YOUR COMMUNITY

YOUR PRACTICE

YOUR WAY

Modern office space, a curated professional community, and exceptional business support to create a practice you love.

For established and emerging therapists in Houston, TX

You love being a therapist, but some days you question if it’s sustainable for you to run a private practice. Do these moments sound familiar?

  • You close the lid to your laptop after a disquieting therapy session, and think, “Crap, did I do the right thing? Did I just misstep and create a rupture with my client? Am I a bad therapist?”

  • As you scroll your social media feed, you can’t even begin to think about the business side of growing and optimizing your practice. But you know it’s essential to eventually get off insurance and raise your rates.

  • A long-term client discloses a clinical issue that might be out of your scope. You have such a solid rapport; Could you still help them if you get consultation?

Josh Marlar, LMFT
Life in Progress Therapy

“With PractiSage, I have direct access to other therapists who are willing to help or are exactly where I am. We can laugh/cry together about the shared struggle of getting out on our own in private practice. I’m far more confident in my abilities than six months ago, and I can see a path to my goal now. I built up enough courage to move forward with launching my practice, and I am making progress daily."

The courage and support to launch your practice...

JOIN THE PRACTISAGE COLLECTIVE

Beautifully Furnished Office Space

Affordable, rent by the hour or day, therapy offices to support your private practice.

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A Thriving Community of Local Colleagues

Expand your referral network with like-minded peers

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Modern Practice Building Resources

Elevate your practice with shared learning and growth.

Running your own practice doesn’t mean you have to run a business on your own.

What if you had on-demand access to trusted colleagues, expert consultation, and business resources with just a click?  

Ending the isolation with a mutually supportive community

Erin Kehrier, LCSW, LMSW
Common Current Therapy

“The isolation of being a solo practitioner working completely virtually was weighing on me. I joined PractiSage and entered a small-knit community of other local clinicians. The mutual care and support that comes from the group feels warm, inviting, reassuring, and motivating. Being in a space full of like-minded clinicians working towards similar goals just feels so good.”

Erin Kehrier Common Current Therapy PractiSage member

PICTURE THIS: It’s one of those hard days, but your community is just a click away.

In the PractiSage Therapist Collective, you can: 

  • Post and process (without client details) the general struggle of those what-the-heck-just happened sessions  

  • Be supported by your peers to charge your no-show fee and make sure your paperwork backs you up

  • Find an expert to consult with so you can feel confident you’re practicing within your scope

  • Schedule a casual coffee date with a colleague who has tips on holding boundaries with difficult clients 

  • Watch a mini-training on marketing on your lunch break, feeling empowered to advance your practice 

  • Look forward to your peer group meeting where you’ll have space to get quality support and feedback

Introducing

THE PRACTISAGE

THERAPIST COLLECTIVE

Through confidence-building resources and an intentional, private community, you’ll have everything you need to run a sustainable and meaningful private practice.  

MORE THAN JUST AN ONLINE COMMUNITY

Whether you’re new to private practice or seasoned, The PractiSage Therapist Collective is your go-to hub for shared learning, growth, accountability, and community.

Laura Collazos Spiller, PhD

Psychologist and Founder of The PractiSage Therapist Collective

Hey, I’m Laura! (she/her) I’m on a mission to help Houston therapists create joyful businesses that sustainably serve their lives, their clients, and their communities.

In the thick of the pandemic, we were all home, all the time. All 6 of us. 

No amount of fantasy novels, baking sourdough, or counting down to cocktail hour could help me ignore the unprecedented workload, unbearable isolation, and societal trauma.

Knowing there was an application for my psychology skills beyond therapy,

I worked with business coaches, marketing experts, copywriters, and a curriculum specialist (in the community, I’ll introduce you to these amazing folks!) to follow my dream to serve my community in a new way.  

I reigned in my burnout, reconnected to my love of therapy, and optimized my practice in a post-pandemic landscape. I realized my original vision of a ‘traditional’ group practice was too limiting.

I was meant to gather enterprising, community-minded therapists for shared learning, growth, and development. The PractiSage Therapist Collective was born.

PractiSage gives you ONE intentional space to meet all of your clinical and business needs – in person and online.

  • Seek out connection, collaboration, and community with colleagues. Like that back-in-grad-school-without-the-papers kinda community.

  • Give and receive sage knowledge to advance your business and clinical work. We know we can go further, together.

  • Nurture and implement your big ideas and entrepreneurial ambitions. Whether focused on building your dream practice or expanding beyond 1:1 therapy, you’ll be celebrated. 

  • Cultivate the skills to be the best clinician and business owner you can be. We seek out clinical excellence alongside sustainable/ethical business practices. 

  • Balance the freedom of working from home with a professional connection. Our spouses/cats/plants can only hear so much about license renewal requirements and legislative changes.

  • Thrive at all stages of private practice – starting, solo, and scaling. You’ll find a diverse community of like-minded clinicians at all stages of the journey.  

