If you’re an occupational therapist considering private practice, you’ve likely been told that buying the right course is the key to success.
Private practice courses for OTs promise freedom, flexibility, and control over your schedule. But many occupational therapists discover that after spending thousands of dollars, they are still overwhelmed and still doing everything alone.
Courses don’t build occupational therapy practices.
They add more steps, more cost, and more time away from care.
The Problem With OT Private Practice Courses
Most OT private practice courses focus on teaching business setup, marketing strategies, and entrepreneurial mindset.
What they don’t provide is the operational backbone required to actually run a practice.
Courses do not bring referrals.
They do not handle insurance.
They do not manage billing or claims.
They do not protect your time.
Why OTs Feel Overwhelmed After Taking a Course
Occupational therapists often provide care in complex settings.
In-home sessions
Sensory-rich environments
Parent coaching and collaboration
Courses don’t remove complexity.
They add to it.
After the course ends, OTs are still scheduling, billing, chasing payments, managing compliance, and purchasing supplies while delivering care.
OTs Don’t Need to Become Business Owners to Succeed
Most occupational therapists didn’t choose this profession to become entrepreneurs.
Courses often push OTs into business roles they were never trained for, increasing burnout instead of reducing it.
That’s not support.
That’s outsourcing responsibility to the clinician.
Why Courses Keep Selling Even When They Don’t Work
Courses are scalable.
Support is not.
Once sold, a course creator has no stake in whether an OT’s practice actually works. When progress stalls, the solution is usually more content, not more help.
What Actually Builds an OT Private Practice
A sustainable occupational therapy practice requires infrastructure.
Consistent referrals
Insurance credentialing
Billing and claims management
Scheduling support
Operational systems
Without these systems, even excellent clinicians burn out.
Why Coral Care Was Built for OTs
Coral Care was built to remove the burden OTs carry, not add to it.
There are no courses to buy.
There are no upfront costs.
There is no financial risk to get started.
We provide real support so OTs can focus on clinical care instead of business admin.
If Courses Haven’t Felt Right, Trust That Instinct
OTs don’t need more steps.
They need support.
And they deserve a model that works with them, not one that profits from their overwhelm.
