The community for emerging and established private practice therapists in the Greater Houston area

UNLOCK THE POTENTIAL OF YOUR PRACTICE

Connect . Grow . Thrive

  • You love being a therapist, but some days you question if it’s sustainable for you to run a private practice. Do these moments sound familiar?

    After a tough therapy session, you think “crap, did I do the right thing? Did I just misstep and create a rupture with my client? Am I a bad therapist?"

  • You love being a therapist, but some days you question if it’s sustainable for you to run a private practice. Do these moments sound familiar?

    You wish you could stick to your boundaries when a potential client sends you 3 emails demanding that you meet on Saturdays, even though you don’t work weekends.

  • You love being a therapist, but some days you question if it’s sustainable for you to run a private practice. Do these moments sound familiar?

    You’re preoccupied with whether to charge your no-show fee. You can’t really afford not to, but what if they get mad at you? It’s in your paperwork, right?

  • You love being a therapist, but some days you question if it’s sustainable for you to run a private practice. Do these moments sound familiar?

    A long-term client discloses a clinical issue that might be out of your scope. You have such a solid rapport; Could you still help them if you get consultation?

  • You love being a therapist, but some days you question if it’s sustainable for you to run a private practice. Do these moments sound familiar?

    You can’t even begin to think about the business side of growing and optimizing your practice. But you know it’s essential to eventually get off insurance and raise your rates.

Running your own practice doesn’t mean you have to run a business on your own.

What if you had on-demand access to trusted colleagues, expert consultation, and business resources with just a click?  

  • Post and process (without client details) the general struggle of those what-the-heck-just happened sessions  

  • Are supported by your peers to charge your no-show fee and make sure your paperwork backs you up

  • Find an expert to consult with so you can feel confident you’re practicing within your scope

  • Schedule a casual coffee date with a colleague who has tips on holding boundaries with difficult clients 

  • Watch a mini-training on marketing on your lunch break, feeling empowered to advance your practice 

  • Look forward to your peer group meeting where you’ll have space to get quality support and feedback

PICTURE THIS: It’s one of those hard days, but now your community is just a click away. In the PractiSage online community, you: 

Introducing

THE PRACTISAGE

THERAPIST COLLECTIVE

Through confidence-building resources and an intentional, private community, you’ll have everything you need to create a sustainable and meaningful private practice.  

MORE THAN JUST AN ONLINE COMMUNITY

Whether you’re new to private practice or seasoned, The PractiSage Therapist Collective is your go-to hub for shared learning, growth, accountability, and community.

Laura Collazos Spiller, PhD

Psychologist and Founder of The PractiSage Therapist Collective

Hey, I’m Laura! (she/her) I’m on a mission to help Houston therapists create joyful businesses that sustainably serve their lives, their clients, and their communities.

In the thick of the pandemic, we were all home, all the time. All 6 of us. 

No amount of fantasy novels, baking sourdough, or counting down to cocktail hour could help me ignore the unprecedented workload, unbearable isolation, and societal trauma.

Knowing there was an application for my psychology skills beyond therapy,

I worked with business coaches, marketing experts, copywriters, and a curriculum specialist (in the community, I’ll introduce you to these amazing folks!) to follow my dream to serve my community in a new way.  

I reigned in my burnout, reconnected to my love of therapy, and optimized my practice in a post-pandemic landscape. I realized my original vision of a ‘traditional’ group practice was too limiting.

I was meant to gather enterprising, community-minded therapists for shared learning, growth, and development. The PractiSage Therapist Collective was born.

JOIN THE COLLECTIVE ~

JOIN THE COLLECTIVE ~

PractiSage gives you ONE intentional space to meet all of your clinical and business needs – in person and online.

  • Seek out connection, collaboration, and community with colleagues. Like that back-in-grad-school-without-the-papers kinda community.

  • Give and receive sage knowledge to advance your business and clinical work. We know we can go further, together.

  • Nurture and implement your big ideas and entrepreneurial ambitions. Whether focused on building your dream practice or expanding beyond 1:1 therapy, you’ll be celebrated. 

  • Cultivate the skills to be the best clinician and business owner you can be. We seek out clinical excellence alongside sustainable/ethical business practices. 

  • Balance the freedom of working from home with a professional connection. Our spouses/cats/plants can only hear so much about license renewal requirements and legislative changes.

