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
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
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #therapistsofbluesky #referralnetwork #ReferralMarketing #WordOfMouth #GrowWithReferrals #ReferralStrategy
Networking ≠ “get clients now.”
It’s relationships, trust, and long-game impact.
Even if you’re full, you can still be the person who connects people well.
What’s a low-pressure way you stay in the game?
It’s relationships, trust, and long-game impact.
Even if you’re full, you can still be the person who connects people well.
What’s a low-pressure way you stay in the game?
December 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Networking ≠ “get clients now.”
It’s relationships, trust, and long-game impact.
Even if you’re full, you can still be the person who connects people well.
What’s a low-pressure way you stay in the game?
It’s relationships, trust, and long-game impact.
Even if you’re full, you can still be the person who connects people well.
What’s a low-pressure way you stay in the game?
Burned out and still want to grow? Try the 60-second move:
Forward a kind note to a colleague you admire.
One sentence about what they do brilliantly.
That’s it.
#therapistsky #blueskytherapists
Forward a kind note to a colleague you admire.
One sentence about what they do brilliantly.
That’s it.
#therapistsky #blueskytherapists
December 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Burned out and still want to grow? Try the 60-second move:
Forward a kind note to a colleague you admire.
One sentence about what they do brilliantly.
That’s it.
#therapistsky #blueskytherapists
Forward a kind note to a colleague you admire.
One sentence about what they do brilliantly.
That’s it.
#therapistsky #blueskytherapists
You don’t need your dream job to start building your dream practice.
If you’re tired, keep the moves small: connect, refer well, be generous.
That kind of generosity has a way of coming back around.
Who’s one colleague you can lift up today?
If you’re tired, keep the moves small: connect, refer well, be generous.
That kind of generosity has a way of coming back around.
Who’s one colleague you can lift up today?
December 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
You don’t need your dream job to start building your dream practice.
If you’re tired, keep the moves small: connect, refer well, be generous.
That kind of generosity has a way of coming back around.
Who’s one colleague you can lift up today?
If you’re tired, keep the moves small: connect, refer well, be generous.
That kind of generosity has a way of coming back around.
Who’s one colleague you can lift up today?
Therapy practices grow on trust + time and December is great for both. What if you sent a 2-line “thinking of you” to a colleague you value today?
#therapistsconnect
#therapistsconnect
December 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Therapy practices grow on trust + time and December is great for both. What if you sent a 2-line “thinking of you” to a colleague you value today?
#therapistsconnect
#therapistsconnect
Not rewriting your whole website this month? Same.
But you can still:
• check in with 1 colleague
• clarify what you want more of
• post a short “here’s my best-fit work” note
Quiet moves still count!
#therapistsconnect #therapistsky
But you can still:
• check in with 1 colleague
• clarify what you want more of
• post a short “here’s my best-fit work” note
Quiet moves still count!
#therapistsconnect #therapistsky
December 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Not rewriting your whole website this month? Same.
But you can still:
• check in with 1 colleague
• clarify what you want more of
• post a short “here’s my best-fit work” note
Quiet moves still count!
#therapistsconnect #therapistsky
But you can still:
• check in with 1 colleague
• clarify what you want more of
• post a short “here’s my best-fit work” note
Quiet moves still count!
#therapistsconnect #therapistsky
Therapists, If nothing changed between now and Jan 1, how would you feel about your practice?
If that stings, you’re not alone...and you still have time.
What “small, honest” step feels right this week?
#therapysky #therapistsconnect
If that stings, you’re not alone...and you still have time.
What “small, honest” step feels right this week?
#therapysky #therapistsconnect
December 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Therapists, If nothing changed between now and Jan 1, how would you feel about your practice?
If that stings, you’re not alone...and you still have time.
What “small, honest” step feels right this week?
#therapysky #therapistsconnect
If that stings, you’re not alone...and you still have time.
What “small, honest” step feels right this week?
#therapysky #therapistsconnect
Sometimes the most “business-savvy” thing you can do is go to bed.
You can’t out-hustle burnout.
You can’t market your way out of exhaustion.
Therapists — what’s your go-to move when your tank is empty?
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #blueskytherapists
You can’t out-hustle burnout.
You can’t market your way out of exhaustion.
Therapists — what’s your go-to move when your tank is empty?
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #blueskytherapists
November 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Sometimes the most “business-savvy” thing you can do is go to bed.
You can’t out-hustle burnout.
You can’t market your way out of exhaustion.
Therapists — what’s your go-to move when your tank is empty?
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #blueskytherapists
You can’t out-hustle burnout.
You can’t market your way out of exhaustion.
Therapists — what’s your go-to move when your tank is empty?
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #blueskytherapists
Everyone wants the “3 easy steps” to a full practice.
Here’s mine:
1. Talk to people.
2. Build trust.
3. Repeat.
(Sorry, no crazier answer.)
What would you add to this list?
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #blueskytherapists
Here’s mine:
1. Talk to people.
2. Build trust.
3. Repeat.
(Sorry, no crazier answer.)
What would you add to this list?
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #blueskytherapists
November 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Everyone wants the “3 easy steps” to a full practice.
