Women in Private Practice Utah

Our Mission

Supporting high quality mental health care through education and networking

Our Vision

Building a community of thriving private practice therapists

Next Event:

Online March 13, 2025 from 8:30 am to 10 am 

April Daniels presents Cowboys and Paperdolls, the story of Sexual Abuse in Mormon neighborhoods


— About Us

The History of WPP Utah

Women in Private Practice Utah got its start somewhere in the 1980's.  A small group of therapists led initially by Ruth Manville, started to meet to support each other.  


Susan Lyons became the guiding leader for the group and contributed significantly to the overall development of WPP.  Susan built a team of volunteers who added a list serve to facilitate communication, free virtual CEU events, annual social events and most recently an annual conference which is now provided both in person and online to meet the needs of our members statewide.   


At present we are a group of approximately 700 members from multiple disciplines, including fully and provisionally licensed therapists across the state of Utah. 


In order to become a member of Women in Private Practice, you must be committed to the support and development of female-identifying mental health therapists, and  licensed for practice in Utah (fully or provisionally). You must also be  in private practice- whether at the very early stages or many years in! 

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 Events

March 13, 2025  8:30 am to 10 am virtual CEU presentation by April Daniels, the author of Paper Dolls and Cowboy Boots will share information about sexual abuse and stages of healing.  


Sept 5, 2025 8:30 am to 4:00 pm, WPP Utah Annual Conference, in person at the Larry H Miller Conference Center,  featuring keynote speaker Susie Rigas.  More information coming soon! 

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Need CEU's?  We have great options! 


Once a year we offer a day long conference - participants can attend in person or online.  We bring in a national key note speaker, have several local presenters and wrap up our day with an ethics panel.  Previous keynote speakers include Julie Herres of Profit First for Therapists and Mauren Werbach of The Group Practice Exchange. 


In addition, we offer three virtual CEU events per year- in November, February and March.  These events are held on the second Thursday of the month from 8:30 am to 10 am and are included in the price of your annual membership. 




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