Choosing your first prelicensed therapist job
A useful offer explains who supervises you, how the work is paid, and what happens when appointments cancel or the job ends.
Archive: Career decisions8 min read
Becoming
a therapist.
Choosing a placement, seeing your first clients, learning in supervision, and finding your way to licensure. Practical field notes for the work between enrollment and independent practice.
13 field notesFor therapists in training
How to choose a therapy practicum site
Questions to ask before accepting a placement, and the evidence to look for behind the answers.
Read the field note8 min read
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Training, supervision, work, and the route to licensure.
Changing supervisors or sites: an hours-record checklist
Close the old relationship cleanly and start the new one without losing the record of either.
Archive: Forms and records4 min read
Tracking psychology practicum hours for the AAPI
Build a clear practicum record without treating aggregate applicant statistics as personal targets.
Archive: Application preparation4 min read
Preventing burnout during therapist training
A practical approach to workload, supervision, rest, and the financial constraints of clinical training.
Archive: Clinical training8 min read
LCSW supervision hours: what to record before you start
The questions to settle before relying on clinical work or supervision toward a social work license.
Archive: Supervision4 min read
California BBS weekly logs: a guide for MFT trainees and AMFTs
How to prepare a reviewable MFT weekly record without double-counting nested categories.
Archive: Forms and records4 min read
Responding to feedback in clinical supervision
Work through corrective feedback, agree on the next practice step, and know when to involve your program.
Archive: Clinical training8 min read
How to prepare for clinical supervision as a trainee
A repeatable preparation routine for a focused meeting and a useful record afterward.
Archive: Supervision4 min read
Preparing for your first therapy clients as a trainee
The practical preparation to complete with your supervisor before your first appointments.
Archive: Starting clinical work8 min read
Counseling practicum vs. internship: hours and expectations
What CACREP's counseling standards say, and how to prepare for each placement without confusing education with licensure.
Archive: Training placements4 min read
Direct vs. indirect hours in counseling: what to record
Separate the activity you performed from the credit a program or licensing board may award.
Archive: Hours and categories4 min read
How to track clinical hours for therapist licensure
A practical system for recording the work once and checking it against each requirement.
Archive: Getting started4 min read
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