Wise Practice Summit
October 3-5, 2024
At the Grand Bohemian Hotel
in Charlotte, NC
Less than 35 tickets remaining.
Wise Practice Summit 2024
Keynotes & Speakers
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Neal Samudre and Carly Samudre
KEYNOTE: JOY IN LIFE AND BUSINESS
Neal Samudre and Carly Samudre, LPC, MHSP live in Nashville, TN where they run a thriving private practice. Neal is a private practice owner and author of the book, Start from Joy, and founder of Enjoyco, where they help therapists thrive. Carly is a licensed professional counselor and offers mental health therapy services.
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Julie Herres
SPEAKER TOPIC: THE ETHICS OF PROFITABILITY
Julie Herres is an expert in Profit First and has helped hundreds of private practice owners gain financial freedom. Founder of GreenOak Accounting, the country’s largest firm serving the mental health industry, Julie is an accountant, consultant, speaker, author of Profit First for Therapists, and host of the Therapy for Your Money podcast.
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Diana S. Rice
SPEAKER TOPIC: CULTIVATING CULTURAL COMPETENCE: SUPPORTING BIPOC CLIENTS IN PRIVATE PRACTICE
Diana S. Rice, LMHC, is a BIPOC Christian therapist and the proud owner of Through the Valley Therapy. With over 16 years of experience in the mental health field, Diana specializes in working with teens experiencing angst, individuals with complex post-traumatic stress disorder (cPTSD), and women's issues.
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Dr. Kate Campbell & Katie Lemieux
SPEAKER TOPIC: BEYOND THE FIRST SESSION: MASTERING CLIENT CONVERSION & RETENTION
Both presenters are licensed professionals with years of experience as therapists in private practice. Together Kate(Masters and PhD in Couples & Family Therapy) and Katie(Masters in Couples & Family Therapy) have over ten years experience in coaching therapists in private practice to have successful businesses and live lives they love.
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Dr. Juan Santos
SPEAKER TOPIC: WHERE TO SPEND YOUR DOLLARS WHILE GROWING YOUR PRACTICE
Dr Santos is the proprietor of a medium-sized outpatient counseling practice situated in Greensboro, North Carolina, and serves as a consultant for private practice counselors. His specialization lies in teaching counselors on effective marketing and scaling strategies for their practices. This involves a concentration on system-building and the establishment of supplementary income streams.
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Jane Carter
SPEAKER TOPIC: TELL BETTER STORIES, GET MORE CLIENTS: BOOSTING YOUR PRIVATE PRACTICE MARKETING WITH STORYTELLING
Jane is a psychotherapist with over 22 years of experience. She has been a business coach for over 9 years, training counselors, and other helpers in private practice. As both a business coach and a psychotherapist, she loves helping solopreneurs have more fun, money and freedom through a combination of mindset and strategy coaching.
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David Frank
SPEAKER TOPIC: INVESTING DEMYSTIFIED
David has over twenty years of finance experience. David has an undergraduate and top-tier MBA in finance and is holder of the gold-standard designation in the financial planning industry, the CFP®. Through the firm he founded, Turning Point Financial Life Planning, he helps therapists navigate every element of their financial lives: from understanding your practice P&L and building a personal budget to managing student loan debt and investing for retirement... and everything in between.
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Michael Diettrich-Chastain
KEYNOTE: THE ADAPTABLE LEADER - 7 KEYS TO RESILIENCE
Michael is a licensed mental health professional and the founder and CEO of Arc Integrated, a leadership development and organizational consulting firm based in Asheville, NC. Michael is an expert on peak performance in the workplace and is passionate about helping leaders and teams create company cultures of engagement, sustainability, and purpose.
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Dr. David Hall
SPEAKER TOPIC: WHEN 'THERAPY CULTURE' HURTS MENTAL HEALTH: ASSESSING HOW SOCIETY’S ADAPTATIONS AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS OF PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC CONCEPTS HAS ADVERSE EFFECTS ON THE RELATIONAL, EMOTIONAL, AND SPIRITUAL LIVES OF US ALL
David works as a therapist, group practice owner, and a teacher on social/behavioral health topics. David directs learning content for PsychMaven, a mental health teaching collective. He also serves as the Dean of the Negev Institute, an organization that works with churches, parachurch organizations, and other faith-community stakeholders to provide collaborative social/behavioral health support through trainings, retreats, and curated resources.
