I found you recently and have been watching all of your videos! Would you be willing to make a video about difficult parent and adult children relationships, specifically related to Latina culture? You speak a lot about our culture and I would really love to hear what you have to say about the topic of difficult parent/adult child relationships, having to cut off those parents, and how difficult that can be in our culture. 💗 thank you for everything you’re doing! I wish you were in Arizona!

So helpful!!! Thank you!

Thank you for this!! I’m entering the final year of my program and needed this boost and info!

Thanks for this video! Would you be able to make a video about skills you learned for trauma informed care? What goes into making a crisis plan with a client, what happens when a client goes into crisis in session, etc, we don’t get taught that enough in grad school and it would be great to know how someone in it has navigated it!

Be true to yourselves. One thing I learned early is : If you don't take care of You, there will be no You to take care of anyone and that is not just in our jobs but in our personal lives too Agencies are not always honest about expectations and quotas until you have already started the job and at times signed a contract often with a no compete clause.

Where did you get your wall mounted tv stand?

Yay!! I love your day in the life videos!!!

Thank you for sharing your experience. I currently work in community health and can definitely relate to many of the issues you brought up. I love the work I am doing with my clients and see the impact being made to people who really need services, but I have also had to make sure I have really healthy boundaries and self-care to maintain my own mental and emotional health. I just got fully licensed in Oklahoma on June 6, 2024 and am taking my time exploring the options I now have available to me. I appreciate this video and you!

I just applied for my LPC Associates! I am so excited for this next journey.

Hello👋😊 Nice to see you again. THANK YOU for the video and I wish you success in everything. Maťa from Slovakia 👋😊🇸🇰🌱🍀

I’m so happy for you. I’m excited to become an LPC one day too. Thanks for explaining the process🎉

I appreciate you speaking about your experience. I am a mental health counselor in New York and work at an agency. I’ve unfortunately had to cut my hours due to some health concerns and have experienced so much anxiety due to the scheduling pressures and certain policies. I have been thinking strongly about finding a new environment and I appreciate your thoughts ❤ I laughed at the drinking the koolaid part because it’s been such a rollercoaster of that and wanting to leave. The clients I work with definitely make it hard to leave too. I too wish I had an exit plan lol that being said my agency seems to have the smallest caseloads but we still have so much pressure and have unrealistic workloads.

I appreciate your honest share with this! I’m in internship at a private practice, but I’m seeing others in my cohort under the agency pressure already! And of course, friends that have already graduated. I can see how it’s rewarding and it feels like a badge of honor, buuuut then you really have to consider how much it’s affecting your own health. This whole experience is so interesting and special! Are you FT in your virtual private practice? I’m curious about your supervision experience- are you in your post 2k hrs? If so, are you getting supervision at a practice as a 1099? Or paying for supervision on your own? I’m so curious of what my experience is going to be like at the end of internship and also when should I start my PLLC… What did you get going while you were still in school? Any and all guidance is appreciated, nice to see you again! 🙏🌙☺️

What is your email address?

Thank you so much. This has been helpful.

Thank you for sharing !! ❤

Your videos have been very helpful and informative being a grad student in my practicum from Texas. This video has great tips and I feel more confident. Thank you. 🤠

Thanks for your videos❤❤❤

I have to watch all your videos now, lol. I am studying to become an LPC.

Hi, idk if you have already commented on this, but how are you billing insurance for your practices? Bc I know insurance does not allow LPC-A’s to bill them. Unless there is something I am missing?

Thanks. Start at 8:13 folks. Great info

I graduated in 2002 and never studied. I took a sample exam and passed it online!! The majority of these questions were hardly presented in my grad program.

I’m coming up on a year looking. I’m in TX too. I am so grateful for this help!

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I am going to be going for my master's this fall and I am so excited. My biggest concern after graduation and getting my LPC is opening up a small office to practice but how do you get clients/patients? I keep forgetting there's a business aspect to it. Any ideas? Tips?

