Why I’ve Invested Over $100,000 Into Becoming a Better Leader — And Why It Matters for Your Clinic
If you want to be excellent, you have to invest in yourself.
That has been one of the greatest lessons of my career, and it’s one I continue to live by. Over the last decade, I’ve invested well over $100,000 into becoming a better leader — not because it was easy, convenient, or comfortable, but because people deserve the best version of me.
Therapists deserve strong leadership.
Clients deserve well-run clinics.
Teams deserve direction, systems, and stability.
And I deserve to grow into the leader I was created to be.
My journey hasn’t been quick or cheap. But it has been transformative.
What I Invested In (and Why It Made Me Better)
To build a successful, ethical, client-centered mental health clinic, you can’t rely on guesswork. You can’t rely on instinct alone. You can’t lead from a place of insecurity or overwhelm.
So I invested in myself relentlessly through:
• Personal Therapy
Leadership requires self-awareness.
Therapy taught me humility, emotional regulation, clarity, and resilience. I processed trauma, personal challenges, and blind spots — so I could lead without projecting them onto my team or my clients. The best therapists get their own therapy and I wouldn't hire a therapist who was not interntional about getting their own support.
• Business Coaching
Running a mental health clinic is not the same as running a traditional business. I hired coaches who challenged me to think strategically, financially, operationally, and with long-term vision.
• Supervision from Experts
I sought out people who were further ahead than me — professionals who had built clinics, built teams, and built lives I respected.
• Conferences, Trainings & Continuing Education
I didn't just check boxes for CEUs.
I went after training that sharpened my clinical instincts, expanded my operational knowledge, and elevated my ability to serve both clinicians and clients.
Has all of it been worth it?
Yes.
Has all of it been useful?
Not even close.
Some investments were hype.
Some were mediocre.
Some simply weren’t aligned with where I was going.
But here’s the truth I stand by:
The best in any industry learn from the best in the industry.
And that is exactly why I continue to invest in myself today.
Why I Support Other Clinic Owners: The Lessons We Learned the Hard Way
Before I launched The Pursuit Counseling, I helped build a multi-location mental health practice that eventually sold to a Venture Capital firm.
That exit didn’t happen overnight.
It took:
over a decade
countless mistakes
hundreds of course corrections
learning how to hire the right people (and the wrong ones)
building systems from scratch
navigating insurance headaches
expanding locations
improving culture
and learning what scale actually requires
We didn’t get lucky.
We got better.
With every new location, we took what we learned and applied it to the next. We tightened systems. We improved leadership. We refined our onboarding. We optimized our client flow. We learned what worked and what didn’t.
Some lessons were expensive.
Some were painful.
But every lesson made us sharper.
That experience shaped me in profound ways — and I’ll always be grateful for it.
How I Built The Pursuit Counseling Differently
When I opened The Pursuit Counseling, I made a commitment:
This time, everything would be intentional and I would learn from the previous clinic’s successes and failures.
I took the decade of experience — the failures, the successes, the spreadsheets, the late-night decisions, the leadership missteps, the breakthroughs — and I built a clinic with:
clean, efficient systems
a streamlined onboarding process
ethical, sustainable growth strategies
strong therapist support
a healthy culture
operational structure that actually works
a client experience that feels grounded and safe
The Pursuit Counseling wasn’t built on guesswork.
It was built on experience, mentorship, training, investment, and a commitment to excellence.
My goal is simple:
I want therapists, staff, and clients to benefit from everything I’ve learned — without the decade of trial and error.
Why Clinic Owners Want to Work With Me
I’m not a consultant who speaks in theory alone.
I’m not teaching from slides I bought online.
I’m not guessing from the outside.
I know this world because I live in it.
I’ve built clinics.
I’ve scaled clinics.
I’ve managed teams.
I’ve exited a clinic to venture capitalists.
And I’ve built a new clinic that runs strategically, cleanly, and with clarity.
When you work with me, you’re getting:
real experience
real systems
real leadership development
real operational strategy
real clinical insight
real support
real results
I help you avoid the mistakes that cost us years.
I help you grow faster, more ethically, and more sustainably.
I help you build a clinic that serves you — not one that drains you.
And I help you make decisions with confidence, not confusion.
You Deserve a Consultant Who Has Done the Work
If you want to build a healthy, scalable, profitable, and ethically grounded private practice, you need guidance from someone who has:
invested in themselves
put in the reps
lived the process
built the systems
managed the realities
made the mistakes
done the work
and come out stronger
I’ve spent over $100,000 pursuing excellence so I could be the kind of leader, clinician, and consultant that mental health professionals deserve.
Let my investment benefit your growth.
If you’re ready to build a clinic with clarity, strength, and sustainability, I’d love to walk with you.
The best in the business learn from the best in the business.
Let’s start building your best.