I supervise registered associates working toward the LPC in Oregon. If you are looking for a supervisor, here is what I offer and what the Board requires, so you can decide whether we are a fit.

What supervision with me looks like

Regular case consultation, and a supervisor who will tell you plainly what he sees in your work. I was an associate once myself. The hours feel endless and the paperwork feels like it was designed by someone who never had to fill it out. My job is to help you become a counselor you would send your own family to, and to sign the forms on time.

My clinical background is in anxiety, depression, trauma and PTSD, dual diagnosis, and psychosis, with training in CBT, ACT, DBT, IFS, narrative, and family systems work. Serving Black and African American clients and clients of faith is a focus of my own practice. The Board requires a supervisor's competence to be sufficient for the work you are actually doing, so tell me about your caseload and I will tell you whether I am the right supervisor for it.

Supervision is by video. Oregon rules allow supervision through live, synchronous, confidential electronic communication, and that is how I work.

What Oregon requires of you

These are the rules as the Board publishes them today. Check the Board's site before you rely on any of them; they change.

• Licensure as an LPC requires at least three years (36 months) of supervised clinical experience, including at least 1,900 hours of supervised direct client contact.
• Hours count only while you are in a Board-approved associate registration plan. Any change in supervisor or practice location has to be approved by the Board before you start, not after.
• Supervision each month must total at least two hours if you completed 45 or fewer direct client contact hours that month, and at least three hours if you completed 46 or more.
• Meetings happen at least twice a month, in different weeks, and each runs at least an hour. At least half of your required monthly supervision must be one-on-one.
• If you miss the monthly minimum, none of that month's client hours count.
• You have five years to finish, or your registration expires.

What the rules require of me

Anyone supervising a registered associate in Oregon has to meet Board requirements, including 30 clock hours of post-master's supervision training and a passing score on the Board's law and rules exam. Supervisors keep a record of every supervision session for at least three years, submit written evaluations of your progress to the Board, and must notify the Board within 14 days of any significant interruption in supervision. Ask any prospective supervisor how they qualify. I will tell you how I do.

I'm listed on the Oregon Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and Therapists' Supervisor Registry as a supervisor candidate for LPC associates. You can confirm it in the Board's public registry search.

Fees

The fee for supervision, if any, is written into the registration plan you file with the Board, and the rules require it to be a per-hour fee. I will give you mine in writing before you sign anything.

Ask about supervision openings

Start with a free 15-minute consultation. Tell me where you are in your hours, what setting you work in, and what kind of supervisor you are looking for. Reach me through calledtohealcounseling.org or call (541) 229-3758. The Board's rules for registered associates are at oregon.gov/oblpct.