MedStreet Journal
Episode 57: A Center of Support: Building Space For Comprehensive Counseling and Therapy Practices
December 14, 2021
In today’s episode, our guest is Margo Jacquot. She is the award-winning founder and Chief Care Officer of The Juniper Center, one of the largest counseling and therapy practices across Chicagoland, with over 60 clinicians at 5 locations, plus across Illinois with Teletherapy. Margo also hosts the podcast, Your Mental Health Business Mentor, helping clinicians find the balance between providing compassionate client care and business agility to grow their mental health practice. Dr. Jacquot also provides one-on-one business consulting to mental health professionals and practice owners.
We’ll be discussing:

The importance of mental health as a part of one’s life
Integrating self-awareness to emotional triggers in addressing trauma  
The state of mental healthcare during the pandemic 
Adopting the virtual space for telehealth therapy 

Timestamps:

[00:01:00] Introduction of Margo Jacquot
[00:03:00] Relationship of mental health to the bodily systems 
[00:09:00] Understanding own mental health through self-awareness
[00:11:00] Adapting telehealth in doing mental health therapy 
[00:14:00] The Juniper Center’s business consulting team members
[00:18:00]  Injecting marketing strategies to the mental health space
[00:21:00] Navigating the role of insurance in receiving adequate mental healthcare
[00:23:00] Addressing the increasing need for mental healthcare for teenagers by utilizing CEU online schools
[00:30:00] Rapid fire round 
 

Resources:

Websites: 

https://www.thejunipercenter.com

https://www.thejunipercenter.com/one-on-one-mental-health-business-consulting

https://www.thejunipercenter.com/mental-health-business-mentor 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheJuniperCenter 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JuniperCenter

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejunipercenter

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/margo-jacquot

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMIXLGTXsZpRGejQ-iKaJsA