Owner of a multi-location Michigan practice, board member, professor, and leader in clinical social work education.
Integrative therapist, Reiki Master, author, lecturer and solo practice owner.
Brianna Henderson is a play therapist and practice owner who helps clinicians build sustainable, values-driven practices.
Ashley Mielke is a psychologist and former practice owner who coaches women bereaved by suicide.
Doug Polster, PhD, is a psychologist turned COO who helps leaders and organisations scale without losing meaning.
Grew her team from 3 to 60+ clinicians + launched out-of-network practice.
Virtual practice owner + full-time professor teaching in the online clinical mental health counseling program.
Adam Lewis Walker, founder of Amplify Your Mission, helps experts turn their ideas into authority.
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Nicole is the owner of Mental Wellness Counseling, A Northern Michigan Counseling Practice. Her practice has three locations throughout the Northern Michigan region.
She is a Licensed Clinical Master Social Worker in the state of Michigan, Member of the National Association of Social Workers, and is on the board of directors for the National Alliance for Mental Illness in Traverse City. She is also a full time professor at Ferris State University where she teaches undergraduate social work courses, as well as mentors the MSW graduate level students for their capstone research.
Nicole Fix owns Eastern Door Counseling, LLC, in Grand Rapids, MI, located within Moonrise Sanctuary, a future integrative mental health collective. She empowers mental health practice owners to build authentic, sustainable businesses, offering intuitive and practical consulting rooted in aligning values and purpose.
Beyond her clinical work, Nicole is a Reiki Master, author, and lecturer, focusing on the sacred feminine and ancestral healing, integrating these principles into her practice. She believes in holistic wellness, incorporating nutritional and integrative health. Nicole helps clients reconnect with their lineage, heal generational trauma, and reclaim personal power.
In her personal life, she values time with loved ones, travel, and embracing life’s simple joys.
Nicole is the owner of Mental Wellness Counseling, a Northern Michigan Counseling Practice. Her practice has three locations throughout the Northern Michigan region.
She is a Licensed Clinical Master Social Worker in the state of Michigan, Member of the National Association of Social Workers, and is on the board of directors for the National Alliance for Mental Illness in Traverse City.
She is also a full time professor at Ferris State University where she teaches undergraduate social work courses, as well as mentors the MSW graduate level students for their capstone research.
Ashley Mielke is a Registered Psychologist, PsyD Candidate, and Founder of The Grief and Trauma Healing Centre; a multi-location, seven-figure group practice based in Alberta, Canada. After 11 years of leadership and serving over 6300 clients, Ashley sold the practice in 2024 to devote her career to coaching women worldwide who have lost loved ones to suicide — work she considers both her calling and her ministry.
In addition to her coaching work, Ashley draws on her experience as a heart-centered group practice owner to help therapists grow their own businesses. Through 1:1 consulting and community-based webinars, she empowers clinicians to start, scale, and eventually exit their practices in ways that are both profitable and deeply meaningful.
When Ashley is not working, she can be found soaking in time with her husband and two sons, playing hockey at the rink, or exploring the places that hold her heart: Hawaii, Arizona, and Michigan.
Doug Polster, PhD, is the COO and Co-Owner of Thriving Center of Psychology, where he specializes in building scalable operations, leadership systems, and EOS-driven infrastructure in mental healthcare. Before stepping fully into executive leadership, Doug founded his own private practice, specialized in performance psychology working with high-performing individuals, and helped launch a cognitive fitness app focused on optimizing brain+body performance. Over the past five years at Thriving Center, he has built company infrastructure from the ground up, developed departments from scratch, expanded the internal team from 4 to 30, and helped grow the organization from 12 to more than 120 providers.
Doug holds a bachelor’s degree from Johns Hopkins University, where he captained the basketball team, earned his PhD in Clinical Psychology from Nova Southeastern University, and completed his sports neuropsychology postdoctoral fellowship at the UCLA Steve Tisch BrainSPORT Program. Known for his energetic, execution focused style, Doug is passionate about helping leaders get out of their own way, push past self-imposed limits, and succeed at a high level without losing fulfillment or meaning along the way. Outside of work, he’s a husband, father of three, and avid golfer (if he gets the time!).
Joe Sanok is a therapist-turned-entrepreneur who’s been guiding people to build lives—and businesses—they don’t need a vacation from.
He launched Mental Wellness Counseling in 2006, growing it into a thriving private practice before successfully selling it in 2019. But Joe didn’t stop there. He’s the founder and host of the Practice of the Practice podcast, now with over 1,200 episodes and ranking in the top 0.5% globally—a trusted voice for therapists and entrepreneurs navigating business, balance, and bold ideas.
Joe is also the author of five books, including the HarperCollins bestseller Thursday is the New Friday, a deep dive into time, creativity, and redefining productivity for the modern era. Through his speaking, writing, and coaching, Joe has helped thousands of clinicians, creators, and membership community leaders grow their impact without burning out.
At his core, Joe is a connector and a strategist—with a therapist’s heart and a futurist’s mind. Whether he’s consulting with a 7-figure group practice owner, facilitating a mastermind on Lake Michigan, or riffing on neuroscience and hustle culture, Joe brings warmth, wisdom, and a belief that how we work should reflect how we want to live.
Also, Joe enjoys pickle ball, improv, standup paddle boarding, and board games. He absolutely, with every fiber of his being dislikes mint.
Melissa Schneider, LCSW is a double group practice founder, consultant, and speaker. She opened Resolution Counseling Center in Jersey City, NJ in 2019, a multi-site insurance practice with 65+ therapists. In 2023, she launched her second practice, Cultivate Therapy, a boutique out-of-network group. In 2026, both brands were successfully acquired by a national mental health platform.
As a consultant with Practice of the Practice, Melissa specializes in strategizing with group practice owners who want to scale and change our industry for the better and with founders who want to plan a thoughtful exit.
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, NCC is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Maryland and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Florida. He is the founder of EmPower Me Holistic Counseling a Maryland practice that is completely virtual. He is also a full-time professor at Seattle University where he teaches in the online clinical mental health counseling program. Prior to launching his private practice, he helped launch and was the clinic director for a low-cost university training clinic for counseling students to gain hours during their internship. Adam Lewis Walker is the founder of Amplify Your Mission, where he helps experts turn their ideas into authority through speaking, publishing, and podcasting. A TEDx speaker, best-selling author, and award-winning host, Adam is best known for his TalkXcelerator method—guiding clients to secure and deliver TEDx-style talks that expand influence and open doors.
Featured by outlets including The Huffington Post and ESPN, he’s spoken at venues such as the Hollywood Roosevelt and the U.S. Air Force & Space Force Academy.
UK-born and U.S.-based, Adam is a proud husband to Christina and dad to Dylan and Harrison.
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