Licensing and Credentials
You should not have to take a therapist's word for their qualifications. Here are mine, with the numbers, and the places you can check them yourself.
Licenses and certifications
- Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), State of Texas — license 82166
- Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor (LCDC), State of Texas — license 15067
- National Certified Counselor (NCC), National Board for Certified Counselors — certificate 1234778
- Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling
The LPC is the license under which counseling is provided. The LCDC covers work with substance use specifically, and the NCC is a national board certification held in addition to state licensure.
Check for yourself
Each lookup below is an official primary source, free, and needs no account. They show current status, the date first licensed, and any public disciplinary history.
- Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council — verify a license
The state body that licenses professional counselors in Texas. Search by name or by license number 82166.
- Texas Department of State Health Services — license lookup
For the chemical dependency counselor license (LCDC), which is administered separately from the LPC. Search by name or by license number 15067.
- National Board for Certified Counselors — CounselorFind
Confirms national certification (NCC) is current.
What the letters mean
LPC is the license required to practise counseling independently in Texas. It takes a master's degree, supervised clinical hours after graduation, a state examination, and continuing education to keep.
LCDC is a separate Texas license for counseling substance use disorders, with its own training and examination requirements.
NCC is a voluntary national certification from the National Board for Certified Counselors. It is not a licence and does not replace one; it is an additional standard some counselors choose to hold.
Complaints
If you ever have a concern about my conduct, I would rather you raise it with me directly and we talk about it.
You are also entitled to go to the licensing board instead, and you do not need my agreement or involvement to do so. The Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council accepts complaints from the public about anyone it licenses, and its contact details are on the site linked above.
