From Intern to Entrepreneur is the podcast for counseling graduate students (and other grad students in mental health fields) to start planning their journey to private practice while they're still in graduate school!  Host, Cori White, started planning her journey while she was still in her graduate program and it paid off BIG to start planning EARLY. In this episode, Cori speaks to Phebe Brako-Owusu - and WOW does she have a lot to say!  (And DAMN is she funny, btw!). Phebe talks about her immigration to the US, her decision to become a therapist, her experience in community mental health, and her journey into private practice. AND HER ADVICE IS SOOOO SOLID!  More about Phebe: Phebe  Brako-Owusu, an award-winning Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist  and Consultant, was born and raised in Ghana. She is licensed to see  clients in Washington and Washington DC. Her passion for helping  immigrants build a home away from home led her into private practice in  2016, and in 2021 she founded 253 Therapy and Consult in University Place, WA to  mentor the next generation of therapists and increase accessibility to  mental health services in Washington state. Phebe is a Washington state  approved supervisor and is a doctoral student pursuing her PhD in  counselor education and supervision. She is an upcoming adjunct  professor at Antioch University New England who is currently researching  international transracial adoption and hopes to pursue her research  further in Ghana. Website: www.phebebrakolmft.com [http://www.phebebrakolmft.com/] Instagram: @phebebrakolmft [https://www.instagram.com/phebebrakolmft/] Want to connect with Cori?  Join her facebook community here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/frominterntoentrepreneur