supervision

LPC and LMFT Supervision in Texas

  • Hours for your LPC license.

    John provides supervision for those seeking full licensure as an LPC Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas. Weekly individual and group supervision is provided while associates and interns are obtaining the required clinical and indirect hours for licensure.

  • Hours for your LMFT license.

    John supervises Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Associates seeking their LMFT license as therapists in Texas. Individual and group supervision is provided while associates and interns are obtaining the required clinical and indirect hours for licensure.

  • Practicum internships.

    Graduate students in accredited programs must complete clinical practicums as part of their education and training. John’s clinic occasionally accepts graduate students for such training. Applications may be submitted to the main office for consideration.

  • training groups.

    John’s popular training groups span the breadth of skills a clinician needs to be an attuned and effective psychotherapist. His training groups focus on neuroscience-based methodology, couples therapy, and blending the art and science of evidence-based work.

John offers one-on-one and group supervision for post-graduate interns and associate licensees working toward full licensure as LPC or LMFT therapists in Texas.

TRAINING PRINCIPLES

the art and science of therapy

Associate therapists will learn how to blend the art and science of evidence-based psychotherapy in order to leverage the therapeutic benefits of the therapy relationship as well as diagnose and treat mental health issues using the latest science-based protocols. Common factors research routinely points to the quality of the therapeutic relationship as a primary element of great therapy. Supervises will learn how to develop their presence, engagement and availability in order to effectively work through the therapy relationship as well modern treatment protocols and interventions for a wide variety of mental health issues.

neurobiology

Modern neuroscience has significantly informed the field of psychology for the last 15-20 years. By learning neuro-informed ways of working, psychotherapists can leverage how the brain and mind work together to develop more effective treatment plans. John specializes in neuroscience-informed couples therapy, but also teaches therapists how to use neuro-informed techniques with individual clients. Sometimes interventions need to take into account the hardware side of thinking (the brain) and sometimes more of the software side (the mind), but often both to support the growth of both together in reaching new perspectives and abilities.

relationship therapy

Couples therapy remains an underserved niche within the fields of psychology and psychotherapy. Research continues to highlight the importance, however, of healthy relationships to overall mental health and well-being. In fact, many individual mental health issues can often be treated more effectively in the couples setting, due to increased awareness and participation of the partner in the work and in sustaining change at home. Couples therapy is also effective in improving relational dynamics and family health. Associates will learn basic and advanced principles for working with couples as well as how to bring relationship expertise in their work with individual clients.

presence therapy®

Associate therapists will learn the evolution of biopsychosocial therapy, an approach to treating the whole person that blends important elements of psychotherapy that are often practiced separately. Associates will learn how to assess mental, physical, relational and systemic factors and develop comprehensive treatment plans at the intersection of all four elements. Interventions are crafted that respect biological and physiological factors and limitations and the relational dimension is expanded to account for attachment traumas and factors in the work.

“a great therapist blends a warm and genuine therapeutic presence with science-driven methodology. associates have an opportunity to learn how to serve their clients in this way at the outset of their careers and develop habits they can deepen in as they grow in experience.”

— John Howard, LMFT

interested in supervision?

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