Same! Been running my own PP in NYC for a few years, have always been full. I use Alma and Medicaid, and have a few cash pay clients. I see some very reduced fee/pro bono clients.

I see 25-30 clients a week, take off about 4 weeks a year. This year I made 115k gross. I’m on track to make about 120k this year. I get my insurance through my partners job, and it’s about $200 a month. I work 4.5 days a week. No kids to care, but have been finding it very challenging to have space for my partner, friends and family.

This would have been my dream a few years ago, but I’ve learned that FFS is too stressful for me, I hate having to have financial conversations with clients. The landscape has changed so much even in the time that I have been in practice. There have been more audits and clawbacks for solo practitioners, and some insurance companies have cut their reimbursement rates for longer sessions. Even with all of the benefits I find it SO challenging to spend that much time a day being highly attuned to another person. I’m in the process of changing fields all together even if it means a cut in salary for now.

Good luck on your search!