Couples Working Together – Teri and Rollin Cable

CARE AND HAPPINESS

Teri and Rollin Cable founded Florida Therapy Services, Inc. in 1994 in Tallahassee and chose Panama City as location for their corporate office and their home. They have a 17 year old son, Justin, who goes to Bay High School and plays baseball for the Bay High Varsity Team. Their company offers Psychiatric Services, Case Management, Group, Individual and Family Therapy and Therapeutic Behavioral On-Site Services as well as working with and for government entities. The Cables have built a corporation that now serves sixteen counties in Northwest Florida with continuously expanding services and locations. 

Rollin conveys their beginnings were humble with only 3 employees and 4 patients but now, after 20 years of hard work, they employ 12 psychiatrists and 150 therapists throughout Northwest Florida. This self-made power couple is sharing their success story with us.

PCL: How did the two of you meet?

Rollin: We were introduced by common friends. They insisted that we needed to meet and we finally met for the first time at a restaurant and it was basically love at first sight. Teri was working for a Fortune 500 company at that time and had quite a career. I lived in Tallahassee, Florida and Teri agreed to help me on weekends with all the paperwork for this business. I finally told her that I needed her help fulltime with the company and the first thing she said was: “Do you think it’s going to work?” We got married about one year later and had our son the year after that.

PCL: What made your business and relationship strong?

Rollin: It’s taken 15 years to grow the business. I knew that we would grow but, honestly, I did not anticipate that we would get this big. Your strongest foundation is a good and loving partner, and we do have that. We try to not take business home, which has been very important. We have a great team that supports us and we treat everyone like family.

Teri: A new book that I am reading talks about Happiness and being happy first is the key to becoming successful.

PCL: What would you tell other couples who may go through tough times?

Rollin: It’s not always been roses for us. When the business has had problems and there were very tough times, I had to make risky decisions but we worked together to continue to grow and help many children and families throughout NW Florida. We sustained the business for a couple of years based on the belief that we would come out on top in the end. Teri has been very supportive during these times.

Teri: It’s been a long road for us but we have always been motivated because we believe in what we are doing. We believe in community and giving back and that’s what we live by.

PCL: Is there anything in that you could not have achieved if it hadn’t been the two of you in business together?

Teri: We are CARF accredited and normally the CARF certification will be assigned for one year but we get a three year accreditation typically on renewal. I think being in business together and working together and building a professional team has contributed to us passing the accreditation process with flying colors. We all work very well as a team. I have managerial skills and a strong sales and marketing background. Rollin goes off to Tallahassee, meets with major insurance and payer sources and builds business relations. We complement each other well and that’s been the key to our success.

PCL: Do you have anything special you do for Valentine’s Day?

Teri: (eyerolling) Well, I usually pick out my gift.

Rollin: I do get flowers and take her out to dinner. I am not a flower-person but on some occasions I do buy them. But I do know that Teri likes Italian cuisine and she is a gourmet Italian cook and her Eggplant Parmesan is better than anything you have ever eaten. I might just take her out to her favorite Italian Restaurant, but her cooking is so much better than any restaurant, so my Valentine wish is always to just stay home. And just like all things related to the Cable’s and FTS, we work that out together!

Interview by Val Schoger