Mental Health Business Mentor
Are you a clinician looking to find the balance between providing compassionate client care and business agility for your mental health practice? Tune in for all things YOU need to know to start or grow your practice and better serve clients across the board. Topics range from back-office fundamentals, professional networking and teletherapy to current brain science modalities, LGBTQ inclusion and more. Join your host, Margo Jacquot, PsyD, a long time veteran and business owner of The Juniper Center, one of the largest women-owned counseling practices serving Chicagoland and all of Illinois with teletherapy. Margo shares her thought leadership, lessons learned, trends in mental health and lead powerful discussions with industry and business experts, all to help more clinicians fulfill their dream of creating a thriving practice.
Mental Health Business Mentor
From Darkness to Direction: Building a Recovery Business with Heart w/ Mark Manderson
In this episode of Your Mental Health Business Mentor, Dr. Margo Jacquot sits down with Mark Manderson, founder of Pacific Shores Recovery, author of The Recovery Way, and creator of the Pacific Shores app. Mark shares his deeply personal journey from childhood trauma to becoming a leader in addiction recovery. With honesty and insight, he outlines how building a recovery center came from lived experience, entrepreneurship, and a desire to help others find hope.
You’ll learn:
- How Mark’s early experiences shaped his mission to serve others in addiction recovery.
- Why mistakes are vital to business growth and how Mark paid the “dumb tax” to learn key entrepreneurial lessons.
- How the Pacific Shores app offers 90-day guided meditations, emotional processing tools, and recovery coaching on demand.
- What it takes to self-publish a book that connects with real people, including incarcerated readers.
- Why consistency, continuous learning, and flexibility are the three cornerstones of sustainable business success.
💡 Key Quotes:
- “The struggle is a massive part of the journey.”
- “Our goal is to help you create a life so wonderful that you don’t want to sedate or retire from it.”
- “Failure is just feedback. Consistency is the superpower.”
📚 Resources Mentioned:
- 📘 The Recovery Way by Mark Manderson
- 📱 Pacific Shores App – Available on App Store & Google Play
- 📸 Follow Mark on Instagram: @pacificshoresrecovery
🔗 Connect with Us:
Be sure to follow the show, leave a review, and share this episode with any mental health professionals, practice owners, or recovery center leaders who want to lead with both heart and strategy.
Dr. Margo Jacquot is the award-winning founder and Chief Care Officer of The Juniper Center, one of the largest woman-owned counseling and therapy practices in the Chicago area. With over 20 years of experience, she specializes in trauma recovery, addiction treatment, and LGBTQ-affirming therapy. Dr. Jacquot is also the host of the "Mental Health Business Mentor" podcast, where she shares insights on running a successful mental health practice.
Connect with Dr. Margo Jacquot:
- Website: thejunipercenter.com
- Instagram: @thejunipercenter
- Facebook: The Juniper Center