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224. Leaving the Platforms for Out-of-Network Private Practice with Karen Ann Schmid

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The Traveling Therapist Podcast
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Jul 1, 2026
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Summary

Getting recruited by a platform, telling them flat out that you live overseas, and then getting cut off anyway is a special kind of frustrating, and it's a big part of why an out-of-network private practice starts to look like the smarter move. In this episode of The Traveling Therapist Podcast, I sit down with Karen Ann Schmid, who came out of retirement at 70 and has been piecing all of this together from a 32-acre farm in New Zealand. Karen has been through it. A handful of platforms, a ce...