Instagram therapists making me nervous
I have worked over 5 years in community mental health. I am ready for a change of pace and am preparing to transition full time to a 1099 position with a private practice. I already contract part time with them. So far, my experience has been good.
however, instagram must know something about my life. I keep getting reels on my feed about therapists struggling in private practice. The comments are fairly negative about the direction the insurance companies are going, and talk a lot about how difficult it is to maintain enough income to support a decent lifestyle. I don’t necessarily disagree with the discourse around insurance companies, but that’s a different post.
I take most insurances. I have a niche population I specialize in. Ive experienced a clawback before and while it was a hit, I wasn’t terribly put out financially.
So, is PP really that unsustainable? Or did I just get sucked into a weird algorithm on instagram?