Find Your People: Connecting with Mental Health Professionals
Have you ever seen the movie Robots? If you haven't you should! It's an animated film for kids, but there’s one line that has stuck with me since I first heard it: “See a need, fill a need.” As a mental health professional, that message resonated with me immediately....
Tips for Marketing Your Practice
In this blog, you will discover the steps to make marketing work for your counseling practice. Learn practical tips and strategies that light the way to connection, growth, and success in the marketing world for counselors. Ready to take your practice up a notch?...
How Scarcity Mindset Gets in the Way of Practice Ownership
In the world of mental health, starting your own private practice is like a dream come true. It offers freedom, flexibility, and a chance to make a real difference in people's lives. But there's one big roadblock that holds many talented folks back: scarcity mindset....
Finding the Perfect Supervision Fit Through 6 Must Ask Questions
Asking the right questions during a supervisor interview is crucial to ensure a productive and harmonious relationship. The goal of the supervision interview is for the potential supervisee to be the interviewer- not the other way around. As an assocate-hopeful,...
Should LPC Associates work for their LPC Supervisor?
I have often been asked whether I have my LPC- associates work in my private practice (La Luz Counseling, LLC) under my LPC supervision. While I really want to say yes, I say no. There are a few reasons why I’ve decided I won't supervise anyone who works for me. This...
What is Self-Sabotaging?
In short, self sabotage is the art of screwing yourself over. Why would anyone do such a thing? Interestingly, you are usually the one who gets in the way of your own self, of your own goals and of your own dreams. This blog will speak to what self-sabotage is and how...
Why Networking is Important
Networking? Since when do mental health professionals need to network? I’m not sure the question is so much whether we need to or not, as opposed to if it’s best for us or not. The article below will talk about the benefits of networking and how mental health...
My First Remediation Plan
Your supervisor has given you a remediation plan. You’re feeling worried, concerned, and quite frankly embarrassed. Remediation plans are reserved for the bad counselors. The ones with terrible ethics and no semblance for professional behavior with clients. Right?...
What Traits Should my Clinical Supervisor Have?
We’ve all heard of the nightmares clinical associates can experience with their clinical supervisor. But this isn’t one of those stories. This story is about my own experience with my LPC clinical supervisor and the traits that made my supervision experience so...
How to Create Work Boundaries Pt. 1
Not bringing work home can be a hard one for many- especially for those of us in the helping profession. But it’s actually not that difficult if you implement something very important... the word starts with a “B“... think about it. We teach, or try to teach, our...
