ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
With 1.81 million+ downloads, Selling the Couch is an Apple Top Career podcast for current and future mental health private practitioners who think differently. Psychologist Melvin Varghese interviews successful therapists in private practice about how they built their businesses as well as top entrepreneurs, business/marketing, and social media experts.*
You'll learn how therapists get referrals, grow their practices, work through fears, find their enough, and stop "trading time for income." Melvin also shares the lessons as he grows his impact + income beyond the therapy room (podcasting, YouTube, writing, online courses, masterminds, investing, etc) and the tips and tools he uses to grow STC from a single-person business to the CEO of a 6-figure business.*
Featured in Psychology Today, Good Therapy, and Psych Central
****Get show notes and even more good stuff at sellingthecouch.com/stcpodcast*
You'll learn how therapists get referrals, grow their practices, work through fears, find their enough, and stop "trading time for income." Melvin also shares the lessons as he grows his impact + income beyond the therapy room (podcasting, YouTube, writing, online courses, masterminds, investing, etc) and the tips and tools he uses to grow STC from a single-person business to the CEO of a 6-figure business.*
Featured in Psychology Today, Good Therapy, and Psych Central
****Get show notes and even more good stuff at sellingthecouch.com/stcpodcast*
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Update frequency:
weekly
Average audio length:
34 minutes
Guest interviews
Has sponsors
English
United States
574 episodes
since March 6, 2015
episodic
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~92.15% of listeners are from United States.
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US
92.15%
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PH
2.74%
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XK
0.78%
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CA
0.78%
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UA
0.78%
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GT
0.39%
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NZ
0.39%
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SG
0.39%
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MX
0.39%
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GB
0.39%
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AU
0.39%
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KR
0.39%
Others
0.04%
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What actually makes someone decide to buy your online course?
It's not just the information you're teaching or how polished your webinar looks. More often, it's the trust you've built with the people you're trying to help.
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What if growing a YouTube channel as a therapist didn't require posting constantly, chasing trends, or becoming an influencer?
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What if you could use social media to grow your therapy business without feeling like you have to be online all the time?
For many therapists, social media comes with a complicated relationship.
You know it can help people discover your work, build trust, and create new opportunities. But you also …
Do you ever feel like you're just… bad at marketing?
You don't want to become an influencer. You don't want to post every day, chase an algorithm, manufacture hot takes, or turn every part of your life into content.
And maybe that's not actually a problem.
In this solo episode of Selling the Couch,…
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In this solo episode of Selling the Couch, Mel shares a personal update about entering a new season of caregiving, and the difficult questions it has raised about business, ambition, family, and what success actually loo…
What if hosting a meaningful retreat didn’t require a luxury resort, a huge audience, or 50 people in the room?
In this episode of Selling the Couch, Mel sits down with licensed psychologist Dr. Shawn Hondorp to talk about what she’s learned from creating small, intimate retreats — including the lo…
Could churches and other faith communities become one of your private practice's strongest referral sources?
For many therapists, networking with churches can feel intimidating—or even a little unclear. Who do you contact? What do you say? Should you offer free workshops? And how do you build these…
What if you didn’t need to post on LinkedIn every day to build real authority?
For years, the dominant LinkedIn advice has been pretty consistent: post constantly, engage with bigger accounts, chase visibility, and keep feeding the algorithm.
But what if there’s a quieter—and more sustainable—way t…
More is not always better. We often find that what we are chasing in our pursuit of success is not what we thought it was. Entrepreneurship for private practice clinicians naturally attracts many high achievers and recovering perfectionists, so we need to take a pause and periodically reassess and …
If you’ve been thinking about posting more on LinkedIn or if you’re curious about how to best use this social media platform, today’s encore is for you.
It took me a long time to understand the purpose of LinkedIn and how it can be beneficial in connecting me to the right followers. Join me for an …
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