Confidence

So I have almost everything completed in order to start my private practice:

• license transferred to GA 
• professional liability insurance
• LLC paperwork in and waiting approval
• my private practice paperwork is written and ready to be used
• have business cards and brochures 
• met with the stake president and got permission to contact the bishops and send my information
• getting set up to be a referral for LDS Family Services (the nearest location is an hour from our house)

Now all I need in the confidence to do it!  I remember feeling similar after moving to Cheyenne.  After graduation Paul and I had 2 months off (AF paid his salary too) and then we went to Alabama and then to California for only 8 months.  Needless to say, I never got a job in therapy and so by the time we got to Cheyenne it had been a year since I had done any therapy.  I was so nervous to start again.

Now I find myself in the same situation, almost a year since I have worked and now I am trying to start a private practice and have people pay me.  In Cheyenne most of my clients paid between $1-$20 per hour because it was a non-profit organization that based the fee off of income.  I knew I was worth at least that much, but am I worth paying more???  I guess we'll find out.   I hate having insecurities, I just need to believe in myself.  

Here is my professional photo I had taken at Target awhile back.  I felt so silly having pictures taken of myself.  Much more fun when Hayden is the subject!