How to Hire Your First Therapist for Your Group Practice

Hiring your first therapist is the moment a private practice becomes a group practice — and the moment your job quietly shifts from clinician to leader. Before you post a job, do three things: systemize how your practice runs, get clear on what you can actually afford to pay, and define exactly who you're looking for. Rushing any of those is the most expensive mistake I see new group-practice owners make. Here's the full path, from readiness to a clinician seeing clients.