Fifty hours. Five-oh. That is all that is left. It truly is hard to believe just how close I am to being done with my 3,000-hour requirement for MFT licensure. For a majority of the time I’ve been gathering hours, like most interns I haven’t had a clear sense of exactly how close I have … Read more
[Ed. note: With this post, I’d like to personally welcome Jeff Liebert, MA, to the Psychotherapy Notes team. Jeff is from Sacramento, currently lives and works in Los Angeles, and is ever-so-close to completing the journey to MFT licensure. His first few posts here will focus on the big decisions that come with the last … Read more
Just as a quick thought experiment, go over to this piece at Slate discussing medical training, and every time it references “medicine” change that to “mental health.” (Accordingly, change “physicians” and “doctors” to “therapists.”) You’ll find most of it applies perfectly. To wit: Over the past century, there have been additions to, but few subtractions … Read more
California’s new LPCC isn’t any more of a “national license” than the MFT license is: not at all. Why do rumors persist that it is? Here in California, we’re currently in the middle of the … Read more