LCSW Supervision

Michelle is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker Supervisor and an EMDRIA Approved Consultant that can help LMSWs improve their skill and pursue Texas LCSW certification.

What to Expect

While under a Board Clinical Supervision Plan and working towards your LCSW, you will typically meet 4 hours a month with your supervisor. This can be online or in-person, which allows you to live anywhere in Texas to contract with me as your supervisor. Online supervision can save significant time and make it more convenient to work towards this professional goal. You must meet with your supervisor for 100 total hours of supervision during a minimum of 24 months to meet the supervision requirement for your LCSW. You may meet with a small group of other LMSWs under clinical supervision with me, or individually to meet your goals.

Our supervision relationship is designed to support the development of your clinical skills and to help you work towards the requirements to independently practice clinical social work. You will be responsible for bringing client cases to discuss, following Social Work Ethics, working within your competency, and for tracking your work hours and supervision hours. I will track supervision hours and keep documentation of our supervision and informal evaluation of your progress. I will lead from the professional development, experience, and learning as a trauma therapist to help you develop in skill and confidence as a clinical social worker.

Eligible LMSWs

If you have a Texas LMSW, and a social work job in which you assess, diagnosis, or treat mental health or substance abuse issues for at least 4 hours a week- you could be eligible to start your clinical supervision plan. This doesn’t have to mean providing formal diagnosis in the client record. You are required to have 3,000 work hours in addition to the 100 hours of supervision to meet the clinical supervision requirements. All of the hours you work in a social work job, including non-direct hours, count towards your required 3,000 hours. This is different than any LPC-Associates you may be working alongside at your agency!

You typically will need to work about 30 hours a week in a social work job to complete requirements in about 24 months. If you don’t work 30 hours, you are still eligible, but it will take longer to complete your requirements. Part-time employees need 1 hour of clinical supervision for every 40 hours work. This works out to about 2-3 supervision hours a month. If you have a medical leave, or need to stop your supervision plan, we can document this. You are able to resume when ready.

Getting Started

You can email hello@steady-healing.com or text/call 214-785-0086 with any questions you have or to start the process. I offer free 20 minute phone consultations to see if we are a good fit and to answer any questions you have about me, or the clinical supervision process. It’s important that your work is within my scope of practice and that it feels like a good fit. You can view my online schedule and book your free consultation call through my client portal .

Once we decide this is a good fit, we will complete a Social Work Supervision Agreement and the clinical supervision plan. We will need a letter from your employer acknowledging and agreeing to you being supervised by an outside supervisor. I can help you secure this. We no longer have to submit this paperwork to the Board for approval to start supervision.

Cost

Clinical supervision is $100 per hour group supervision via Zoom (available when groups of 2-6 supervisees are meeting). Individual supervision is $150 per hour for in-person at my Lakewood office (6301 Gaston Ave, Suite 1209, Dallas TX 75214) or Zoom.

Do you accept supervisees at agencies that will pay for the supervision costs?

Yes, I accept agreements from agencies to cover the costs of your LCSW supervision. Check with your employer as many will cover the cost of your supervision if there isn’t an onsite LCSW supervisor.

About Michelle

Michelle Spurgeon gained her LMSW in 2010 and earned her Texas LCSW in 2019. Prior to private practice, Michelle worked within a non-profit agency within Dallas providing program leadership, supervision, individual and group clinical services, and case management services for over 10 years. This helps her understand the practices settings many LMSWs are working in while pursuing their LCSW.  She has extensive training and consultation hours in Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and EMDR.

She has been trained in EMDR since 2018 and has used EMDR with teens and adults in individual settings. This allows EMDR trained and eligible therapist to accrue EMDR Consultation hours towards EMDRIA Certification concurrently with their LCSW supervision. Michelle has advanced training and experience utilizing EMDR to treat complex and ongoing trauma (Ignacio Jarero’s EMDR-PRECI), addictions (AJ Popky’s DeTUR protocol), recent traumatic incidents (Ignacio Jarero’s EMDR ASSYST), Grief & Mourning (Roger Solomon), and using EMDR through telehealth (Ignacio Jarero’s ASSYST remote). Michelle currently serves adults in Dallas, TX and via telehealth in Texas, Louisiana, and Virginia. In addition to EMDR, Michelle is trained in DBT and in Perinatal Mental Health. For Michelle’s full bio, click here.

Helpful Links

Texas Board of Social Work Examiners FAQ This website with Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council has additional information about requirements and other questions you may have.

BHEC Texas Board of Social Work Forms This BHEC website has the Clinical Supervision Verification Form to complete when you complete your supervision plan, or if we terminate your supervision.