Intern and Contract Work

Interns (without a Master's Degree)

Become immersed in the environment of private practice, perform entry-level tasks related to the field of study, fulfill tasks assigned by a supervisor, promote services through marketing, scheduling clients and groups, conduct intake interviews and psychological assessments, verify insurance coverage, and observe and assist an LPC in leading a group through job shadowing in exchange for the supervisor signing off on paperwork for intern requirements being met. You will learn behavioral aide skills, do one-on-one, family, and/or group counseling while being supervised by a licensed professional.

According to the law, LAPCs are not permitted to recruit clients for their own benefit or gain. They are prohibited from seeing insurance clients and cannot operate their own independent practice. Sessions must be billed to the agency overseeing them.

Master's Level seeking LAPC

Become immersed in the environment of private practice, fulfill tasks assigned by a supervisor, promote services through marketing, scheduling clients and groups, conduct intake interviews and psychological assessments, verify insurance coverage, and assist an LPC in leading groups in exchange for the supervisor signing off on paperwork for intern requirements being met.

You will lead counseling groups, see individual and family clients under direct supervision, be a behavioral aid teaching skills without direct supervision, and see sliding scale self-pay clients while under supervision in exchange for supervisor intern requirements being met.

According to the law, LAPCs are not permitted to recruit clients for their own benefit or gain. They are prohibited from seeing insurance clients and cannot operate their own independent practice. Sessions must be billed to the agency overseeing them.

LAPC pursuing LPC

LAPCs engage in private practice while independently working with clients, provided they participate in weekly supervisory meetings with an LPC to discuss client needs, goals, and progress. LAPCs have the ability to see self-pay clients.

According to the law, LAPCs are not permitted to recruit clients for their own benefit or gain. They are prohibited from seeing insurance clients and cannot operate their own independent practice. Sessions must be billed to the agency overseeing them.

LPC

LPCs are fully licensed. They can have their own private practice and take payments directly from clients and/or insurance companies.

They can independently bill for themselves or ask CSU for help in billing / administrative work while they focus on seeing their clients full-time. They can also work for CSU and have their own private practice. They can do both.

CPCS Supervision

delivered by Donna Cleveland Valentine, M.Ed., LPC, CPCS, MAC

Donna has been a Licensed Professional Counselor for 12 years. She is a CPCS supervisor at the highest level for substance abuse counselors.

Very important: You MUST have a CPCS supervisor for supervision, or you will be starting over with one before you can obtain your license.

Donna will start you off with learning how to write progress notes. This is something you are usually not trained on in school and a must within the counseling world. Next, would be a focus on law and case scenarios. You must live in Georgia and be local to Gwinnett, Hall, and Forsyth Counties in Georgia, unless you are okay with traveling to these areas for in person meetings.

Rates

$150 per one-hour session with one supervisee present

$100 per one-hour session with two supervisees present (can be counted as individual)

$180 per two-hour session with two supervisees present (can be counted as individual)

$50 per one-hour session with a group of six supervisees present

$80 per two-hour session with a group of six supervisees present