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For independently licensed therapists

Practice what
you trained for

You became a therapist to help people, not to figure out LLC filings, credentialing workflows, and compliance paperwork. caret care walks you through the business side in the right order, so the work you trained for is the work you get to do.

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Practice Setup · Step 3
Obtain Your EIN
Federal tax ID, about 10 minutes
Foundation · Complete
Readiness Assessment
Your practice is ready to build
Practice Setup · Lesson 2
Register Your Business
Choose business structure
Check name availability
File Articles of Organization
Save confirmation documents
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Built by a practicing LCSW
Step-by-step guided execution
State-specific guidance
No business degree required
The gap nobody talks about

You were trained
to heal.
Not to file,
form, and figure out.

Graduate school gave you clinical skills. Years of supervised practice made you a competent, caring clinician. What it didn't give you is any preparation for the business of private practice.

So when you're ready to go independent (to do the work you want to do, with the clients you want to serve, on your terms), you hit a wall. Not a clinical wall. A bureaucratic one.

caret care is the structure that removes that wall.

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Business formation confusion
LLC? PLLC? Sole proprietor? Nobody taught you this, and the answer actually matters.
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Compliance overwhelm
HIPAA, NPPs, Good Faith Estimates: clinical requirements stack on top of business ones fast.
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Fee-setting paralysis
You know what you're worth. You don't know what to charge. There's a right way to figure that out.
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No clear sequence
Everything feels urgent and nothing has a clear order. You need a map, not more information.
"Therapists deserve the freedom to practice, not the burden of figuring out everything that comes before it."

caret care exists to give independently licensed clinicians the structure, tools, and confidence to build their practice, so they can get to the work they're actually meant to do.

See who this is built for →
How it works

A guided build,
not a checklist

caret care walks you through every decision in the right sequence. Each step explains what to do, why it matters, and what comes next. No searching. No guessing.

01
Foundation
Assess your readiness
Confirm your licensure, clarify your goals, and set honest expectations before anything else. The foundation determines what comes next.
02
Practice Setup
Build the structure
Form your entity, get your EIN, open a business bank account, secure insurance, and establish compliance. In order. With guidance at every step.
03
Clinical Systems
Set up your practice
Choose your EHR, design intake workflows, set your fees, build client onboarding. Everything a functioning practice needs before you see your first client.
04
Launch + Grow
Open your doors
Build referral relationships, get listed, and build a sustainable caseload in a way that's appropriate for behavioral health clinicians.
Built by a clinician

This isn't a consultant's idea of what private practice looks like

caret care was built by Tim, a licensed clinical social worker with clinical training in CBT, DBT, and ERP, who went through the private practice launch process himself and couldn't find a resource that actually helped.

Not a generic small business course. Not a forum thread. A clinician-built, clinician-tested guided system for clinicians.

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The thing I needed most wasn't more information. It was a clear sequence. What do I do first, and what do I do next?
Tim, LCSW · Founder, caret care
8+
Curriculum sections
New
States launching every month

Stop waiting.
Start building.

The practice you've been thinking about building? It's possible. And it's closer than you think.

Request an invite

caret care opens to clinicians in small groups. Tell us who you are and where you're licensed. Requests are reviewed within 2 business days, and if the current group is full, you'll start on the waitlist. Requesting is free; nothing is charged unless you're invited and choose to sign up.

Your invite and sign-up code go here.

Your licenses

One row per state where you hold an active license. Add a row for each additional state.

Where are you in building your practice?
What's your license status?
When do you plan to see your first client in your own practice?
Will you take insurance, private pay, or both?
Beta testers give feedback periodically through short surveys and one 30-minute call. Are you up for that?

Optional. A sentence or two is plenty.