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Dawn Gabriel
SPEAKER TOPIC: SACRED RENEWAL: CULTIVATING A THERAPIST'S PATH TO RESILIENCE AND PREVENTING BURNOUT
Dawn is a licensed therapist with over 18 years of experience and trained as a Spiritual Director. As the owner of a group practice and a consultant of therapists, she blends her therapy expertise with spirituality to guide therapists in cultivating sustainable practices. Dawn hosts the Soul Care for Therapists podcast, emphasizing the importance of deeper self-care and spirituality in the therapist's own journey. She believes in providing sacred spaces for rejuvenation, offering retreats and community groups to foster introspection and renewal.
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Daniel Fava & Liz Fava
SPEAKER TOPIC: EFFECTIVE WEBSITE CONTENT: ATTRACTING AND CONVERTING WEBSITE TRAFFIC WHILE SCALING A PRIVATE PRACTICE
Liz established her private practice in 2012 serving a variety of mental health needs in her community. Daniel has worked in the website design and online marketing field since 2004. He is devoted to helping mental health professionals market their practices online through website design, development and SEO.
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Gordon Brewer
SPEAKER TOPIC: EMBRACING THE JOURNEY: A THERAPIST'S GUIDE TO PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL RESILIENCE IN LOSS AND GRIEF
Gordon is the person behind The Practice of Therapy Podcast and the PsychCraft Network. Gordon is an LMFT and owns a group practice Kingsport, TN. He is an AAMFT approved supervisor with over 18 years experience as grief counselor. In previous work, Gordon worked at a funeral home. He has life experience with grief and loss.
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Dr. Jeremy Sharp
SPEAKER TOPIC: TESTING 1, 2, 3...WHY AND HOW TO ADD ASSESSMENT TO YOUR PRACTICE
Dr. Sharp is a licensed psychologist and owner at the Colorado Center for Assessment & Counseling, a private practice that he founded in 2009 and has grown to over 40+ clinicians and staff. He specializes in psychological and neuropsychological evaluation with kids and adolescents. As the host of the Testing Psychologist Podcast, Jeremy provides consulting for mental health professionals who want to include psychological testing services in their practices.
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Marcken Volmy
SPEAKER TOPIC: TRAUMATIC RESPONSES IN PRIVATE PRACTICE
Marcken Volmy is a licensed mental health counselor and the owner of Bedrock Counseling, a private practice based in Florida that also offers EMDR consultation for recently trained clinicians. He is an EMDR trained and certified therapist with over a decade’s worth of experience helping people identify their traumas and gaining more awareness in how to process unresolved issues. Marcken is the author of Trauma Stories: Discovering Strength Through Our Vulnerabilities.
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Whitney Owens
KEYNOTE: TRANSFORMATIVE LEADERSHIP: NAVIGATING ETHICAL AND PROFESSIONAL CHALLENGES FOR FAITH-BASED PRACTICE OWNERS
Whitney Owens is a licensed professional counselor, group practice owner, and faith-based private practice consultant. She is located in Savannah, Georgia, where she manages a private pay group practice with 15 plus clinicians. Along with running her practice, she consults practice owners around the country on how to start and grow a successful faith-based practice. She hosts summits, a weekly podcast, and a membership community for faith-based practice owners called Wise Practice.
Become a Sponsor for the 2024 Wise Practice Summit in Charlotte, NC
As many of you know, we had an incredible lineup of sponsors for the 2023 Wise Practice Summit. In fact, the sponsors, speakers and event were so successful that we sold over half of the tickets for next year's event on the final day. Therefore, the anticipation and excitement surrounding the 2024 lineup of sponsors is high. Apply today, spots are limited.
What Last Year’s Sponsors Are Saying:
Watch this video and hear about Daniel’s experience as a sponsor at last year’s Wise Practice Summit in Savannah, GA. Daniel is the owner of Private Practice Elevation. In this short testimonial Daniel attributes over $50k of his business revenue to sponsoring the Wise Practice Summit.
Event Venue
The Grand Bohemian Hotel
“Charlotte’s most luxurious high-rise hotel brings boutique sophistication to your business meetings and corporate events. Meet in our exquisitely curated spaces that were designed to inspire. The Grand Bohemian Hotel Charlotte is the place to unleash creativity and spark collaboration.”
Attendees will receive a special room block rate after registration for a discount on the rooms at this Marriott Autograph Hotel during the event. After purchasing your ticket, you will receive an email with the room block link.
Please note: The hotel charges an additional $30 per night for parking. (Sadly, this is not something we can change. Whitney tried her hardest.)
experience connections
experience connections
Find Your People. Connect with like-minded faith-based practice owners and grow your practice while relaxing and playing in Charlotte, North Carolina. Enjoy an intimate conference with amazing content, space to breath, creativity, and faith.
