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Navigating Counselor Licensing in Michigan: Your Comprehensive Guide
NEW LIMITED LISENCED COUNSELOR (LLC) HELP SESSION - SCHEDULED!
The first two New LPC Help Sessions are $55 each and are scheduled:
Session 1: Monday 9/12 @ 7pm - 8:30pm
Session 2: 12/5 @5pm-6:30pm
Michigan LPC Supervisor rule changes as of May 2023
LARA introduced new rules for LPC Supervisors in Michigan in May 2023. How can you be sure your supervisor meets these requirements?
How do I find an LPC Supervisor in Michigan; Navigating Remote Supervision for LPCs.
…Supervisor Eligibility Criteria: LARA outlines the qualifications that individuals must meet to become approved LPC supervisors. These criteria may include holding a current and active license as an LPC, meeting specific experience requirements, and completing any required training or coursework.
Supervision Requirements: The document may…
Template letter for release of Information REquests
We’re often asked to provide letters to courts, schools, parents and probation officers (to name a few). With a release of information (ROI), this is of course possible, but LPCs should proceed with caution. We want to ensure that we’re maintaining our client’s right to privacy and releasing only the information that is needed/that the client approves. I’ve experienced clients who, when they receive a request for documentation about their mental health treatment feel…
Understanding LPC Supervision Qualifications in Michigan: A Comprehensive Guide for the Michigan LLPC
In the field of counseling, supervision plays a crucial role in the professional development of Licensed Professional Counselors (LPCs). To ensure that supervision meets regulatory standards, the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) has established specific qualifications for LPC supervisors. In this guide, we'll delve into the essential details outlined in LARA's document regarding LPC supervision qualifications.
Counseling Compact and the Michigan LPC
The Counseling Compact site has a lot of really helpful FAQ answers here are the highlights I pulled out:
As of 9/2023 legislation to approve/deny the Counseling Compact had not been introduced. Meaning that if you’re only…
Updates for Michigan LLPC from Lara
There is a large list of changes that the Board of Counseling is proposing to be pushed through. Below is a link to the complete rules with proposed changes. These changes are not finalized yet, but looks like they will all be shortly. Here are the highlights that can affect you: …
Michigan telehealth and the limited licensed counselor
…An exert from the Michigan Mental Health Code reads “Telemedicine means the use of an electronic media to link patients with health care professionals in different locations. To be considered telemedicine under this section, the health care professional must be able to examine the patient via a [HIPAA] compliant, secure, interactive audio or video or both telecommunications system or through the use of store and forward online messaging.”
Can a Limited Licensed Counselor practice alone in Michigan?
It really feels like the field of mental health care (hopefully soon more widely known as just health care) is rapidly changing. There are so many opportunities out there for Limited Licenses Counselors (LLC), formally Limited Licensed Professional Counselors (LLPC), in Michigan and all around the country. With so many people feeling the weight of the last several years of fear, anxiety, grief and transition our services are very much needed.
Opportunities to join large agencies, virtual platforms, or a private practice are everywhere. Just because opportunities….
New Michigan Limited Licesned Counselor (LLC) Help Session
The first two New LPC Help Sessions are $55 each and are scheduled:
Session 1: Monday 9/12 @ 7pm - 8:30pm
Session 2: 12/5 @5pm-6:30pm
What to expect beginning Supervision to obtain full LPC in Michigan
Supervision with an Approved Clinical Supervisor in Michigan may look a little different supervisor to supervisor. Essentially, we are all trying to support Limited Licensed counselors in completing their supervised working hours and supervision hours over the course…
What happens when a client doesn’t Pay?
If you’re working in private practice, you’ll most likely experience a client (or two) who end up having unpaid invoice(s). The money part of private practice counseling can be really challenging for a lot of us. This profession brings ALL the helpers together, and we just want to do that - help. Brining up the financial aspect of counseling sessions, especially after there has been a lapse in payment, is common to…
Michigan Counselors go from LLPC to LLC in 2022
Miss the latest? I know I did… Limited Licensed Professional Counselors (LLPC) in Michigan are now called Limited Licensed Counselors (LLC). Small change, but LARGE impact.
You know what shouldn’t be difficult….finding the answer to when this change in title happened and what expectations LARA has for, now, Limited Licensed Counselors. Nevertheless - we…
The no Suprises Act and the Michgian LPC
Virtual Supervision for Michigan LLPC
Of the 100 hours, no more than 25 hours may be accrued via 2-way real-time audiovisual technology that allows direct, contemporaneous interaction by sight and sound between the supervisor and the supervisee. The supervision begins upon the issuance of the limited license and continues until the licensed professional counselor license is issued.
Michigan LPC and Virtual Platforms for therapy
Talkspace, BetterHelp, etc. are now top search results when looking for a therapist in your area. Often some form of a virtual platform returns in the top results regardless of the region/state/city in which you’re searching for a mental health professional. Even prior to COVID these virtual…
Reflective Supervision Basics for the LLPC
dding in thoughtful, purposeful reflection to clinical supervision is imperative for the professional growth of the LLPC. Part of a clinical supervisors role is to help the professional counselor step back from an experience and take time to wonder and notice. It is through reflection of not just the “event” of a therapy session but the experience of that event that helps us, as clinical practitioners AND individuals, better understand ourselves and how we have the potential to impact our clients.
In order to begin a more reflective type of supervision a strong foundational…
Michigan’s Return to Work Plan and the LLPC
