25 Impactful Business Ideas For Therapists & Psychologists

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Updated: June 18th, 2021

25 Impactful Business Ideas For Therapists & Psychologists

If you are looking for business ideas for therapists & psychologists to begin your path to entrepreneurship, you are in the right place.

With starting a business for for therapists & psychologists, there are plenty of opportunities that can help you follow your dreams and build a successful career.

In this post, you will discover profitable business ideas, perfect for those who want to have a flexible job, capable of multiplying the average income, while becoming your own boss.

Check out the full list below to help you find your next idea!

Here they are:  

1. Start a blogging business ($60K/year)

Chhavi Agarwal from New Delhi, Delhi, India started Mrs Daaku Studio over 3 years ago, a blogging business.

Revenue: $5,000/ month
Founders: 2
Employees: 3
Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India

I am a licensed attorney in India and right after my master’s in law, I started working with a leading company as a lawyer. I worked there for about two years before I quit my job to become more location independent.

Choose a niche in whatever you start. It is critical for streamlining your efforts and make money.

My job paid me well but I worked 12 hours a day, I was exhausted by the end of each day, spent my weekends sleeping and I almost quit the things I liked to do - for example, sketching, yoga, traveling, etc.

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2. Start a therapy business ($120K/year)

Janine Halloran from Massachusetts, USA started Coping Skills for Kids almost 6 years ago, a therapy business.

Revenue: $10,000/ month
Founders: 2
Employees: 1
Location: Massachusetts, USA

Several years ago, my husband and I read the 4 Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss, and were really intrigued. We started doing a lot of thinking about changing our lifestyle.

We have two children, and at the time, we were both working full-time outside of the home. It didn’t feel quite right. We wanted to be able to spend more time with our children, so we discussed moving from working outside of the home to figuring out a way one or both of us could work from home.

I had a hard time dealing with failure in the beginning. Over time, I realized that I learned the most from my failures. Even though my subscription box failed, that actually made it easier for me to launch the next products I created.

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How A Therapist Increased Her Income Creating Products ➜

3. Start a mobile app development business ($696K/year)

Tim Bornholdt from Minneapolis, MN, USA started The Jed Mahonis Group over 9 years ago, a mobile app development business.

Revenue: $58,000/ month
Founders: 2
Employees: 7
Location: Minneapolis, MN, USA

Growing up, I’ve always been into technology. I built my first website when I was in first grade, I built my first graphing calculator app when I was in sixth grade, and I used to run the internet’s largest website dedicated to Ralph Wiggum from The Simpsons.

I waited in line for the iPhone the day it launched in 2007, and I was instantly hooked. I knew I had to learn how to build software for this device. Eventually, I learned how to jailbreak my device which allowed me to run custom apps on it (this being before the launch of the App Store).

Even though I had a passion for technology, I never really wanted a career in it. My dream job was to work as a technical director for live television broadcasts, and the only class that was close to that at my school was the capstone course for the Professional Journalism program. I ended up switching my major from Computer Engineering to that and abandoned any dreams of professionally writing software.

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4. Start an instagram fan account ($6K/year)

Sammy Sternberg from New York, New York, USA started @zekefeed about 5 years ago, a instagram fan account.

Revenue: $500/ month
Founders: 1
Employees: 0
Location: New York, New York, USA

When I was 13 years old and in 8th grade I created this page.

I had Ezekiel Elliott on both of my fantasy football teams and just loved his game.

I don’t recommend using tools if you really want to grow an authentic page.

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How A 15-Year-Old Made A Profitable Fan Account On Instagram ➜

5. Start a podcast ($5.03K/year)

Darren Reighard from Carlisle started Cars of Carlisle over 3 years ago, a podcast.

Revenue: $419/ month
Founders: 1
Employees: 1
Location: Carlisle

In the winter of 2018, I ran into a friend as we were clearing snow from our cars. As we began to catch up in the parking lot that bitterly cold morning, he explained that he had been successful with a podcast about his Amazon and eBay seller business. As we both live in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, the epicenter of automotive car shows and car parts swap meets, he knew that I was a car aficionado. Sagely, my friend identified a need -- that our hometown was without an automotive podcast. However, he admitted he did not have the time, interest, or knowledge. This is where the cartoon light bulb came on for me!

It is critically important for me to build strong relationships and loyalties with our listenership.

With my mass communications degree and love of production and writing, the natural path was for me to “take the wheel” and create a virtual product to fill this niche and market gap. At that time, I was busy and satisfied working 45+ workweeks in the same corporate management position that I still happily hold today; however, this new passion creatively fueled me.

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How I Created A Profitable Podcast For Car Enthusiasts ➜

6. Start an online courses business ($60K/year)

Lidiya Kesarovska from The Netherlands started Let's Reach Success almost 9 years ago, a online courses business.

Revenue: $5,000/ month
Founders: 1
Employees: 0
Location: The Netherlands

Back in 2013, I had already discovered my passion - personal development - and had realized writing is the best way to express myself. So I combined these and started a self-improvement blog.

Starting the blog was the best decision and not giving up on it over the years (even when no traffic or money was coming in) was what helped me move forward.

It was first just a hobby and I knew nothing about blogging. Over the years, after publishing a ton of content, gaining traffic, learning about SEO, email marketing, social media, and all the ways to monetize a blog, it became a real business.

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7. Start a clothing blog ($72K/year)

Jon Shanahan from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA started The Kavalier almost 7 years ago, a clothing blog.

Revenue: $6,000/ month
Founders: 1
Employees: 1
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

My days with a camera can be traced back to my parents’ Sony Handycam when I was 6 directing my friends to make mini movies (still somewhere around here on VHS) but high school was a defining time for that passion as I joined the video club.