  • The PractiSage Therapist Community attracts therapists who are ready to prioritize quality, local relationships and build a trusted referral network. They value integrity, connection, and contribution – and a business that reflects that.

  • Unlike free Facebook Groups, PractiSage provides an online AND in-person container for intentional community, clinical consultation, coworking, and shared office space. You get to experience a values-driven community at your convenience, in-person and/or online, whichever suits you in your particular stage of life or business.

  • The PractiSage online community is detached from social media, so you can steer clear of distractions and annoying ads, easily access support, and resume your daily routine with greater ease. Plus, our resources are the most up-to-date and curated to what the community needs.

  • If you’re here, you know you’re a better clinician and happier person when you’re in a community with other like-minded therapists. You thrive when you can hone your clinical skills AND nourish your entrepreneurial dreams.

WHAT MAKES THE PRACTISAGE COMMUNITY DIFFERENT?

The PractiSage Therapist Collective may not be the right fit for everyone.

    • You are a Texas-licensed mental health professional serving clients in the Greater Houston, TX area.

    • You are in solo private practice or plan to start your practice in the next year.

    • You value connection and appreciate the power that comes from sharing the journey.

    • You’re serious about building quality connections and a trusted referral network.

    • You get excited thinking about how to create a sustainable practice where you can express yourself and your ideas, and enjoy time for the things that matter.

    • You realize how much there is to learn in this field and appreciate both sharing your unique expertise and learning from others.

    • You care about creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment where everyone feels welcomed, valued, and respected.

    • You are not a Texas-licensed mental health professional.

    • You do not run a private practice or do not plan to start one within the next year.

    • You are a ‘lone wolf’ and prefer to keep to yourself and focus on your own path as opposed to sharing it with others.

    • You believe that all therapists should work in the office, and do not want to support others who are expanding services beyond traditional 1:1 therapy.

    • You feel solid in your clinical understanding and aren’t looking to add more knowledge and learning right now - nor to share your knowledge with others.

    • You do not want to hear and understand perspectives, opinions, and identities that may be different from your own.

    • You do not believe there are inequities within the therapy profession, nor want to take steps to remedy those.

Looking for a tight-knit community and expert business resources?

You'll feel right at home at The PractiSage Therapist Collective.

“I feel more confident, hopeful, and energized!”

Before joining PractiSage, I felt stuck and uninspired in my private practice. Thanks to the support and encouragement of the community, I’ve launched a second business helping therapists manage their finances, which has reinvigorated my passion and professional growth. PractiSage fosters a truly supportive and entrepreneurial atmosphere, where stepping into your full potential is celebrated. Being part of this community has been a game changer for me both personally and professionally."

Sara Walls, LCSW, Bookkeeper for Therapists

  • Connect with a Houston-based network of like-minded therapists

    Connect with a trusted network of local peers where you can share your specializations and have reliable resources for when you need to refer out.

  • Grow your business with access to practice-building resources

    Get support to establish your business, define and market to your ideal client, and stick with policies that protect you from burnout.

  • Thrive in peer groups curated for your clinical or business needs

    Easily collaborate with your peers for clinical consultation, marketing accountability, productive coworking, or business coaching.

Experience the Houston-based therapist community that will give you the confidence, connection, and collaboration to create your practice, your way.

Choose the option that works best for you and your practice.

Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Awesome! We’re excited to get to know you. Choose a membership plan here. Or contact us for help getting started.

  • Using Heartbeat.chat, you can join our private community on either your phone with the app or on your computer browser. There are spaces on our community platform for conversations that are organized by topic, libraries for documents and resources, a searchable community directory, and more. You’ll be able to access everything you need from this app.

  • We want to keep the membership affordable, and we want to provide a high-quality, valuable experience. Membership fees pay for curating and creating content, as well as the technology and time needed to run the community. To ensure all referrals and recommendations are about what will most benefit our members, we don't accept sponsors or ads.

  • While we appreciate your interest, PractiSage is specifically for licensed mental health professionals.

    PractiSage membership is open to licensed mental health professionals in Texas (including Licensed Professional Counselors (LPC), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFT), Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW), and Licensed Psychologists (LP)). Students or trainees enrolled in graduate study supervised by a licensed professional also qualify for membership with proof of enrollment.

  • No problem! The community level membership is perfect for you. For just $49/mo, you get all the community benefits. Click here to join.

  • Yes we have a virtual address service that offers:

    • A professional address in a physical location that you can use to apply for an NPI, insurance panels, Google listing or other directories

    • Safer than using your home address

    • Pick up your mail from our secure storage or have your mail forwarded or scanned and emailed to you

    • Automatic notifications when your mail arrives

DIVERSITY STATEMENT

You believe that diversity in all its forms brings strength and richness to our community. Please join us in embracing diversity, overcoming biases, and building a more equitable community where all members feel empowered to contribute and thrive.