How Starting a Private Practice Helped Sarah Wilson Get Her Spark Back

From Private Practice Success Stories by Jena Castro-Casbon

April 20, 2026 · 27 min · Episode 369

About this episode

Sarah Wilson shares her journey of starting a private practice to regain her passion for speech-language therapy.

What if the job you loved stopped feeling like you? For so many therapists, the passion that drove them into the field gets buried under productivity requirements and a lack of autonomy. Today’s guest knows that feeling well and she did something about it. I’m so excited to share her story! I’m sitting down with Sarah Wilson, a speech-language pathologist and graduate of my Start Your Private Practice Program. Sarah is the owner and founder of Enrichment Therapy Services, based in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Sarah earned her Master’s degree from Misericordia University in 2013 and spent the next ten years working primarily in skilled nursing facilities before launching her private practice in 2023. Her clinical passions are diverse: she specializes in speech sound disorders and neurotypical language development in children, while also holding certification in VitalStim for swallowing disorders and treating cognitive-linguistic impairments in adults. Above all, she has a love for "all things speech" and is dedicated to constantly learning and furthering her knowledge across all areas of the field. After a decade working in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), Sarah knew something had to…

People in this episode

Guest: Sarah Wilson

Topics covered

private practice
speech-language pathology
burnout
autonomy
therapy

Keywords

speech sound disorders
neurotypical language development
VitalStim
cognitive-linguistic impairments

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Start Your Private Practice Program, Enrichment Therapy Services

Books & works: Master’s degree

Places: Scranton, Pennsylvania