If running a group practice feels like herding highly educated cats, this episode is going to feel like someone finally put words to what you’ve been living. I’m joined by Amanda Esquivel, a Texas group practice owner who’s scaled to 50 clinicians across seven locations—and she’s breaking down why most “staff problems” aren’t actually staff problems. They’re leadership-role problems. Amanda names the four roles practice owners bounce between when growth accelerates: babysitter/manager, bottle...
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If running a group practice feels like herding highly educated cats, this episode is going to feel like someone finally put words to what you’ve been living. I’m joined by Amanda Esquivel, a Texas group practice owner who’s scaled to 50 clinicians across seven locations—and she’s breaking down why most “staff problems” aren’t actually staff problems. They’re leadership-role problems. Amanda names the four roles practice owners bounce between when growth accelerates: babysitter/manager, bottle...
162 The Biggest Mistakes Supervisors Make And How To Prevent Them
Badass Therapists Building Practices That Thrive
25 minutes
1 month ago
162 The Biggest Mistakes Supervisors Make And How To Prevent Them
What actually goes wrong in supervision, and how do you prevent it before it snowballs? In this episode, Dr. Ashley Stevens and I dive into the most common supervisor mistakes we see across counselor and social work settings. From over-hiring your very first month to being impossible to reach when supervisees truly need you, we unpack the decisions that create risk, rupture trust, and leave new supervisors feeling overwhelmed or blindsided. We also name the often-ignored realities of su...
Badass Therapists Building Practices That Thrive
If running a group practice feels like herding highly educated cats, this episode is going to feel like someone finally put words to what you’ve been living. I’m joined by Amanda Esquivel, a Texas group practice owner who’s scaled to 50 clinicians across seven locations—and she’s breaking down why most “staff problems” aren’t actually staff problems. They’re leadership-role problems. Amanda names the four roles practice owners bounce between when growth accelerates: babysitter/manager, bottle...