There’s certainly no substitute for hard work and dedicating thoughtful time to what you’re working on. I’ve published over 500 videos in the last three years and it takes a lot of time and effort to get there but if you show up everyday you will be ahead.

I was a distracted student in high school but my one reprieve was making videos at the direction of my teacher Brad Schulte. One of my earliest projects is still on YouTube which received 700k views at a time when that was a big deal. Most of those views came from people searching for keywords which planted a seed.

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8. Become a hair massage therapist

Examples of a successful hair massage therapist:

Here are some great videos on how to get started with a hair massage therapist:

For further info, check out these books and products:

Learn more about starting a hair massage therapist ➜

9. Start a medical counseling business

Examples of a successful medical counseling business:

Here are some great videos on how to get started with a medical counseling business:

For further info, check out these books and products:

Learn more about starting a medical counseling business ➜

10. Become a crystal healing therapist business

Examples of a successful crystal healing therapist business:

Here are some great videos on how to get started with a crystal healing therapist business:

For further info, check out these books and products:

Learn more about starting a crystal healing therapist business ➜

11. Start a talk show

Examples of a successful talk show:

Here are some great videos on how to get started with a talk show:

For further info, check out these books and products:

Learn more about starting a talk show ➜

12. Start an intuitive therapist business

Examples of a successful intuitive therapist business:

Here are some great videos on how to get started with a intuitive therapist business:

For further info, check out these books and products:

Learn more about starting an intuitive therapist business ➜

13. Become an e-bay seller

Examples of a successful e-bay seller:

Here are some great videos on how to get started with a e-bay seller:

For further info, check out these books and products:

Learn more about starting an e-bay seller ➜

14. Start an ayurvedic practitioner business

Examples of a successful ayurvedic practitioner business:

Here are some great videos on how to get started with a ayurvedic practitioner business:

For further info, check out these books and products:

Learn more about starting an ayurvedic practitioner business ➜

15. Start a music therapy company

Examples of a successful music therapy company:

Here are some great videos on how to get started with a music therapy company:

For further info, check out these books and products:

Learn more about starting a music therapy company ➜

16. Start a health and wellness retreats

Examples of a successful health and wellness retreats:

Here are some great videos on how to get started with a health and wellness retreats:

For further info, check out these books and products:

Learn more about starting a health and wellness retreats ➜

17. Start a psychic reading business

Examples of a successful psychic reading business:

Here are some great videos on how to get started with a psychic reading business:

For further info, check out these books and products:

Learn more about starting a psychic reading business ➜

18. Become a massage therapist

Examples of a successful massage therapist:

Here are some great videos on how to get started with a massage therapist:

For further info, check out these books and products:

Learn more about starting a massage therapist ➜

19. Start a corporate retreat and workshops business

Examples of a successful corporate retreat and workshops business:

Here are some great videos on how to get started with a corporate retreat and workshops business:

For further info, check out these books and products:

Learn more about starting a corporate retreat and workshops business ➜

20. Start a vr therapy clinics business

Examples of a successful vr therapy clinics business:

Here are some great videos on how to get started with a vr therapy clinics business:

For further info, check out these books and products:

Learn more about starting a vr therapy clinics business ➜

21. Start a drug rehabilitation center business

Examples of a successful drug rehabilitation center business:

Here are some great videos on how to get started with a drug rehabilitation center business:

For further info, check out these books and products:

Learn more about starting a drug rehabilitation center business ➜

22. Start a website development business ($57.6K/year)

Examples of a successful website development business:

Here are some great videos on how to get started with a website development business:

For further info, check out these books and products:

Learn more about starting a website development business ➜

And for some real world inspiration, give Gavin Pedley's story on creating ThriveWP a read:

Hey! I am Gavin, founder of ThriveWP, a WordPress Maintenance service based in the UK that provides WordPress website management, maintenance, hosting, malware removal and general WordPress support.

If essential maintenance tasks are ignored or attempted without good knowledge, you leave yourself open to being hacked or end up with a broken website. That's where a service like ours comes in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGgJ1L0HwRw

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Gavin Pedley, on starting ThriveWP ($4,800/month) full story ➜

23. Start a spa retreat center business

Examples of a successful spa retreat center business:

Here are some great videos on how to get started with a spa retreat center business:

For further info, check out these books and products:

Learn more about starting a spa retreat center business ➜

24. Start a healthcare practitioner business

Examples of a successful healthcare practitioner business:

Here are some great videos on how to get started with a healthcare practitioner business:

For further info, check out these books and products:

Learn more about starting a healthcare practitioner business ➜

25. Become a physical therapist

Examples of a successful physical therapist:

Here are some great videos on how to get started with a physical therapist:

For further info, check out these books and products:

Learn more about starting a physical therapist ➜

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1. Start a blogging business ($60K/year)

2. Start a therapy business ($120K/year)

3. Start a mobile app development business ($696K/year)

4. Start an instagram fan account ($6K/year)

5. Start a podcast ($5.03K/year)

6. Start an online courses business ($60K/year)

7. Start a clothing blog ($72K/year)

8. Become a hair massage therapist

9. Start a medical counseling business

10. Become a crystal healing therapist business

11. Start a talk show

12. Start an intuitive therapist business

13. Become an e-bay seller

14. Start an ayurvedic practitioner business

15. Start a music therapy company

16. Start a health and wellness retreats

17. Start a psychic reading business

18. Become a massage therapist

19. Start a corporate retreat and workshops business

20. Start a vr therapy clinics business

21. Start a drug rehabilitation center business

22. Start a website development business ($57.6K/year)

23. Start a spa retreat center business

24. Start a healthcare practitioner business

25. Become a physical therapist

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