How To Create A Vision Board To Build Your Private Practice

I’ve been working with psychotherapists this week to help them develop a map for the future of their private practices.  And, of course, the first step in that process is to help them create a vision for their ideal practices.  That’s why I’m so excited to get to introduce you to two women that I’ve learn about who encourage clients to use a vision board to achieve their dreams.

Carolyn Tucker, LAPC and Donna Terrazas, L.Ac. have generously agreed to write a guest post on how to create and effectively use vision boards to help you clarify your intentions in the service of building your own ideal practice. 

(If you are interested in writing a guest post, check out the guidelines here.)
____________________

A Guest Post by Carolyn Tucker, LAPC and Donna Terrazas, L.Ac.

As a therapist and an acupuncturist, we have had the experience of feeling “stuck” in our work, dependent on clients to find us. Sometimes, all of our marketing efforts are to no avail, and we are left exhausted from the effort of trying to “force” our business. This feeling of powerlessness is frustrating and can be demotivating. There is a tool that we use effectively that we would like to share with you – a vision board.

A Visual Affirmation

A vision board uses the natural law of attraction to do the work for you. A vision board is like a visual affirmation. Something that has excited you in a past moment can bring that same exciting energy back every time you meditate on it; that energy is then launched into the future to manifest the thing that has excited you or a desired goal. Anything from a larger practice to financial prosperity can be displayed on a vision board to be meditated upon. By placing the items we desire to attract into our lives on a vision board, we set our intentions toward that thing. Our intentions then become like ripples in the pond, reaching out to attract back to you what you desire.

Create Your Own Vision Board

To create a vision board to support your ability to cultivate the practice of your dreams, begin by choosing words, phrases, and pictures to represent the practice you desire. Be specific about the kind of clients you want, how you want to grow your practice (groups, speaking events, marketing products, etc.) and how you want to feel while doing it. A vision board possesses its greatest potential to manifest when energized by good feelings and happy emotions! Decorate your boards with pictures from magazines, clip art, and words and phrases that inspire and motivate you. The images on a vision board will constantly connect to your inborn desires for a better and happy life, helping to change old, limiting mental images and beliefs.

Share Your Vision

Once you complete your board, share it with others and ask them to get excited with you to amplify your personal energies towards creating your goals. Every thought, feeling, word, and action we express carries a vibration, and every vibration attracts to it things of “like” energy. In every moment we are attracting to us based on the vibrations we are radiating. Group sharing evokes strong positive vibrations of empathy and excitement, creating a surge of energy towards manifesting your goals.

Try On Your Vision Every Day

Keep your board in a highly visible spot so that you see it frequently. Be sure to meditate on it daily, focusing again on the feelings you will feel after you have created the practice you want. “Try on” the feelings of success, excitement, and gratitude. The more you experience these desired feelings, the more vibrational pull you will create.

Month by Month

As you reach your goals, allow your vision board to morph, placing new pictures on it signifying ways in which you desire to continue growing. Your vision board can be a work-in-progress, just like you, that grows and changes with you. You can also create mini-vision boards in a notebook on more specific topics (monthly mini-boards, for example) to allow you to be even more specific about the things that you would like to create in your practice on a smaller scale.

Whatever You Desire

A vision board is a powerful tool for a therapist. It can take away that feeling of frustration and powerlessness and remind us that we create our own realities. The process of creating the board will help you get very clear and focused on what you want. Your vision board will be a constant reminder of your ability to co-create with the universe whatever you desire!

____________________

About the Authors: Carolyn Tucker, LAPC and Donna Terrazas, L.Ac. practice at TRU Integrative Health and Wellness in Atlanta, Georgia. More information about them and their practices can be found at www.growhealchange.com.