  • Thrive at all stages of private practice – starting, solo, and scaling. You’ll find a diverse community of like-minded clinicians at all stages of the journey.  

  • The PractiSage Therapist Community attracts therapists who are ready to prioritize quality, local relationships and build a trusted referral network. They value integrity, connection, and contribution – and a business that reflects that.

  • Unlike free Facebook Groups, PractiSage provides an online AND in-person container for intentional community, clinical consultation, coworking, and shared office space. You get to experience a values-driven community at your convenience, in-person and/or online, whichever suits you in your particular stage of life or business.

  • The PractiSage online community is detached from social media, so you can steer clear of distractions and annoying ads, easily access support, and resume your daily routine with greater ease. Plus, our resources are the most up-to-date and curated to what the community needs.

  • If you’re here, you know you’re a better clinician and happier person when you’re in a community with other like-minded therapists. You thrive when you can hone your clinical skills AND nourish your entrepreneurial dreams.

WHAT MAKES THE PRACTISAGE COMMUNITY DIFFERENT?

The PractiSage Therapist Community may not be the right fit for everyone.

    • You are a Texas-licensed mental health professional serving clients in the Greater Houston, TX area.

    • You are in solo private practice or plan to start your practice in the next year.

    • You value connection and appreciate the power that comes from sharing the journey.

    • You’re serious about building quality connections and a trusted referral network.

    • You get excited thinking about how to create a sustainable practice where you can express yourself and your ideas, and enjoy time for the things that matter.

    • You realize how much there is to learn in this field and appreciate both sharing your unique expertise and learning from others.

    • You care about creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment where everyone feels welcomed, valued, and respected.

    • You are not a Texas-licensed mental health professional.

    • You do not run a private practice or do not plan to start one within the next year.

    • You are a ‘lone wolf’ and prefer to keep to yourself and focus on your own path as opposed to sharing it with others.

    • You believe that all therapists should work in the office, and do not want to support others who are expanding services beyond traditional 1:1 therapy.

    • You feel solid in your clinical understanding and aren’t looking to add more knowledge and learning right now - nor to share your knowledge with others.

    • You do not want to hear and understand perspectives, opinions, and identities that may be different from your own.

    • You do not believe there are inequities within the therapy profession, nor want to take steps to remedy those.

If you crave a Houston-based community of tight-knit, trusted peers for support AND on-demand access to expert business resources, you’ll be right at home at The PractiSage Therapist Collective.

  • Connect with a Houston-based network of like-minded therapists

    Connect with a trusted network of local peers where you can share your specializations and have reliable resources for when you need to refer out.

  • Grow your business with access to practice-building resources

    Get support to establish your business, define and market to your ideal client, and stick with policies that protect you from burnout.

  • Thrive in peer groups curated for your clinical or business needs

    Easily collaborate with your peers for clinical consultation, marketing accountability, productive coworking, or business coaching.

Experience the Houston-based therapist community that will give you the confidence, connection, and collaboration to create your practice, your way.

Choose the option that works best for you and your practice.

Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Awesome! We’re excited to get to know you. For now, you can join the waitlist and reserve your discounted Groundbreaker membership. You’ll be ready to dive in when the community platform opens on September 5th.

  • Join now to reserve one of the limited GroundBreaker memberships, only $49/mo for the first 6 months (save $300). These are for founding members who sign up before September 1, 2023.

  • The offices will be open and ready to use by October 2023. You can join our email list to get news and updates, as well as be on the waiting list for office use. You can also reach out directly via the contact form to ask questions or set up a chat.

  • Using Heartbeat.chat, you can join our private community on either your phone with the app or on your computer browser. There are spaces on our community platform for conversations that are organized by topic, libraries for documents and resources, a searchable community directory, and more. You’ll be able to access everything you need from this app.

  • We want to keep the membership affordable, and we want to provide a high-quality, valuable experience. Membership fees pay for curating and creating content, as well as the technology and time needed to run the community. To ensure all referrals and recommendations are about what will most benefit our members, we don't accept sponsors or ads.

DIVERSITY STATEMENT

You believe that diversity in all its forms brings strength and richness to our community. Please join us in embracing diversity, overcoming biases, and building a more equitable community where all members feel empowered to contribute and thrive.