Key points

Therapists’ empathy can strengthen, not limit, their leadership.

Authenticity and compassion can drive sustainable, organic success.

Clear boundaries and humanity can grow thriving practices.

For as long as I can remember, I have heard variations of the same message: therapists do not make good business owners. The reasoning always sounds the same. We have too much empathy. We did not go to school for business. We care more about people than we do about profit. We are too relational, too sensitive, too idealistic to succeed in the fast-paced world of entrepreneurship.

I used to take those statements to heart. I wondered if being both a therapist and a business owner required two opposite skill sets. I wondered if caring deeply for people meant that I would always have to sa

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