MyLPCS | Clinical supervision for Texas LPC Associates

4 hrsEvery month, the full requirement

$350Flat, all inclusive

3 of 4Of your hours are individual

2Board-approved supervisors

What makes this different

You don't have to work here.

Most Texas supervisors who advertise an affordable rate want something else from you: a seat in their practice, a cut of your sessions, a non-compete you'll regret. This is supervision and only supervision.

No strings

Supervise where you already are

Agency, school, community mental health, private practice, your own LLC. It doesn't matter. Bring the caseload you have. No employment requirement, no fee split, nothing to sign away.

One number

$350 a month, all in

Not per session. Not per hour. Not plus a paperwork fee when you finish. The same amount every month for all four hours the board requires, three of them individual.

On the record

Your hours, documented properly

Supervisory agreement signed before session one, a written record of every session after that, and your Supervised Experience Documentation Form filed on time at the end.

Your supervisors

Two LPC-S. Pick the one who fits your work.

You are going to spend at least eighteen months with this person. That's too long to spend with a supervisor whose clinical world has nothing to do with yours. So there are two, in different parts of the state, with different strengths and different hours.

Sara M. Ali

LPC-S, MS · Texas 85186

Sara owns and operates Sacred Minds Counseling, a Texas group practice of eight clinicians, alongside a trauma and grief caseload of her own. She does payroll. She negotiates with insurance panels. She has watched a claim get denied over a diagnosis code and decided what a clinician's fee should be.

That's the difference on the business half of supervision. Most supervisors can help you think about a case. Fewer can tell you what your market actually pays.

Trauma & PTSD
Grief and loss
Adolescents & families
CBT · psychodynamic · DBT
Practice ownership

Based: Katy / Greater Houston
Availability: Weekday mornings & early afternoons
Also: CCTP · Meadows Trauma Institute rostered
Languages: English, Hindi, Urdu

Full profile

Christal N. Alexander

LPC-S, MS, NCC · Texas 75741

Thirteen years in practice, including years at a recovery center where she served as Director of Clinical Services, leading and mentoring a team of clinicians. She works extensively with complex trauma, victims of crime, and the presentations that don't resolve in eight sessions.

She is also completing a Ph.D. in Counselor Education, which is the academic discipline of training counselors. Supervision isn't a sideline for her; it's the thing she's studying.

Complex trauma
EMDR trained
Anxiety & depression
LGBTQ+ affirming
Military & multicultural
ACT · CBT · DBT · SFBT

Based: Richardson / Dallas–Fort Worth
Availability: Weekdays and evenings
Also: NCC · Texas Prisons Alliance
Doctoral: Ph.D. in progress, Counselor Education

Full profile

Every Texas license is public. Look up 85186 and 75741 on the Behavioral Health Executive Council site before you sign anything, with us and with anyone else you're considering.

How a month runs

Three hours on you. One on your cases.

Texas requires four hours a month and allows up to half of them to be group. Group costs less to run, so that is where a lot of programs put the maximum. We go the other way. Three of your four hours are individual.

Individual: you as a clinician, and you as a business

3 × 1 hr · monthly

Individual supervision runs three times a month with three people in the room: you, one other associate, and your supervisor. Texas counts up to two associates as individual supervision, so these hours log exactly as individual hours. Pairing is also a large part of how the fee stays at $350.

It's also just better. Having someone at the same stage in the room changes what gets said. You hear a second person name the thing you were too embarrassed to bring up, and you stop assuming you're the only one who finds this hard.

The cadence matters too. Three sessions a month means you are never more than a couple of weeks from the next one. A problem that surfaces on Monday does not sit until the end of the month waiting for an answer.

The business half

Setting your fee, and knowing what your market actually pays
Private pay versus insurance panels, and what credentialing takes
Superbills, claim denials, and how the money actually arrives
Caseload math: how many clients you need, and how many you can hold
Notes that are defensible and don't eat your evenings
Group practice, solo, or staying where you are
Building a referral network from nothing

The personal half

Countertransference, and the clients who get under your skin
Your developing orientation, and what you actually believe about change
Boundaries, scope of practice, and when to refer out
Burnout, before it becomes the reason you leave the field
NCE preparation and the licensure application itself
What you want your work to look like once the associate license comes off

Group: live casework with other associates

1 × 1 hr · monthly

Group is where the clinical work happens. Three or more associates, a real case on the table, and a focused hour to take it apart properly.

Everyone presents, on a rotation, so you know in advance when the case is yours. Not as a performance. The cases people bring are usually the ones that aren't going well. Hearing other clinicians describe how they would have handled the same session is the fastest way to develop clinical judgment that exists, and it's the part associates working solo never get.

Groups stay small enough that you present regularly and everyone knows your caseload.

What group covers

Structured case presentation, in a format you'll learn to use
Diagnosis and differential: getting to the right one, and defending it
Treatment planning and measurable goals
Risk assessment, safety planning, and the documentation that follows
Ethical consultation on the calls that aren't obvious
Cultural context, identity, and the assumptions we carry into the room
Termination, ruptures, and clients who disappear

The part nobody warns you about

Your hours only count if the paperwork is right.

Associates lose months to this. Supervision that was never documented. An agreement signed after sessions had already started. A supervisor who becomes unreachable at exactly the moment a form needs completing.

