From Agency Leadership to $320 Freedom – Amanda Starfield on Leaving the System to Serve with Integrity
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In this episode, Tiffany sits down with Amanda Starfield, a Massachusetts-based therapist and former clinical director who walked away from 15 years in agency leadership to build a sustainable, premium-fee private practice.
Amanda gets real about the internal war between wanting to serve others and realizing she couldn't keep doing it from a system built on exploitation. When she left her "secure" job, she didn't take insurance — she set her fee at $200 and later raised it to $320, discovering that charging her worth actually made her a better therapist and mentor.
If you've ever told yourself you "can't" charge more because you care too much, Amanda's story will lovingly destroy that illusion.
In this episode, Amanda shares:
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How she went from running a statewide adolescent program to walking away cold turkey during the pandemic
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Why she refused to take insurance and how that decision saved her clinical integrity
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What it really looks like to hold social justice and sustainability together
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How raising her fees to $320 per session deepened her clinical work
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Why connection, community, and liberation—not burnout—are her new metrics for success
Resources mentioned:
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LIMB Academy
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Fun With Fees Calculator
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