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Mar 2025
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Building a Bilingual Private Practice Wh...

Jena Castro-Casbon
About this episode

If you’ve wanted to start a private practice while navigating another job or learn more about serving bilingual clients, don’t miss out on this episode! 

Joining me today is Esmeralda Sánchez, a bilingual and bicultural native Spanish-speaking Speech-Language Pathologist located in Chicago.  She is the founder of Bilingual and Brilliant Speech Therapy LLC.

Esmeralda joined the Start Your Private Practice program in 2023 and began building her own caseload, starting with four private-pay clients. As her business grew, she transitioned into the Grow Your Private Practice Program to scale her practice further.

In this episode, Esmeralda shares why she decided to start her own private practice and talks about her experiences in becoming a mother and struggling to find bilingual services for her own son.

Esmeralda Sanchez has twelve years of experience in early intervention, public schools, and private practice. She earned dual Bachelor’s degrees in Speech-Language Pathology and Spanish from Saint Xavier University in Chicago followed by a Master’s degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Indiana University’s where she focused on bilingual therapy. 

Her practice, Bilingual and Brilliant Speech Therapy LLC, combines growth mindset principles, social-emotional wellness, and family-centered practices. Esmeralda specializes in treating receptive and expressive language disorders, late talking, stuttering, articulation disorders, speech clarity, and post-stroke rehabilitation.

In Today's Episode, We Discuss:

  • Esmeralda’s personal experiences with speech therapy and how she got into the field
  • Getting started with private clients while maintaining her job in the schools
  •  How private practice has increased her control of income, clients, and schedule
  • Esmeralda’s natural and easy marketing strategies  that anyone can do

Esmeralda turned her own struggles and experiences into a driving force for her to serve her community through private practice. I hope she inspires you to take the next step toward the life you deserve as a hard-working clinician!

If you want our help to start or grow your private practice (just like we helped Esmeralda!), please visit www.independentclinician.com/resources.

Whether you want to start a private practice or grow your existing private practice, I can help you get the freedom, flexibility, fulfillment, and financial abundance that you deserve. Visit www.independentclinician.com to learn more.

Resources Mentioned: 

Learn more about starting or growing your private practice: www.independentclinician.com/resources

Esmeralda’s website: www.bilingualandbrilliantspeechtherapy.com

Follow Esmeralda on Instagram: www.instagram.com/bilingualandbrilliantspeech

Check out Esmeralda’s Youtube channel: www.youtube.com/@bilingualandbrilliantspeech

Where We Can Connect: 

Follow the Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/private-practice-success-stories/id1374716199

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