The Traveling Therapist Podcast

Hi, I'm Kym Tolson, and I'm the traveling therapist. It's my passion to teach therapists how to navigate online private practices and multiple income streams so they can travel the world. I'm a digital nomad. With a virtual insurance based private therapy practice and a multi six figure coaching business. I'm obsessed with entrepreneurship and developing tools that can help therapists live an adventurous lifestyle. In this podcast, I will discuss my journey as a digital nomad. I'll chat with other traveling therapists and help you navigate the complexities of running an online insurance based practice. I'm so glad to have you with me on this journey.

The Traveling Therapist Podcast is a education podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 232 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #234

  234. Building an International Therapy Practice with Lucy Orton

  Sep 9, 202636 min

  Time zones, licensure rules, and figuring out whether the work you trained for is still the work you want to do, building an international therapy practice comes with challenges that don't show up in the highlight reel. In this episode of The Traveling Therapist Podcast, I'm replaying one of our most popular conversations while I take a recording break to travel through Switzerland and Italy. I sit down with Lucy Orton, a therapist and corporate coach based in Southeast Asia who sees clients across the UK and the US. She walks me through how she built a global practice around her family's life, how her advertising and marketing background opened an unexpected door into corporate coaching, and why she's shifting toward couples intensives instead of a packed weekly caseload. In This Episode, We Explore… How Lucy built a global practice around her family's life across time zones and licensure differences. The unexpected door her advertising and marketing background opened into corporate coaching. What an executive roundtable actually is and why it still brings in repeat business years later. Why she's shifting toward couples intensives instead of a full caseload of individual sessions. The mindset shift that stopped her from undercharging as she moved from coaching into therapy. Connect with Lucy: Website - https://www.couplesawaken.com/ | https://www.lucyorton.com/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lucyortontherapy LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucyorton/ Are you ready to take the plunge and become a Traveling Therapist? Whether you want to be a full-time digital nomad or just want the flexibility to bring your practice with you while you travel a couple of times a year, the Portable Practice Method will give you the framework to be protected! ➡️ JOIN NOW: www.portablepracticemethod.com/ Connect with me: www.instagram.com/thetravelingtherapist_kym www.facebook.com/groups/onlineandtraveling/ www.thetravelingtherapist.com The Traveling Therapist Podcast is Sponsored by: Berries: Say goodbye to the burden of mental health notes with automated note and treatment plan creation! www.heyberries.com/therapists Alma: Alma is on a mission to simplify access to mental health care by focusing first and foremost on supporting clinicians www.helloalma.com/kym

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  Episode #231

  231. How to Financially Prepare for Your Next Hire with Carla Titus

  Aug 19, 202632 min

  Before you post that job listing, you need a plan to financially prepare for your next hire, and that's exactly what today's guest walks us through. Carla Titus is a CFO who works with therapy practices of all sizes, and she breaks down why so many owners jump into hiring before they've actually looked at the numbers. In this episode of The Traveling Therapist Podcast, Carla and I dig into what it actually costs to bring on a new clinician, from the ramp-up period to tracking performance once they're on your team. If you've ever hired someone and then panicked three months later wondering where the money went, this one is for you. In This Episode, We Explore… Why the ramp-up period costs more than most owners plan for. What cash runway actually means before you bring on a new hire. How to track a remote clinician's performance without living in the dashboard. What to do when a clinician isn't hitting their numbers. How to know when it's time to cut an underperforming vendor or team member. Connect with Carla Titus: Website: https://www.wealthworthwithin.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wealthworthwithin/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wealthworthwithin/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wealthworthwithin YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@wealthandworthwithin Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ceo-financial-clarity-corner-podcast-money-strategy/id1818238749 Are you ready to take the plunge and become a Traveling Therapist? Whether you want to be a full-time digital nomad or just want the flexibility to bring your practice with you while you travel a couple of times a year, the Portable Practice Method will give you the framework to be protected! ➡️ JOIN NOW: www.portablepracticemethod.com/ Connect with me: www.instagram.com/thetravelingtherapist_kym www.facebook.com/groups/onlineandtraveling/ www.thetravelingtherapist.com The Traveling Therapist Podcast is Sponsored by: Berries: Say goodbye to the burden of mental health notes with automated note and treatment plan creation! www.heyberries.com/therapists Alma: Alma is on a mission to simplify access to mental health care by focusing first and foremost on supporting clinicians www.helloalma.com/kym

