AND HOW THIS WHOLE THING STARTED

Brittany Britt and Nicole McLaughlin are licensed clinicians, business partners, and — if we're being honest — two therapists who got tired of watching brilliant clinicians stay stuck in jobs that weren't working for them.

We met when we were both ready for something different. Nicole had been quietly helping therapists navigate the leap into private practice for years — demystifying the process, sharing the roadmap, making the intimidating feel manageable.

Brittany was coming out of the Meadows IOP in Scottsdale, carrying the same dream a lot of therapists carry: her own practice, her own clients, her own terms. And the same fear most of us carry — what if I can't do this?

Turns out, you can. We both did.

And then we couldn't stop thinking about all the therapists who were still waiting to find that out.

So we started building.

First came the EMDR Deep Dive — an 8-hour live virtual training for clinicians who'd completed their basic training but still felt unsteady putting it into practice. The response told us everything we needed to know: therapists are hungry for practical, no-fluff support that meets them where they actually are.

We kept going.

More trainings. More topics. More conversations with therapists who were skilled, dedicated, and chronically underserved by the systems they worked in.

And eventually, something bigger came into focus. Therapists didn't just need better information — they needed what private practice rarely offers: community, resources, and real, tangible benefits.

So we built The Professional Collective.

A place where therapists can access clinical training, peer connection, and practice-building resources — along with something almost unheard of in private practice: access to major medical and life insurance, with commercial health insurance on the horizon as our community grows.

Because no one should have to stay stuck somewhere that isn't right for them just to keep their health insurance.

We've been those therapists. We built this for you.

We started with therapists because that's where we come from. But the gap we're filling — training, community, and real benefits for independent professionals — is bigger than any one field.

We're just getting started.