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Texas 40-Hour LPC Supervisor TrainingBecome the supervisor you wish you had: an expressive arts approach
An affordable, engaging 40-hour supervisor training for Texas LPCs, led by Dr. Nancy Thomas, PhD, LPC-S. Build your supervision model through sand tray, art, role play, and reflection, while covering every content area the Texas rules require.
40
Clock hours, mapped to Texas content requirements
16
Live, experiential hours on Zoom
90
Days to complete, as Texas requires
$375
Starting tuition with group enrollment
Why expressive arts
Supervision is learned by doing, not just reading
Most supervisor courses are 40 hours of slides. This one asks you to practice. Expressive and experiential methods help new supervisors see their own assumptions, rehearse hard conversations, and leave with interventions they can use with supervisees the following week.
Dr. Thomas co-teaches a multi-level expressive arts training for clinicians, has published on creative and spiritual experiential activities in counselor education, and has supervised and taught graduate counselors for years.
- Hybrid format: self-paced modules plus live cohort sessions
- Sand tray, art-based, and role play supervision techniques
- Group and multicultural supervision practice
- Gatekeeping and remediation with fairness and care
- Texas forms, agreements, and documentation templates
- Faith integration in supervision, for those who want it
Curriculum
What you will learn, hour by hour
Each module maps to the content areas in the Texas 40-clock-hour supervisor training rule.
The Supervisory Relationship and Counselor Development
Developmental timeline art to explore how counselors grow and how your own story shapes the supervisor you will be.
Supervision Methods and Techniques
Creative and expressive supervision interventions, group supervision practice, multicultural supervision through cultural collage, and evaluating supervisees with a competency rubric.
Roles, Standards of Practice, Texas Rules, and Ethics
Ethics case scenes and role plays, the Texas LPC rules, the ACA Code of Ethics, gatekeeping with the GATES framework, and remediation planning.
Executive and Administrative Tasks
Texas forms, supervision agreements, documentation, hour tracking, and telesupervision.
Applied Practice and Capstone
Trauma-informed supervision, supervisor self-care, faith integration in supervision (optional), and a creative capstone presenting your supervision model.
Tuition
Priced to make supervision accessible
Great supervisors make great counselors. Tuition is kept intentionally low so more counselors can take the step.
Early Bird
$399
Enroll six or more weeks before your cohort begins.
- Full 40-hour course
- All live sessions
- Templates and forms
Standard
Standard Tuition
$449
Full tuition for any open cohort.
- Full 40-hour course
- All live sessions
- Certificate of completion
Group Enrollment
$375 / person
Three or more from the same practice, agency, or program.
- Ideal for growing practices
- One invoice
Optional mailed expressive arts supply kit: $45.
Already a supervisor?
Keep growing after the course
6-Hour Supervision CE Workshop
$149
Texas LPC-S holders need 6 hours of supervision CE each renewal period. Complete them in one engaging, live workshop.
New Supervisor Consultation Circle
$45 / session
A monthly small group for new supervisors to bring questions, cases, and dilemmas.
Expressive Arts Training
Levels 1 and 2
Bring creative and expressive interventions into your clinical work with clients.
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Course questions
Does this course meet the Texas requirement for supervisor status?
The course is built to the Texas 40-clock-hour supervisor training requirements: it is taught by a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor, covers every required content area, and is completed within 90 days. Always confirm current eligibility requirements with the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council before applying.
Who is eligible to become an LPC-S in Texas?
Texas requires an LPC license in good standing for a set period of years before applying for supervisor status, along with a completed supervisor training course. Check the current requirements with the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council.
Is the course live or self-paced?
Both. About 24 hours are self-paced modules you complete on your own schedule, and about 16 hours are live, interactive Zoom sessions where the expressive arts work happens.
Do I need art experience?
No. Expressive arts in supervision is about reflection and insight, not artistic skill. Simple supplies like paper, markers, and small objects are all you need, or you can add the optional mailed supply kit.
What do I receive when I finish?
A certificate of completion showing your name, the course title, dates, and 40 clock hours, signed by Dr. Thomas with her LPC-S license number.
When is the next cohort?
Cohort dates are announced on a rolling basis. Join the interest list to receive dates and the early bird rate first.
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