Ep 109: How to Choose Between Insurance and Private Pay in Your Practice

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The Therapist Mom Podcast: Where Private Practice and Motherhood Collide

Ashley Comegys

126 episodes

5 days ago

Motherhood and private practice aren’t two separate worlds, they’re your whole world colliding every day. The Therapist Mom Podcast is your weekly reminder that you can build a practice that fits your life, not the other way around. Being a therapist and a mom isn’t about balance, it’s about building differently and refusing to play by rules that were never written for us. Hosted by Ashley Comegys, a therapist, coach, and mom of three. You’ll hear candid stories, rebellious truths, and practical strategies for designing a practice that gives you freedom, flexibility, and room to breathe. The Therapist Mom Podcast is your permission slip to build a private practice that works for your real life. Each week, you’ll get honest conversations and practical strategy around starting, growing, and running a private practice, without the hustle, guilt, or burnout. We’ll talk about boundaries, money, motherhood, and dismantling the systems that were never built for us in the first place. Because you’re not “just a mom” or “just a therapist.” You’re both, and deserve a business that recognizes and respects that. If you’re ready to build a flexible, values-aligned private practice that gives you time freedom and the autonomy you’ve been craving, you’re in the right place.

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Ep 109: How to Choose Between Insurance and Private Pay in Your Practice

The Therapist Mom Podcast: Where Private Practice and Motherhood Collide

30 minutes 35 seconds

6 months ago

Ep 109: How to Choose Between Insurance and Private Pay in Your Practice

I’m answering one of the biggest questions private practice clinicians face: whether or not to accept insurance.

This decision isn’t just about billing—it can shape how your practice runs, how you spend your time, and how you care for yourself as both a clinician and a human. I’m diving into why this question comes up so often, why it matters more than just the logistics, and how it connects to your values, your season of life, and your goals for your business.

I’ll walk you through the key differences between taking insurance and going private pay, share some mindset shifts that might help you make your decision with more clarity, and help you figure out what’s truly going to support you—not just in theory, but in the day-to-day reality of your work and life.

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