Signed before anything starts. The Council's supervisory agreement and a copy of your license verification are on file before session one, because hours logged before that don't count.
Every session recorded. Date, format, and content, kept in your file as the rules require.
Your file is yours. Ask for a copy at any time and you get it, no explanation required.
The final form, on time. Your Supervised Experience Documentation Form goes to the Council within 30 days of you finishing, not whenever it gets around to happening.
Concerns raised in the room. If something in your work worries your supervisor, you hear it in session. If a written remediation plan is ever needed, you help write it.

Pricing

$350

per month · flat · four hours

One number. It doesn't change by month, by session, by how many questions you email, or by what happens at the end when you need your paperwork signed.

Book a 15-minute call

What $350 covers Every month

Individual supervision3 × 60 minutes, you and one other associate 3 hrs

Group supervision1 × 60 minutes, three or more associates 1 hr

Supervisory agreement & license verification $0

Written record of every session $0

Supervised Experience Documentation Form $0

Between-session contact for urgent clinical questions $0

Total, every month $350

Four hours at $350 is $87.50 an hour. Across the eighteen-month minimum, $6,300 total.

Being straight with you

What this does not cover

Every supervision site lists what's included. Here's the other half, so nothing surprises you later. None of these are our fees. They're yours to carry, and they exist regardless of who supervises you.

Your LPC Associate license and renewals. Paid to the Council.
Your professional liability insurance. Required before you see clients, and it must be in your name.
The National Counselor Examination. Registration and any prep materials you choose to buy.
Your LPC application fee. Due when you apply for full licensure at the end.
Your EHR, telehealth platform, and business costs. If you're in private practice, those are yours.
Therapy of your own. Supervision is not therapy, and your supervisor can't be both. If personal work surfaces, she'll say so and help you find someone.

Terms

Month to month. No eighteen-month contract. Give 30 days' notice and stop; your documentation for completed hours goes with you.
Billed the same day each month by card or ACH, so there's nothing to remember.
Missed sessions. Cancel with 24 hours' notice and we reschedule within the month at no cost. A no-show is an hour you don't get back, and the fee doesn't change. The board counts hours attended, not hours paid for.
Rolling start dates. Join any month. You don't wait for a cohort to form.
The first call is free. Fifteen minutes, and no obligation follows it.

Articles

What nobody tells you about supervision.

Plain guides to the Texas rules, written for associates who are about to commit eighteen months to a decision most people make in an afternoon.

Guide · 8 min

How to choose an LPC supervisor in Texas without losing six months

The four ways associates lose supervision hours, the arithmetic behind the 3,000-hour rule, and seven questions to ask before you sign a supervisory agreement.

Read the guide

Checklist · 9 min

10 things to look for in an LPC supervisor in Texas

How to tell a good supervisor from an available one. Nine of these are answerable in a fifteen-minute call, and the tenth becomes obvious in month one.

Read the checklist

Questions associates actually ask

Before you book a call

Do I have to work at Sacred Minds Counseling?

No. You can be at an agency, a school, a hospital, another group practice, or entirely on your own. There's no employment requirement, no fee split, and no non-compete. Where you work is your business.

Is four hours a month enough?

Four is exactly what Texas requires, and four is what you get. What varies between supervisors is the split. The rules allow up to half your hours in group, and group costs less to deliver, so plenty of programs run two and two. Three of your four hours here are individual, which means more time on your caseload and your questions rather than someone else's.

There's another associate in my individual sessions. Does that still count as individual?

Yes. Texas defines individual supervision as a supervisor with one or two associates; group is three or more. So you, one other associate, and your supervisor logs as individual supervision. We're explicit about it because you should never be surprised by how your hours are categorized.

Can I choose my supervisor?

Yes, and you should. Sara and Christal work in different clinical territories and keep different hours: Sara mornings and early afternoons out of the Houston area, Christal days and evenings out of Dallas–Fort Worth. The consult call is partly about figuring out which is the better fit for your caseload.

What if I need to stop, or take a leave?

Month to month, 30 days' notice, and your documentation for the hours you completed goes with you. Extended leave of a month or more is allowed under the rules with written approval on file, which we handle.

Can I have a second supervisor at the same time?

Texas permits an LPC Associate to have up to two supervisors at once. If you already have one and want to add supervision here, that's workable. Bring it up on the call so we can make sure the documentation lines up cleanly on both sides.

What happens if my supervisor's license lapses?

Under the rules, a supervisor whose license expires is no longer approved and must notify every associate immediately. It's a fair question to ask anyone you're considering. It's also why having two supervisors here matters. There's continuity if something happens to one.

Do I need my LPC Associate license before I start?

Yes. Hours accrued before your associate license is issued don't count toward the 3,000, so nothing starts until your license is active and the supervisory agreement is signed. If your application is still pending, book the call anyway and we'll plan the timing.

Is everything really telehealth?

Yes, on a HIPAA-compliant platform. It's why we can supervise associates in El Paso, Lubbock, and the Valley as easily as in Houston. Where you live in Texas doesn't limit who supervises you.

Get started

Start with fifteen minutes.

No charge, no obligation, no sales call. We'll ask where you're working and what your hours look like, and tell you honestly whether we're the right fit, including when we're not.

Book the call directly

Pick a time that works. Fifteen minutes, telehealth link sent on booking.

Choose a time

Pick a slot on the calendar.
We talk for fifteen minutes about your setting, your caseload, and your hours so far.
If it's a fit, the supervisory agreement gets signed and you start the following month.

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