This Valentine’s Day, Let Support Be Your Love Language in Solo Private Practice

Jan 23

Valentine’s Day tends to focus on romantic love—but for solo private practice clinicians, self-love often looks far less performative and far more structural.

It looks like support.

If you spend your days offering care, attunement, and emotional presence to others, loving yourself this season may mean asking a different question:
Who is holding me in this work?

Solo Practice Can Be Aligned—and Still Lonely

Many clinicians choose solo practice intentionally. You may love the autonomy, flexibility, and value alignment.

And still, solo practice often means:

No colleague to casually consult between sessions
No shared processing after heavy clinical days
No built-in reminder that uncertainty and doubt are normal

Isolation isn’t a personal shortcoming—it’s a predictable outcome of working alone.

Self-Love Isn’t Just Rest—It’s Relationship

We often talk about self-love as rest, boundaries, or time off (all important). But relational self-love—choosing not to do this work in isolation—is just as essential.

Support networks:

Normalize clinical uncertainty
Reduce emotional and ethical load
Protect against burnout and quiet disengagement

Being seen and supported isn’t indulgent. It’s regulating, grounding, and sustaining.

Option 1: Cohort-Based Support for Consistency and Containment

Cohort models offer something many solo clinicians are missing: continuity.

The TICE Cohort provides:

Ongoing connection with familiar clinicians
Shared learning without pressure to perform
Space to integrate ethics, clinical growth, and professional identity

Instead of starting from scratch each time you need support, cohorts create a reliable container—one that evolves as you do.

Option 2: Membership-Based Support That Meets You Where You Are

Not every clinician wants (or has capacity for) high-engagement spaces—and that’s not a failure. Love doesn’t have to be loud to be meaningful.

The T2T Membership supports clinicians who want:

Ongoing professional connection without overcommitment
Resources that reduce solo decision-making
A sense of belonging that fits real-life capacity

Sometimes self-love is choosing low-pressure support that still reminds you: you’re not alone.

Option 3: Build Your Own Mastermind or Mini-Cohort

Support doesn’t have to be formal to be powerful.

One of the most accessible acts of self-love is reaching out to clinicians you already know and creating intentional connection.

This might look like:

Inviting 2–4 colleagues to a monthly check-in
Scheduling standing consultation or reflection time
Creating a small mastermind focused on sustainability, not productivity

You don’t need a perfect structure. You need consistency, shared values, and permission to show up honestly.

Sometimes self-love sounds like:
“I don’t want to do this part alone—do you?”

Let This Be the Year You Choose Connection

Valentine’s Day doesn’t have to be about romance. It can be a reminder that you deserve care, reciprocity, and support in your professional life, too.

Loving yourself as a solo private practice clinician might mean saying:

I don’t need to carry this work by myself
My emotional labor deserves community
Support is not a luxury—it’s part of sustainability

Whether through the TICE Cohort, the T2T Membership, or a mastermind you build with trusted peers, choosing connection is choosing yourself.

And that may be the most meaningful Valentine’s gift you give this year. 💗

Jennifer Hama