In this episode of Between Sessions with Berries, Kym sits down with Dr. Lisa Lovelace, founder of Synergy eTherapy and a licensed clinical psychologist across Minnesota, New York, Wisconsin, and PSYPACT states. Lisa has been teaching mental health professionals how to build online group practices since 2014, and Synergy eTherapy has been organically recognized by Forbes for the past three years. She and Kym dig into how the group practice landscape has shifted since COVID, what the different ownership models actually look like from the inside, and where Lisa thinks things are headed next.

In This Episode, We Cover:

• Why insurance and venture capital buyouts are changing who owns group practices.

• The real differences between a traditional group, a membership model, and a collective.

• Why closed insurance panels are pushing more mental health professionals toward collectives.

• What prompted Lisa to add in-person office space to an online-first practice.

• How multi-state licensing opens up options for group practices and the professionals who join them.

• The AI tools Lisa and her team actually use day-to-day.

• What Lisa tells mental health professionals who are trying to figure out which model fits them.

Connect with Dr. Lisa Lovelace:
Website: https://www.synergyetherapy.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/synergyetherapy/
Email: drlisa@synergyetherapy.com
Lisa's courses: https://synergyetherapy.mvsite.app
The Nitty Gritty of Multistate Private Practice Expansion https://kymtolson.kartra.com/page/multistate

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