LPC Supervision
Ashley Wade provides mentoring, training, and supervision to new LPC Associates entering the field of professional counseling.
If you are an LPC associate looking for an LPC supervisor contact Ashley Wade by sending your resume and/or curriculum vitae to awade@yellowcityplayroom.com and request an interview.
BHEC states applications for initial LPC and LPC-Associate (formerly Intern) license can only be submitted via the Online Licensing System. Paper applications are no longer accepted and will be returned if received.
For LPC Associates, follow the link, for the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council, to apply for licensure and other related needs: https://www.bhec.texas.gov/texas-state-board-of-examiners-of-professional-counselors/index.html
Below is taken from the BHEC regarding the application of of associates.
Below is a checklist of documentation that is required for LPC licensure. For more detailed information
please visit the “Applying For A License” page.
All Applicants:
• Completed Online Application
• Application Fee. See 22 TAC 885.1 for a list of the fee amounts.
• Practicum Documentation (must be on Texas form) *
• Proof of Completion of Texas Jurisprudence Exam for Professional Counselors*
• Official NBCC score report for NCE or NCMHCE (NBCC sends these to us electronically) **
• Official Transcript showing conferral of degree—must be sent to board by email from
university/sealed envelope from university**
• Self-query report from NPDB (either a certified self-query report sent by email, or a printed one
received in sealed envelope from NPDB)
• SAVE form, if applicant is not a US citizen
Additional Item Required for LPC-Associate Only:
• Supervisory Agreement Form*
Additional Items Needed if Applicant Is Licensed in Another Jurisdiction:
• Official Verification of Licensure in other Jurisdiction sent to board by other state**
• Proof of completed supervised clinical experience submitted**
The confirmation email you receive after submitting your online application includes a link to
information on how to submit your fingerprints for the background check.
* These items should be uploaded as attachments to your online application.
Registered Play Therapist Credential Supervision
Ashley Wade has been in private practice since 2017 and experience working in the mental health field in hospital, agencies and community mental health settings. In her private practice experience she has worked with a variety of ages, including children in play therapy, adolescents, families, parents, and trauma EMDR work. In play therapy, I practice a model that has a foundation of Child Centered Play Therapy with Theraplay.
Ashley provides mentoring, supervision, consultation and training to licensed therapist in the mental health field who are seeking the RPT Credential from the Associate of Play Therapy. Below is an exert about the credentialing program directly from APT’s RPT Standards and Practices.
APT has developed a three-phase approach for the appropriate obtention and documentation of play therapy instruction, clinical experience, and supervision that provides the optimal training experience (intentionality and integration) for developing well-rounded play therapy clinicians.
The three-phase approach is in line with the educational/developmental model of how psychotherapists develop in knowledge, skills, and personal capacities. To obtain competency in the practice of play therapy, direct instruction must be followed by periods of application to clinical cases accompanied by supervision.
Successful completion of the credentialing requirements demonstrates the following:
Instructional, clinical experience, and supervision hours must be accrued in a time period of no less than
two (2) years and no more than seven (7) years.
Each phase requires the completion and documentation of a minimum number of hours in play therapy instruction, clinical experience, and supervision prior to progressing to the next phase.
All three phases must be completed before submitting application.
This process is designed to aid in obtaining comprehensive knowledge of the theories and clinical skills requiredfor the competent practice of play therapy.