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  Episode #230

  230. What Therapists Need to Know About Mandated Reporting with Michelle Burlin

  Aug 12, 202631 min

  Figuring out which state's rules apply to your client can feel like a moving target, especially once you're crossing state lines. In this episode of The Traveling Therapist Podcast, I sit down with Michelle Burlin, a therapist and attorney who spent months combing through every state and territory's reporting laws so the rest of us don't have to. She's been practicing for 26 years, mainly in the forensic realm, licensed in Arizona, Florida, and Alaska. Along the way she went to law school and now runs a forensic private practice where she does risk assessments, expert witness work, and trainings for clinicians. She breaks down what mandated reporting actually requires state by state, what changes when you're doing telehealth across state lines, and why she says to always err on the side of caution. In This Episode, We Explore… Why treating sex addiction is its own specialty, separate from other addictions. The three categories that show up again and again across state reporting laws. What "reasonable cause" actually means when you're the one deciding to report. Why the client's location, not yours, determines which state's rules apply. How age of consent differences between states complicate telehealth mandated reporting. Connect with Michelle Burlin: Website: https://veritasconsultingservices.com/ | https://mbhglobalenterprise.org/ Book - A Clinician's Guide to Mandated Reporting: https://a.co/d/00W9SVEf Are you ready to take the plunge and become a Traveling Therapist? Whether you want to be a full-time digital nomad or just want the flexibility to bring your practice with you while you travel a couple of times a year, the Portable Practice Method will give you the framework to be protected! ➡️ JOIN NOW: www.portablepracticemethod.com/ Connect with me: www.instagram.com/thetravelingtherapist_kym www.facebook.com/groups/onlineandtraveling/ www.thetravelingtherapist.com The Traveling Therapist Podcast is Sponsored by: Berries: Say goodbye to the burden of mental health notes with automated note and treatment plan creation! www.heyberries.com/therapists Alma: Alma is on a mission to simplify access to mental health care by focusing first and foremost on supporting clinicians www.helloalma.com/kym

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  Episode #229

  229. Building a Life You Don't Need a Vacation From with Jennie Blackwood

  Aug 5, 202630 min

  If you've ever wondered what it actually takes to start building a life you don't need a vacation from, this episode is going to give you the real, unfiltered version. In this episode of The Traveling Therapist Podcast, I sit down with Jennie Blackwood, who went from barely covering her bills in a corporate marketing job to running a seven-figure business built on multiple income streams. Jennie walks us through the moment that changed everything, the leap she took when her family's income disappeared almost overnight, and how she's structured her business so it actually supports the life she wants instead of running her into the ground. We also get into the mindset work it took to keep going when things got hard, and what building a life you don't need a vacation from really looks like day to day. In This Episode, I Cover… The middle-of-the-night idea that turned into a business almost overnight. The moment she realized she was doing all the work and keeping almost none of the money. Why she built a team around her instead of staying the face of the business. How one course led to a coaching program with 300+ women in eighteen months. The human design concept she uses to work just three days a week. Connect with Jennie Blackwood: Website: https://www.jennieblackwood.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/socialgraze.charcuterie/ https://www.instagram.com/girlwhynotyou_ Are you ready to take the plunge and become a Traveling Therapist? Whether you want to be a full-time digital nomad or just want the flexibility to bring your practice with you while you travel a couple of times a year, the Portable Practice Method will give you the framework to be protected! ➡️ JOIN NOW: www.portablepracticemethod.com/ Connect with me: www.instagram.com/thetravelingtherapist_kym www.facebook.com/groups/onlineandtraveling/ www.thetravelingtherapist.com The Traveling Therapist Podcast is Sponsored by: Berries: Say goodbye to the burden of mental health notes with automated note and treatment plan creation! www.heyberries.com/therapists Alma: Alma is on a mission to simplify access to mental health care by focusing first and foremost on supporting clinicians www.helloalma.com/kym

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  Episode #228

  228. Build a Therapist Website Using AI in 2026 for $36 in Under Two Hours

  Jul 29, 202620 min

  You can build a therapist website using AI now, and it does not have to take nine months or cost five thousand dollars like mine did. I spent years bouncing from Weebly to Brighter Vision to a developer who farmed my project out and disappeared, and honestly, I regret most of that money and time. In this episode of The Traveling Therapist Podcast, I'm walking through the exact process I used to build aifortherapists.com for about $36 in under two hours, using Claude to plan the site and Manus to actually build it. I'm also opening up my live AI website workshop on August 4th, 5th, and 6th, where we build a site from scratch together, plus a few lessons I learned the hard way about domains, contact forms, and email that you'll want before you start. In This Episode, I Cover… Why Weebly, Brighter Vision, and a $5,000 web developer all fell short before she found a better way. The real cost of being locked into a website you cannot update yourself. How to use Claude or ChatGPT to plan out your website before building anything. What Manus does differently, and how she built aifortherapists.com there for about $36. What to check before transferring an old domain, including contact forms and email. Mentioned in this episode: AI for websites training https://kymtolson.kartra.com/page/AIwebsite AI website I made: https://aifortherapists.com Are you ready to take the plunge and become a Traveling Therapist? Whether you want to be a full-time digital nomad or just want the flexibility to bring your practice with you while you travel a couple of times a year, the Portable Practice Method will give you the framework to be protected! ➡️ JOIN NOW: www.portablepracticemethod.com/ Connect with me: www.instagram.com/thetravelingtherapist_kym www.facebook.com/groups/onlineandtraveling/ www.thetravelingtherapist.com The Traveling Therapist Podcast is Sponsored by: Berries: Say goodbye to the burden of mental health notes with automated note and treatment plan creation! www.heyberries.com/therapists Alma: Alma is on a mission to simplify access to mental health care by focusing first and foremost on supporting clinicians www.helloalma.com/kym

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