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You became a therapist to help people,

not to become a full-time marketer.

Stop drowning in directory fatigue. Let a licensed therapist with an MBA turn your Psychology Today profile into a magnet for your ideal clients.

You Want to Sit in the Room with Clients. Not Manage Algorithms.

Let’s be honest about where most private practice therapists find themselves:

  • Psychology Today referrals are dipping across the board, leaving you checking your email between sessions wondering where the inquiries went.

  • Everyone on social media tells you to "niche down," but nobody shows you how to do it safely. You’re terrified that narrowing your focus will close doors and leave your calendar emptier than it is now.

  • You were taught to write formal, clinical bios. But to a person in pain at 3:00 AM, terms like "integrative person-centered approach" sound like a textbook, not a life raft.

  • You know you're great at the clinical work, but you wish the right clients would just appear without you having to feel like a sleazy salesperson.

You don't need to learn marketing. You just need a system built by someone who speaks both clinical and business fluently.

I’m a Licensed Therapist. I Also Have an MBA.

I know what it’s like to sit in the chair, navigate secondary trauma, and deeply care for clients. But I also know how business and consumer psychology work.

When I applied proven marketing formulas to my own Psychology Today profile, my practice transformed. I went from 1 inquiry a month to 4–5 inquiries a week—mostly with clients who were a perfect fit for my specialty and values. When this happens, I have to spend

Now, I offer that same framework to colleagues. I take the heavy lifting of practice marketing off your plate so you can get back to what you do best: being a healer.

Group therapist Elaine Bender

Meet the instructor,
Elaine Bender
LPC, NCC, MBA

Elaine combines her advanced counseling training with an MBA to help therapists bridge the gap between clinical excellence and sustainability. Over the past five years, she has launched and sustained groups in settings ranging from community mental health to private practice. Currently facilitating two ongoing groups in Tulsa, Elaine keeps her passion for groups alive by watching the profound connections that occur when a group functions beautifully. Read her full profile here.

Stop overthinking and let's get started.

It's completely normal to feel a spike of anxiety when stepping outside the comfort zone of one-on-one therapy. You will never feel 100% ready before you start.

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But your community needs the group you're holding back.

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We’ll pull away the administrative friction and you will leave this 2-hour virtual training with the practical skills you need to launch your first group.

THE GROUP THERAPY BLUEPRINT STARTS IN

Learning Objectives

  • Participants will be able to differentiate between 4 distinct group therapeutic modalities (skills-based, process-oriented, support groups, and non-therapeutic workshops) to determine optimal alignment with their existing clinical niche through didactic instruction and structured case analysis.

  • Participants will be able to outline a standardized operational workflow for tracking prospective members through the pre-group phase—from initial inquiry to completed documentation—through didactic instruction and case-study review.

  • Participants will be able to apply concrete structural boundaries to a group container by establishing specialized group-level policies through didactic learning.

  • Participants will be able to formulate a plan to ethically source referrals from at least 3 distinct avenues through didactic instruction and case-study review.

  • Participants will be able to list and define 4 mandatory administrative group policies—including attendance/cancellation, out-of-session communication, late arrival, and multi-client confidentiality—necessary to establish a secure clinical container and protect the practice.

  • Refunds: Please email hello@wholelifetulsa.com if you need to cancel. Cancellations made up to 24 hours before the start of the training will be given a 50% refund. Cancellation made within 24 hours of the training will not be refunded.

  • Accommodations: To request accommodations for special needs, please email hello@wholelifetulsa.com.

  • Grievances: To obtain the grievance policy or report a grievance please email hello@wholelifetulsa.com.

  • Certificates: Course Completion certificates will be awarded at the end of the course in exchange for full attendance and a completed evaluation form.

  • Hours: Course meets qualifications for 2 hours of continuing education credit for LPCs and LCSWs as required by the Oklahoma Board of Behavioral Health. 

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