What are the benefits versus costs of having your own private practice? I am assuming that LPC-As are still only covered by certain insurances and probably still have to give a reduced rate whether they are self employed or work for someone else. Also, aren’t there costs with opening up your up own business? For instance, you have to pay for SimplePractice and probably a Psychology Today subscription at least. Also, how hard is it for you to deal with insurance companies? I’m asking because I found a practice that will let me work there. Although, I’m still looking for an LPC-S. I’d love to hear stories about which is the better option!

Has submitting the unofficial scores worked for others? Thank you for letting me know. I've just been sitting here waiting for them. BUT I need a supervisor still. So, I guess I'll just keep calm about it.

I’m in New York and just finished my hours and passed my exam. I have almost quit so many times because of them changing the goal post for clinical hours midway into my journey. In NY we cannot have our private practice as a limited permit. We literally fought to be able to fight for our ability to diagnose once we are fully licensed. So right when I hit 1,500 hours they pushed the limit to 2000 in order to diagnose smh! I had three Latina classmates who quit before becoming interns and associate therapists due to the ridiculous hoops needed to work in the field. If I knew what it truly took to become a therapist in grad school, I would’ve went to medical school as a psychiatrist instead.

Thank you this is very helpful. I’ve been watching your videos since you were in grad school. I have now completed grad school and having to retake the NCE, this video provided me with some calmness 😊

Just tuned in to this. Very helpful, great tips. Will get me on track real soon. Many thanks!!!

as a student in a counseling program, thank you ❤️

You are an awesome presence on KZfaq, I'm starting my Clinical Mental Health Counseling Master's in the fall and I am so excited/nervous-excited!!

Can someone with an international phd IN PSYCHOLOGY attempt for NCE?

Is there a book guide to study for the NCE?

Thank you for the tips. You are so calming, I guess you are going to be such a good therapist.

In Texas as an Associate with your own private practice can you take insurance? Or is that only possible after being fully licensed?😊

This is so inspiring and encouraging. You radiate a lovely light of positivity! The footage of you watering your garden made me so happy, I want to start a garden too. And omg bunnies!!!

Omg I’m in south Texas too and I hope to become an LPC! Right now I’m in community college (majoring in psychology) but my GPA is really good so I’m hoping to get into a good university once I transfer after my 2 years at community college are done and then of course get my master’s after my bachelor’s. I’m nervous about grad school but this is my passion so I think I can do it! I have the necessary knowledge and empathy as a psych patient of many years and now that I’ve been doing really well in my recovery, I want to get actual experience academically. Looks like I’m doing well so far!

🙏Please disregard my post about my upcoming consultation. I have received the confirmation email message. Thank you!🙏

Would you say there is better career Opportunities in doing your masters in IO psych , or MFT ?

Just passed my NCE and I am excited to begin!!

Thank you for this video! I just passed my NCE and I am gathering all this information now. Thank you

Hi Deyanira! TY for your video! You mentioned many awesome points! Yes! We need more representation in the mental health career field! I think it must be a beautiful feeling to hear the realization (of your client) in truly how helpful mental health services can be. To make someone realize that therapy is not for "locos," and that therapy helps people get to know themselves better and reflect on themselves, we all need someone to talk to, which is where genuine mental health practitioners come in!!🤍

Thank you so much for starting this channel and sharing your experiences! Know it or not you are now a mentor and paving way for those of us trying to stay motivated on this journey.

You are amazing. I will support you

Do you have a video on how to find practicum and internship opportunities?

So exciting!!! Congratulations💛

I love your videos, I am starting my Private Practice (month 2 now). Your videos are very inspiring and motivating! You also have such a warm presence. How happy you look coming out of session every time tho! lol I always look forward to watching your videos! thank you for the content.

I just want to let you know that this video is so valuable that my professor in grad school just assigned it to us. Go you! 🎉

Thank you for sharing your story- I am starting my grad program in 2 weeks!!!