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Nick Bognar (he/him)
@nickbognarcoaching.bsky.social
#LMFT in private practice in CA / Helping #therapists build their dream practices / Lover of #cats, baker of pies, rewriter of #networking rules.

A Meta-refugee, here to make genuine connections.

www.nickbognarcoaching.com
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Build a network of professional colleagues who don’t believe in “keeping it all for themselves” and watch your practice grow in the best possible way.

#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #therapistsofbluesky #referralnetwork #ReferralMarketing #WordOfMouth #GrowWithReferrals #ReferralStrategy
Another therapist once told me: “I feel like I’m not fully recognized anywhere.”
That line gutted me — and also nailed the experience of so many high-achieving, burned-out therapists.
Do you resonate with that?

#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #blueskytherapists
November 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
My old business card said: Depression Destroyer.
My next one might just say: Not the ketchup guy. Not the guitar amp guy.
(There are at least two other “Nick Bognars” out there so I have to clarify.)
Should therapists lean into humor with their branding, or keep it buttoned-up?

#therapistsconnect
November 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
PSA: Feeling fried ≠ ‘not cut out for it.’ It usually means ‘under-resourced and isolated.’ Find one colleague. Start with ‘I thought of you today.’

#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #blueskytherapists
November 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
You’re carrying the weight of ten stories a day. No human body—no matter how trained—can hold that alone. Peers are how we metabolize the work.

#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #blueskytherapists
November 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The open hours you may have in your schedule right now aren’t dead space; they’re networking office hours.

Text a colleague, book a coffee, join a consult group.

Calendars fill from conversations, and if you have time to see clients, you have time to build the relationships that bring them.
November 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I'll be honest. I don’t buy into SEO for therapists.
You’re not competing with 4,000 random Googlers; you’re competing with BetterHelp’s $20M ad budget.
And I swear that the best referrals don’t come from strangers on Google.
Agree? Or is SEO your hill to die on?

#therapistsky #therapistsconnect
November 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Networking isn’t always about who knows your name. It’s about who remembers you when an opportunity shows up.

#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #blueskytherapists #therapists
October 31, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Not every connection becomes a referral. But some become your business partner. Or supervisor. Or friend. Or life raft.

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October 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
If you're waiting for the “big break” that finally fills your practice, here’s a wild idea: what if it’s a quiet referral from someone who trusts you?

#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #blueskytherapists #therapists
October 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
If your therapist self feels sturdy but your business self is flailing—that’s not failure. It’s a sign that one part needs more support.

#therapistsconnect #blueskytherapists
October 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
You’re allowed to want help before everything’s on fire.

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October 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Being the ‘strong one’ doesn’t mean you never need support. It means you’ve probably just gotten really good at hiding it.

#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #blueskytherapists
October 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Just because you can rearrange your whole schedule to accommodate someone...doesn’t mean you should.

#therapistsky #blueskytherapists #therapists
October 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
You’re not ‘too sensitive’ for needing emotional safety in your calendar.
October 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Structure is not rigidity. Sometimes a predictable schedule is the thing that keeps you regulated enough to do the damn work.

#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #blueskytherapists #therapists
October 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I had a supervisor once who I thought I had to impress. So I hid my mistakes. You can probably guess how well that went.

#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #blueskytherapists #therapists
October 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Power dynamics in supervision are real. And if you’ve ever frozen in the moment, then spiraled for weeks about it—you’re not broken. You’re absorbing something that isn’t yours.

#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #blueskytherapists #therapists
October 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I used to think I had to be agreeable to get hours. That if I made things hard, I’d be labeled ‘difficult.’ Turns out, being agreeable didn’t make me safe either.

#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #blueskytherapists #therapists
October 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
It's just so important to find your people.

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September 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Build a network of professional colleagues who don’t believe in “keeping it all for themselves” and watch your practice grow in the best possible way.

#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #therapistsofbluesky #referralnetwork #ReferralMarketing #WordOfMouth #GrowWithReferrals #ReferralStrategy
September 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Full-fee therapy doesn’t mean greedy luxury on the part of the therapist.
It means I’m not spending the session calculating how many no-shows I can afford this week.
It means I remember your story.
It means I’m not tired of holding space.
It means I’m still in it with you.

#therapistsky
September 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
High fee doesn’t mean high ego.
Sometimes it just means “I value the work. And I value me.”

#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #blueskytherapists #therapists #therapistsofbluesky
September 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
You probably wouldn’t know if your therapist was burned out.
They’d still smile. Still ask how you are. Still nod in all the right places.

But maybe they’d run a little late, or forget what you said last week.
Or seem kind of... tired. Like they’re somewhere else...
September 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM