Por: Dr. Colleen Long, Psy.D.

In a world where a nail artist can out-earn a PhD, it’s no wonder we have a broken mental healthcare system. Clinicians can’t rely on the old playbook anymore. The traditional path of grad school, licensure, insurance panels, and a calendar packed with 1:1s might be familiar, but for many of us it’s no longer sustainable. It’s time for a new blueprint.

Off the Chair is about getting there—and we mean “off the chair” in two ways.

First, off the chair means stepping beyond the idea that your income must come only from 1:1 direct clinical hours that trade each of your precious hours for dollars. Each week, we explore radically different, values-aligned ways clinicians can earn a living: scalable service lines, medical and mental health innovation, digital products, consulting, education, communities, automation, AI-supported workflows, and other models that expand your impact without burning you out.

Second, off the chair means stepping into the side of practice no one taught us in training. Whether you’re in solo practice, running a group, leading a clinic, or building something entirely new, we talk about the non-clinical reality of being a clinician-entrepreneur: hiring, firing, retention, culture, systems, operations, HR, legal landmines, finances, and the messy decisions that make or break a practice.

This is the no-BS podcast for psychologists, therapists, physicians (MD/DO), physical therapists, dentists, and clinicians of every discipline who are tired of being trapped in a broken healthcare system and ready to build sustainable, creative, financially solid careers without selling their souls.

Hosted by Dr. Colleen Long, Off the Chair brings you honest conversations, real strategies, and behind-the-scenes lessons from clinicians who have built, pivoted, and rebuilt businesses in the trenches.

If you’re a growth-minded clinician who wants more freedom, better systems, and a career that supports your life (not the other way around), you’re in the right place.

New episodes drop every Tuesday.

18 episodios disponibles