Plan Your Visit
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Discount room block rate at the Bohemian Hotel for the nights of the event
2.5 days of amazing speakers and content
Happy hour and dinner on the lawn in downtown Charlotte
Lunch each full day of the event
Special promotions from speakers and sponsors
Connections with other faith-based practice owners
You will need to purchase your hotel room separately.
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Convenient location in the Heart of Uptown
More Than 16,000 Square Feet of Function Space
Sophisticated Technology & Audio/Visual Services
Three Meeting Galleries
BÚHO BAR located on the 16th floor of the hotel with spectacular views of the city
Private Dining at Mico
24/7 Access to the Artful Wellness Center: including free weights, Peloton® bike & cardio machines
Versatile Indoor and Outdoor/Tented Event Space
Near the airport (7 miles)
Complimentary wifi in meeting room
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Let the indulgences of our Poseidon Spa start your conference off with an energizing massage or a relaxing treatment during break sessions to rejuvenate your creativity. From reflexology treatments to relaxing gift bags, our gift of relaxation is for you to enjoy in the moment, or to-go.
Don’t take our word for it.
See for yourself.
Wise Practice Summit 2023 was full of faith, learning, love and community. We can’t wait to see you in 2024!
What last year’s attendees are saying…
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My favorite was getting to know other group practice owners and building relationships with them, so valuable! Hotel was also beautiful, great location and accommodations .
Heidi Schnakenberg, Colorado Spring Counseling
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Time with friends and a sense of community along side great speaker topics that gave practical implementation avenues.
Brenda Stewart, WellSpring Therapy Associates
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Great conference! Great speakers, fun location, amazing food
Jessica Tappana, Aspire Counseling & Simplified SEO
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Finding and building community and feeling normalized was worth every penny.
Brenna Hicks, The Kid Counselor Center
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I found a videographer to enhance my website, connected with like minded therapists, relaxed, learned web tips and had delicious food.
Beliza Perez, My Oviedo Counselor LLC
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I loved the opportunity to connect in community
Katie Vernoy, KatieVernoy.com
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My favorite part would be the community. Being face-to-face with other business owners while having open time between sessions and in the evenings was so valuable to me. Just by having conversations with others, I came away energized in my business and full of ideas.
Daniel Fava, Private Practice Elevation
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Excellent return on my investment! Great networking/community opportunities and great information I gained from the speakers
Cindy Isaac, Grace Family Counseling
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I think the speakers were great and the vibe was great. The location was great. I came away with pages of notes and ideas.
James Marland, Course Creation Studio
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I received the encouragement that I needed as well as specific marketing and business building skills to generate more income for my business once I apply them.
Mary Ann Green, Nurture Soul Counseling
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My favorite aspect of the event was the great teaching paired with lots of opportunity to be with friends and make new ones!
Colleen Wenner, New Heights Counseling
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My favorite was getting to meet and network with so many other practice owners. I greatly appreciated the extra opportunities to meet up before the conference (the rooftop bar and the welcome dinner). I loved Savannah and loved the hotel. I would love to come back to both. I really appreciated that you didn't have to be a faith-based practice owner to learn and benefit from the conference.
Nikki Winchester, Cincinnati Center for DBT
Don’t Feel Like Reading All of the Above Testimonials?
Just watch one then :)
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Meet Our Sponsors
Tentative Schedule
Tentative Schedule
Thursday, October 3
8:30 -Welcome to the Summit
9:00 - Large Group Session
10:45 - Breakout Sessions
12:15 - Lunch provided at the hotel
1:30 - Breakout Sessions
3:15 - Breakout Sessions
5:00 - Time for connection and rest
Friday, October 4
9:00 - Large Group Session
10:45 - Breakout Sessions
12:15 - Lunch provided at the hotel
1:30 - Breakout Sessions
3:15 - Breakout Sessions
5:00 - Dinner and Drinks on the lawn
Saturday, October 5
9:00 - Large Group Session
10:45 - Closing Session
12:15 - Closing Remarks
Become a Sponsor
If you’d like to become a Wise Practice Summit Sponsor, please email whitney@whitneyowens.com
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Your summit ticket is $850 for access to all presentations and 3 included meals (Friday night dinner and lunch each full day of the event).
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You may request a refund via email to whitney@wisepracticeconsulting.com.
Refunds will be given in full up to 30 days prior to the event.
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You may send your complaint or dispute to whitney@wisepracticeconsulting.com with a detailed explanation of the situation. Your concern will be addressed with 5-7 business days by the Wise Practice Consulting team.