Diversify Beyond the Chair:

Azizi Marshall, LCPC, RDT-BCT, SAG-AFTRA

How to Land Corporate Contracts... Without Selling Your Soul

SPECIALTY

•  Corporate training contracts and consulting
•  On-camera presence and visibility strategy
•  High-stakes pitching and negotiation

Azizi Marshall is the founder of Content Studio Lab, where she helps service-based professionals become known, trusted, and hired through strategic video and visibility systems. Before building Content Studio Lab, Azizi ran a successful group therapy practice for over 15 years and has been working in the mental health industry for more than 20 years. She started diversifying her income before she even opened her private practice, training professionals in drama therapy and expressive arts therapy and building a training center from day one.

Azizi has secured corporate training contracts ranging from $50K to $150K with organizations including Joffrey Ballet, Anti-Cruelty Society, Advocate Hospital, Reebok, and IKEA. She has spoken in front of C-suite audiences at Nike, Hallmark, Kellogg's, ESPN, and Netflix, and has been featured in CNN, NBC, and Oprah Magazine. She is also a SAG-AFTRA actor, Columbia College Chicago-trained film director, international keynote speaker, and author of "Speak Like a Badass". Her work is grounded in helping professionals step into their authority with authenticity, clarity and confidence.

Traci W. Pirri, LCSW-S, EMDRIA-Approved Consultant

Still Trading Time for Money? Three Bets I Made That Finally Changed the Game

SPECIALTY

•  Nonprofit practice structure and funding
•  Therapy intensives model
•  Clinical trainings beyond the therapy room

Traci W. Pirri, LCSW-S is Executive Director of Hope For The Journey Collective, a Texas-based nonprofit group practice with two locations in the Austin, Texas area. She is an EMDRIA-Approved Consultant and was one of the first trained in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in the country. Her clinical focus areas are sexual trauma, complex and attachment trauma (including adoption), dissociative disorders, and EMDR.

Traci is passionate about helping other clinicians to feel confident working with complex trauma and dissociation while minimizing the risk of burnout. She is an entrepreneur, speaker, and educator on topics related to dissociation, EMDR, complex trauma, and sexual trauma.

Additionally, she speaks on leading without losing yourself, how to show up with authenticity, and the how/why’s of structuring your therapy practice as a nonprofit to allow increased financial security & creative freedom.

Kayla Schubert Wirth, MSW, LCSW

Community Over Competition: Building Local Therapist Communities That Actually Work

SPECIALTY

•  Local therapist community building
•  Events, CE trainings, and sponsorships
•  Turning connections into recurring income

Kayla Schubert-Wirth, LCSW is a trauma therapist, EMDRIA-Approved Consultant and Trainer, and founder of Grit & Grace Psychotherapy. 

Beyond the therapy room, Kayla has built multiple therapist-focused offerings including trauma therapy intensives, EMDR consultation, experiential trainings, and community-based events. She is the creator of Not Your Supervisor’s Training, a sold-out continuing education experience designed to move beyond lecture-based learning and provide therapists with practical, real-world trauma skills.

Known for creating spaces therapists actually want to be in, Kayla focuses on building collaborative, community-driven environments that challenge the competitive culture within the field. Her work helps therapists expand beyond traditional 1:1 sessions into more sustainable, creative, and connected ways of working.

Cecily Moore, PhD, LPC-MHSP, LMHC

Bet on Yourself: The Identity Work Behind Diversifying Your Income as a Therapist

SPECIALTY

•  Identity-led income framework (the PAID model)
•  Coaching, CEU training, and curriculum development
•  Corporate consulting

Dr. Cecily Moore is a licensed therapist, clinical supervisor, and counselor educator who specializes in helping therapists expand how they work and earn. Her expertise centers on professional identity development and how it shapes income, decision-making, and career design.

She teaches therapists how to move from a single role into diversified, aligned income streams by integrating identity, values, and practical business strategy. Her work focuses on helping clinicians translate their existing skills and lived experience into well-designed work that reflects how they want to live.

Dr. Moore brings a unique perspective that bridges clinical practice and entrepreneurship, equipping therapists with clear frameworks they can apply immediately to expand their income and build work that is both intentional and sustainable. 

Jenny Hughes, PhD, Licensed Psychologist

The Spoke and Wheel: How Supporting Trauma Therapists Became a Business Ecosystem

SPECIALTY

•  Online membership community building
•  Nonprofit arm development
•  Organizational consulting and in-person events

Jenny Hughes, PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in the treatment of trauma and PTSD. As a clinician, she practices Brainspotting, EMDR, and Cognitive Processing Therapy. Jenny is the author of The PTSD Recovery Workbook and Triggers to Glimmers: A Vicarious Resilience Journal and Workbook.

As a leader in the field of vicarious trauma and resilience, Jenny serves trauma therapists, helpers, and healers as the founder of The BRAVE Trauma Therapist Collective. Jenny helps trauma therapists get their energy back and feel confident in their work again so they can end the day with something left for themselves.

Sarah Gilbert, LCSW

Practice to Platform: Profitable Trainings for Purpose-Driven Therapists

SPECIALTY

•  Organizational training design and delivery
•  Selling trainings to agencies, schools, and conferences
•  Building a platform from clinical expertise

Sarah Gilbert, (she/her) LCSW is a seasoned therapist and the founder of Transitions Therapy LLC located in CT.

In both therapy and her trainings, Sarah creates spaces where people can learn and unlearn without shame. She blends clinical expertise with compassion, humor, and a healthy dose of irreverence.

Known for making complex conversations human and engaging, Sarah equips clinicians and communities to move beyond “do no harm” toward truly affirming, empowering care. 

Blaise Harris, LCMHC, EMDR Certified

Healing, Hustle & Impact: Monetizing What You Already Carry

SPECIALTY

•  Book writing and publishing
•  Paid speaking engagements
• Workshops and community programs

Blaise Harris is a mental health counselor, speaker, and author dedicated to empowering individuals—especially professionals of color and first responders—to embrace emotional wellness and resilience.

With a thriving virtual and in-person client base, he blends professional expertise with a relatable, engaging style that inspires connection and growth. His work combines insight, humor, and authenticity to create safe spaces for healing and transformation.