No matter how much help you have, you still have to put in a lot of work on your own. And in the long run, of course, that's gonna be worth it. You know, you put in all this work. On the back end to make it happen. But it's definitely more work admin-wise than I expected it to be. But, you know, I think once things get going a little bit more and I can streamline and slow things down in that area, I kind of just felt like, oh, let me just check these couple boxes and, and we're off. And it's a lot, but it'll be worth it.