WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
Developmentally appropriate supervision
Guidance tailored to
your experience,
skills, and stage of
professional growth.
Clinical Skill Development
Strengthen counseling
skills, clinical reasoning,
and case
conceptualization.
Documentation &
Case Support
Get support with
documentation,
treatment planning,
and progress notes.
Ethical, Legal &
Cultural Awareness
Explore ethical
considerations and
cultural competence
in your practice.
Ongoing Feedback
& Evaluation
Receive continual
feedback to build
confidence and
support licensure.
Meet Your Supervisor — Sara Schwartz
Michigan's Limited Licensed Counselors are required to have 3,000 hours of supervised practice and 100 hours of direct clinical supervision before they are eligible to receive full licensure.
If you have a limited license and are looking for a clinical supervisor for the first time or are looking for someone new to work with, MCTI can help. Group supervision is planned to begin in 2027, you will be able to work alongside Sara Schwartz, MBA, MA, LPC, NCC, CAADC, NPT-C as you complete your hours...whether you're starting fresh or continuing where you left off.
Sara Schwartz, MBA, MA, LPC, NCC, CAADC, NPT-C graduated with a 4.0 GPA from Antioch University in 2021. She was a student member of Chi Sigma Iota, taking on the Addictions Chair of the Alpha Nu Epsilon chapter's executive board. She has continued to be affiliated with this counseling honors society as a current CSI member-at-large. She also received the Donald D. Davis scholarship while attending the university, recognized for excellence in community service.
Since that time, Sara has worked in both private practice and community mental health settings. Her CMH experience has been working with severe mental illness and co-occurring disorders, treating children, adolescents, and adults as a youth homebased therapist and clinical member of an adult assertive community treatment team.
Sara started her practice, 3Cs Counseling Center, in 2022 where she sees individuals ages 6+ and couples. As a private practice clinician, she has also partnered with Sollars and Associates, TimelyCare, Sondermind, Great Lakes Psychology Group, and Grow Therapy. Sara has also been a site supervisor for a substance use disorder partial hospital program.
Sara passed the NCE in 2021 and the AADC in 2023. Additionally, she completed a certification in neuro-psychotherapy in 2024 and regularly integrates all of these skills into her practice. In early 2027, she will become a MI LPC Clinical Supervisor, able to share her knowledge, experience and insight with other counselors.
Sara has been recognized several times in Marquis Who's Who in America, both as a counselor and for her media arts contributions. She has been a mental health expert guest speaker in person, on radio and television segments, and on many podcast episodes. She also currently acts as a mental health and substance use disorder expert in litigation cases. In addition to her CSI membership, she is an active member of the American Counseling Association, Michigan Board of Addiction Professionals, Michigan Counselors Association, Michigan Mental Health Counselors Association, and the International Association of Professional Writers and Editors.
Clinical supervision has two basic goals: the development of the clinical skills of the supervisee and the protection of the client. While the focus will seem to be primarily on your professional development, the end result is a positive client experience.
Sara's planned supervision approach will draw from Developmental Model of Supervision, which is an approach that emphasizes the progressive stages of growth and competence that counselors experience over time and tailors supervision strategies to ever-evolving needs and skills.
At times, she will also integrate Bernard and Goodyear’s Discrimination Model, which is designed to help supervisors provide support and instruction to supervisees while ensuring the welfare of clients and the counseling profession. The model is based on three supervisory roles: teacher, counselor, and consultant, and three areas of focus: intervention, conceptualization, and personalization.
What Future Supervisees Can Expect
Supportive guidance, practical feedback, and mentorship designed to help counseling professionals grow with confidence.
Emily R., LLPC
"I was nervous about starting supervision, but I immediately felt supported. Every session gave me practical guidance that I could apply with clients, and I left feeling more confident in my skills."
Supervision Forms & Documents
Preparing to begin clinical supervision? We’ve provided the key forms and documents you may need to review as part of the supervision process.
Please review these materials before your first supervision session.
Michigan LLPC Clinical
Supervision Packet
A practical supervision packet containing supervisor qualifications, supervision agreements, supervisee rights and responsibilities, intake and development planning, supervision notes, hour logs, case presentation templates, evaluations, remediation plans, termination documentation, and compliance checklists.
Rates
Individual Supervision: $110/hour, virtual only.
Group Supervision: $125/1.5 hours, virtual only.* Groups meet biweekly.*
**Groups are 1.5 hours in length and are conducted in an 'open' format. Members are able to rotate in and out with a maximum of 8-10 participants per group. Initial group formation will be by invite only. When spots open, mailing list subscribers indicating they were looking for group supervision will be notified first.