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Build Your Online Practice on Your Own Terms

A rigorous, affirming roadmap for licensed mental health professionals — especially Black women — ready to launch, run, and grow a fully compliant, soul-aligned telehealth practice without sacrificing clinical integrity or personal wellbeing.

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Online Therapy & Counseling

You've already done the hardest part — becoming the clinician you are — and now it's time to build the practice that finally matches that."Freddy Foster

What you'll learn

What you'll be able to do

  • Set up a fully compliant, HIPAA-secure telehealth practice from scratch
  • Identify the right platform and digital tools to deliver seamless virtual sessions
  • Navigate the ethics and legal requirements of online therapy across state lines
  • Attract and retain your ideal clients using authentic, values-aligned marketing
  • Structure your schedule and pricing to protect your energy and build sustainable income
  • Confidently hold therapeutic presence and build deep rapport through a screen

How it works

A school that adapts to you

This isn't a set of static videos. Every lesson is generated live and tuned to where you actually are.

We learn your level

A quick placement check tailors your starting point so you're never bored or lost.

Lessons adapt as you go

Each lesson is written for your pace and your goal, adjusting as your skills grow.

Your AI coach keeps you moving

Checkpoints, feedback, and gentle nudges turn progress into a real result.

The curriculum

What's inside your school

6 modules · 28 lessons

1

Foundations of an Online Practice

Establishes the mindset, legal groundwork, and business structure needed to launch a compliant telehealth practice.

  • 1.1The Online Practice OpportunityIncluded
  • 1.2Choosing Your Business StructureIncluded
  • 1.3Licensure Across State LinesIncluded
  • 1.4HIPAA Compliance from the Ground UpIncluded
  • 1.5Setting Up a Secure, Professional Home OfficeIncluded
2

Telehealth Platforms & Digital Tools

Equips practitioners with the knowledge to select, configure, and confidently use the right technology for seamless virtual care.

  • 2.1Comparing Telehealth PlatformsIncluded
  • 2.2Electronic Health Records & Documentation ToolsIncluded
  • 2.3Scheduling, Billing & Payment ProcessingIncluded
  • 2.4Client Portals & the Digital Intake ProcessIncluded
3

Ethics & Legal Responsibilities in Online Therapy

Deepens understanding of the ethical obligations and legal boundaries unique to delivering therapy in a virtual environment.

  • 3.1Ethics Codes Applied to TelehealthIncluded
  • 3.2Informed Consent for Virtual ServicesIncluded
  • 3.3Managing Crisis & Safety Protocols RemotelyIncluded
  • 3.4Social Media, Boundaries & Digital ProfessionalismIncluded
4

Therapeutic Presence & Rapport Through a Screen

Builds the clinical skills and embodied confidence needed to deliver powerful, connected therapy in a virtual format.

  • 4.1Adapting Your Clinical Style to VideoIncluded
  • 4.2Reading the Room Through a CameraIncluded
  • 4.3Building Deep Rapport and Alliance VirtuallyIncluded
  • 4.4Managing Technology Disruptions Without Losing the MomentIncluded
  • 4.5Culturally Responsive Practice in Online SpacesIncluded
5

Authentic Marketing & Client Acquisition

Guides practitioners to attract their ideal clients through values-aligned, visibility strategies that feel true to who they are.

  • 5.1Defining Your Niche and Ideal ClientIncluded
  • 5.2Building a Therapist Website That ConvertsIncluded
  • 5.3Psychology Today, Directories & Referral NetworksIncluded
  • 5.4Showing Up on Social Media as a ClinicianIncluded
  • 5.5The Consultation Call: Converting Inquiries into ClientsIncluded
6

Sustainable Scheduling, Pricing & Practice Growth

Empowers practitioners to design income structures and boundaries that support long-term financial health and personal wellbeing.

  • 6.1Setting Fees That Reflect Your WorthIncluded
  • 6.2Private Pay vs. Insurance: Making the Right ChoiceIncluded
  • 6.3Designing a Schedule That Protects Your EnergyIncluded
  • 6.4Policies, Cancellations & Professional BoundariesIncluded
  • 6.5Growing Your Practice: Group Therapy, Courses & BeyondIncluded

Who it's for

Is this you?

The Transitioning Clinician

You've built a solid in-person caseload and you're ready to move online — this gives you the compliant, strategic framework to make that transition without starting over.

The Newly Licensed Therapist

You want to build online from day one and need a clear, honest roadmap from licensure and HIPAA all the way to your first paying client.

The Burned-Out Private Practitioner

You love the clinical work but the current model is draining you — sustainable scheduling, right-fit pricing, and boundaries-first policies are exactly what this school addresses.

The Multi-State Practitioner

You serve clients across state lines and need clarity on the legal and ethical patchwork of telehealth licensure requirements before it catches up with you.

The Values-Led Marketer

You want to attract clients authentically without compromising your clinical identity — the marketing module teaches exactly that, from your website to your consultation call.

The Practice Expander

You already have an online practice but want to grow intentionally — into group therapy, digital products, or a more protected schedule — and need a strategic framework to do it.

Questions

Frequently asked

Your teacher

A note from your teacher

Freddy Foster

Freddy Foster

If you're reading this, I'm guessing you're somewhere between exhausted and excited — and that's a very specific place I understand deeply.

Maybe you've been doing powerful, meaningful work with clients for years, but the overhead, the commute, the limitations of a brick-and-mortar practice are quietly taking something from you. Maybe you've already started exploring telehealth and you're overwhelmed by the moving parts — the platforms, the compliance questions, the marketing advice that sounds like it was written for someone who has nothing in common with you. Or maybe you're newly licensed and you know, in your bones, that you want to build something online from the very beginning, but no one has given you a clear, honest map.

I built this school because that map didn't exist in a way that spoke to us — to Black women in mental health, who bring a particular depth of experience to this work and deserve resources that reflect that. The practice-building content that exists out there is often generic at best and tone-deaf at worst. It doesn't account for the specific weight we carry, the specific communities we serve, or the specific way we show up in clinical spaces. I wanted to change that.

What you'll find here is the full picture — not just the exciting parts. Yes, we cover how to market yourself and attract clients who are the right fit. But we also go deep on the things that protect you: HIPAA compliance that's actually implemented, not just understood in theory; telehealth ethics applied to real scenarios you'll face; crisis protocols that work when you can't physically be in the room; legal clarity on practicing across state lines. This is rigorous, professionally grounded content, and I don't apologize for that. You're a clinician. You can handle rigor. You deserve it.

And because I believe sustainability is the whole point of building your own practice, we don't stop at launch. We talk about pricing your services at what they're actually worth. We talk about designing a schedule that doesn't hollow you out. We talk about what growth can look like — on your terms, at your pace, in alignment with the life you're trying to build.

You've done the hard work of becoming a licensed mental health professional. Now let's build a practice that honors that fully. I'm glad you're here, and I'm ready to walk through this with you.

Freddy Foster

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  • 6 modules, 28 lessons
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  • Quizzes & checkpoints to lock in progress
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