1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Jessica Richards, LMHC owner of The Center of Life Counseling and Administrator of The Beginning Counselor's of Florida. During my last year of grad school, in 2013, I knew I wanted to be in private practice and work with college age students struggling with anxiety and depression. It was the very reason I began my degree in psychology and counseling in the first place. Little did I know that the journey would be met with many hurdles and struggles that I was not prepared for. I now take my experience and journey and share it with new grads and registered interns providing tips and tools to have a successful internship to licensure journey. A few fun facts about my experience: 1. My licensure experience lasted from 2013-2017, approximately 4 years. More than the 2 year's many assume it takes.&amp;nbsp; 2. I had over 4 qualified supervisors throughout this period, most at the same time.&amp;nbsp; 3. I was in private practice the entire journey along with agency and group contract work.&amp;nbsp; 4. I took 4 months off from the field altogether after a &quot;post-grad existential crisis&quot;&amp;nbsp; 5. I took the NCMHCE 3 times.&amp;nbsp; 6. I taught CEU courses for licensed clinicians during internship.&amp;nbsp; A few fun personal facts about myself are I freaking love love adventures, traveling, fishing is a new hobby I've started within the last year or so, painting, and animals. I'm trying to learn how to golf but, have no idea what I'm doing just seems like a Floridian thing to do. The Private Practice Startup https://privatepracticestartup.com/podicast-episodes/ <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6553807/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/00aeef/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/20786266