Here’s mine:
1. Talk to people.
2. Build trust.
3. Repeat.
(Sorry, no crazier answer.)
What would you add to this list?
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #blueskytherapists
Here’s mine:
1. Talk to people.
2. Build trust.
3. Repeat.
(Sorry, no crazier answer.)
What would you add to this list?
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #blueskytherapists
Therapists: stop feeling bad about enforcing your cancellation policy.
If a client cancels 2 minutes into session, that’s not your problem — that’s the policy.
Otherwise, you’re trading in your sleep and sanity.
Do you enforce your policy? Why or why not?
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect
If a client cancels 2 minutes into session, that’s not your problem — that’s the policy.
Otherwise, you’re trading in your sleep and sanity.
Do you enforce your policy? Why or why not?
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect
November 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Therapists: stop feeling bad about enforcing your cancellation policy.
If a client cancels 2 minutes into session, that’s not your problem — that’s the policy.
Otherwise, you’re trading in your sleep and sanity.
Do you enforce your policy? Why or why not?
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect
If a client cancels 2 minutes into session, that’s not your problem — that’s the policy.
Otherwise, you’re trading in your sleep and sanity.
Do you enforce your policy? Why or why not?
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect
Almost 100% of my caseload comes from referrals.
Not SEO, not socials, not even my podcast.
Just other clinicians who know me.
Networking is the unsexy secret nobody wants to hear.
What’s been your best referral source?
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #therapists
Not SEO, not socials, not even my podcast.
Just other clinicians who know me.
Networking is the unsexy secret nobody wants to hear.
What’s been your best referral source?
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #therapists
November 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Almost 100% of my caseload comes from referrals.
Not SEO, not socials, not even my podcast.
Just other clinicians who know me.
Networking is the unsexy secret nobody wants to hear.
What’s been your best referral source?
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #therapists
Not SEO, not socials, not even my podcast.
Just other clinicians who know me.
Networking is the unsexy secret nobody wants to hear.
What’s been your best referral source?
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #therapists
A therapist once told me they wanted to combine therapy, cooking, and retreats into one offering.
My take? If you’ve got the ingredients, cook the damn recipe.
Therapists — what’s your wild dream for your practice that you’ve been too scared to say out loud?
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect
My take? If you’ve got the ingredients, cook the damn recipe.
Therapists — what’s your wild dream for your practice that you’ve been too scared to say out loud?
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect
November 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
A therapist once told me they wanted to combine therapy, cooking, and retreats into one offering.
My take? If you’ve got the ingredients, cook the damn recipe.
Therapists — what’s your wild dream for your practice that you’ve been too scared to say out loud?
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect
My take? If you’ve got the ingredients, cook the damn recipe.
Therapists — what’s your wild dream for your practice that you’ve been too scared to say out loud?
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect
Being “squishy” with your schedule doesn’t make you more accommodating.
It makes you resentful.
And your clients can feel that.
What’s the hardest boundary for you to hold in private practice?
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #therapistsofbluesky
It makes you resentful.
And your clients can feel that.
What’s the hardest boundary for you to hold in private practice?
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #therapistsofbluesky
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Being “squishy” with your schedule doesn’t make you more accommodating.
It makes you resentful.
And your clients can feel that.
What’s the hardest boundary for you to hold in private practice?
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #therapistsofbluesky
It makes you resentful.
And your clients can feel that.
What’s the hardest boundary for you to hold in private practice?
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #therapistsofbluesky
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #blueskytherapists
November 7, 2025 at 4:51 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
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #blueskytherapists
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
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #blueskytherapists
November 5, 2025 at 4:43 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
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #blueskytherapists
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
Networking isn’t always about who knows your name. It’s about who remembers you when an opportunity shows up.
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #blueskytherapists #therapists
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #blueskytherapists #therapists
October 31, 2025 at 3:04 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
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #blueskytherapists #therapists
Not every connection becomes a referral. But some become your business partner. Or supervisor. Or friend. Or life raft.
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #blueskytherapists
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #blueskytherapists
October 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Not every connection becomes a referral. But some become your business partner. Or supervisor. Or friend. Or life raft.
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #blueskytherapists
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #blueskytherapists
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
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #blueskytherapists #therapists
October 27, 2025 at 3:08 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
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #blueskytherapists #therapists
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
#therapistsconnect #blueskytherapists
October 24, 2025 at 3:24 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
#therapistsconnect #blueskytherapists
You’re allowed to want help before everything’s on fire.
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #blueskytherapists
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #blueskytherapists
October 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
You’re allowed to want help before everything’s on fire.
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #blueskytherapists
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #blueskytherapists
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
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #blueskytherapists
October 20, 2025 at 3:43 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
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #blueskytherapists
Just because you can rearrange your whole schedule to accommodate someone...doesn’t mean you should.
#therapistsky #blueskytherapists #therapists
#therapistsky #blueskytherapists #therapists
October 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Just because you can rearrange your whole schedule to accommodate someone...doesn’t mean you should.
#therapistsky #blueskytherapists #therapists
#therapistsky #blueskytherapists #therapists