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Building a Sustainable Practice Model

Retention Strategies, Consult Conversations, and Practice Models That Work

Building a Sustainable Practice Model

Retention Strategies, Consult Conversations, and Practice Models That Work

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Discover Jabe Brown’s Practical Framework for Building a Practice That Lasts

Master the retention strategies, consult conversations, and practice models that protect your clinical integrity while building a business you can sustain for the long haul.

Have you ever felt the squeeze? You’re delivering excellent clinical outcomes, your clients value the work, and yet the cost-of-living pressures, the quiet gaps between consults, the discomfort around money conversations, it all starts to chip away at what you’ve built.

If you’ve been wondering whether there’s a smarter, more ethical way to retain the clients you already have, structure the consult conversations that matter most, and choose a practice model that actually fits your life, then this webinar has been built for you.

In this 90-minute deep dive, Jabe Brown walks you through what genuinely works when you’re trying to build a practice that supports long-term patient care, your own confidence as a practitioner, and real business viability. No pressure tactics. No discounting games. Just practical, real-world strategies drawn from years of lived practitioner experience.

FREE WEBINAR With Jabe Brown

Friday, 26th June 2026, 12:00 – 1:30 pm AEST

Designs for Health Australia is proud to present the Practitioner Business Education Series, dedicated to supporting natural health professionals in gaining expertise, deepening clinical experience, and delivering quality patient outcomes.

This deep-dive webinar has been designed for the practitioner who’s ready to stop second-guessing decisions about pricing, retention, and practice models, and start making choices that hold up clinically and commercially.

By the End of This Webinar, You’ll be Able to:

✅  Define what ‘sustainability’ actually means for your practice in the current economic climate, so you can stop chasing vague ideas of success and start working towards something specific and measurable.

✅  See the critical link between clinical outcomes, client retention, and financial viability, and understand why all three rise or fall together in a healthy practice.

✅  Implement ethical retention strategies across the full client journey, from initial consult to long-term care, without ever relying on pressure, discounting, or tactics that feel out of integrity.

✅  Develop clear, confident language to discuss treatment plans, visit frequency, and ongoing care recommendations, so your clients genuinely understand the value of what you’re offering.

✅  Master compassionate cost conversations that reinforce clinical value, reduce your own discomfort around money, and create space for your clients to commit to their care.

✅  Evaluate the right practice model for you, weighing package-based care versus pay-per-visit, and in-person versus telehealth, so your model fits your life and serves your patients best.

🎯  The Goal? Walk away with practical tools you can apply on Monday morning. A clearer model, more confident consult conversations, and a retention approach that holds steady through whatever the economy throws at you.

Why So Many Skilled Practitioners Struggle to Build a Practice That Lasts

Challenge #1: Discounting and Discomfort Around Money. You went into practice to help people, not to have awkward conversations about price. So when a client hesitates, you drop your fee, throw in an extra session, or quietly absorb the cost. It feels generous in the moment, but it’s slowly eroding both your income and the perceived value of your care.

Challenge #2: Retention Gaps That Quietly Drain Your Practice. Your initial consults are full, and your treatment plans are solid, but between sessions two and five, clients quietly drift away. Without a clear retention pathway, you’re spending your energy refilling the top of the funnel instead of supporting the people already in your care.

Challenge #3: Consult Conversations That Don’t Hold the Plan. You know what your client needs. You can see the trajectory of their healing. But when it comes time to articulate visit frequency, ongoing care, and the bigger picture, the words don’t quite land. The result? Clients come once, feel better briefly, and never return for the deeper work that creates lasting change.

Challenge #4: A Practice Model That No Longer Fits Your Life. You started with 1:1 consults because that’s what everyone does. But the model that worked when you were starting out might be the same model burning you out three years in. Packages, telehealth, hybrid offerings, you’ve heard the options, but how do you actually choose what’s right for your patients and your life?

🎯  The Reality: None of these challenges mean you’re not a good practitioner. They mean you’re navigating the business side of practice without the structures that most clinical training never covers. Once you have them in place, everything changes.

Navigate Consult Conversations with Confidence

Learn how to discuss treatment plans, visit frequency, and ongoing care with absolute clarity. Address cost concerns compassionately while maintaining professionalism and reinforcing the clinical value of what you’re delivering.

Evaluate Practice Models for Sustainable Success

Understand the real-world nuances and challenges of package-based care versus pay-per-visit models. Discover when offering multiple options, such as in-person and telehealth, can better support both your patients and your own way of practising, drawing on Jabe’s lived experience transitioning between models.

Engage with Jabe in this Practical Webinar

Hear Jabe's latest insights on practice sustainability and modern business model design

Join Jabe live in a dedicated Q&A session you can shape with your own questions

Walk through Jabe's clinical business framework, step by step

Learn his approach to ethical client retention and confident consult conversations

Earn 1.5 CPE points for your webinar participation

Take home new distinctions you can apply in your very next consult

Learn From a Practitioner Who’s Walked the Path, Jabe Brown

Jabe Brown

Jabe Brown
Founder, Melbourne Functional Medicine
Business & Practice Growth Specialist

Your Guide to Ethical Retention, Confident Consults, and Sustainable Practice Models

Jabe Brown is the Founder and Director of the multi-award-winning Melbourne Functional Medicine. Drawing on years of lived experience as a practitioner, Jabe is genuinely an expert at bridging the gap between clinical excellence and practice viability.

He specialises in equipping practitioners with the real-world tools needed to navigate evolving economic climates, focusing on ethical client retention, confident consult conversations, and sustainable practice models that serve both practitioners and patients.

His approach is grounded in what actually works in a real clinic, not theory, not gimmicks, but the practical business skills that allow clinical excellence to thrive long-term.

Find Jabe at [email protected]
mfm.au

Webinar Schedule

12:00 pm – 1:15 pm –Webinar with Jabe Brown
1:15 pm – 1:30 pm – Live Q&A discussion – webinar participants and Jabe
1:30 pm – Webinar concludes

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Your Masterclass Host & MC
Chantal Oxley ND

Chantal Oxley

Chantal Oxley is a qualified Naturopath and Reiki Practitioner who provides health education services for Designs for Health practitioners. She also maintains her own natural health practice, where she supports women through a blend of naturopathy and energetic healing.

Chantal has a special interest in:

  • Nervous system regulation and embodied wellbeing
  • Women’s health, fertility, and emotionally challenging life transitions
  • Energetic healing and removing blockages that keep clients feeling stuck

Chantal will moderate the Q&A discussion for this webinar and engage our live Designs for Health Practitioner community to bring insights and practical takeaways for all.

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Building a Sustainable Practice Model

Retention Strategies, Consult Conversations, and Practice Models That Work

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