Est. 2021
The Circle
The room you've been
looking for
already exists.
Built by a burnout survivor for the colleagues she couldn't find online.
Counsel is a closed-door professional circle where licensed therapists share real case frameworks, exchange supervision hours, and build referral networks grounded in clinical trust — not follower counts.
A Manifesto · The Problem Stated Plainly
Isolation isn't a personality flaw. It's a structural failure of how we train and release therapists into practice.
The agency gave you supervision, colleagues, and a break room where someone always had coffee. When you left — for private practice, for a group of your own, for the autonomy you'd earned — you took your caseload but left the infrastructure behind. Counsel is that infrastructure, rebuilt.
Clinical conversation belongs in clinical spaces.
Facebook groups were built for birthday wishes and neighborhood disputes. The nuance required to discuss a client's dissociative episode — or your own secondary trauma — demands something with walls. We built walls.
of solo practitioners report significant professional isolation within two years of leaving agency work.
"The moment I posted a real clinical question in a Facebook group, three people responded with their coaching packages. That was the last time I asked for help in public."
Rachel M., LCSW · 11 years in practice · Chicago
Monthly case consultation — identities protected
Supervision is not a checkbox. It is the work.
Newly licensed counselors leave graduate programs with theoretical frameworks and no one to call at 4 PM on a Friday when a client discloses something that changes the case entirely. We built the 4 PM call.
of newly licensed counselors report their graduate programs left them unprepared for the isolation of solo practice.
"I spent $400 a month on individual supervision I couldn't afford and felt guilty for needing. Here I found three colleagues doing the same work. We supervise each other now. It costs us time, not shame."
Darius O., LPC · 3 years licensed · Atlanta
Structured peer supervision — 2 hrs/month included
A referral network built on trust holds weight.
Directory listings connect people to profiles. Counsel connects practitioners to practitioners who have sat across the same kinds of rooms, who understand the clinical nuance behind a referral, who will call you back.
of members report making at least one clinically meaningful referral connection within their first 60 days.
"I referred a client to someone I met here. She called me two months later to say thank you. That doesn't happen from a directory."
Priya N., LMFT · 7 years in practice · San Francisco
Annual retreat — 3 days, 40 practitioners
What Happens Inside
Not a platform. A practice.
Three things happen in Counsel that don't happen anywhere else in your professional life.
Case Consultation Thread
Redacted for illustration
Supervision Calendar
March 2026
Trauma-Informed DBT
7:00 PM ET · Dr. A. Reyes, PsyD
Grief & Complicated Loss
12:00 PM ET · Keisha W., LCSW
Working with Adolescents
6:30 PM ET · Tom B., LPC
Burnout & Self-of-Therapist
7:00 PM ET · Nadia C., LMFT
2 hrs supervision credit/month
Annual Retreat
Asheville, NC · October 2026
3 days · 40 practitioners · 12 CE credits
Resource Library
Clinical frameworks. Not content.
IFS Case Conceptualization Template
PDF · 8 pages
Burnout Assessment Battery
Tool · Normed 2024
Attachment-Informed Intake Protocol
Audio + PDF
42 CFR Part 2 Compliance Guide
Legal · Updated 2025
214 resources · Growing monthly
Referral Network
verified practitioners across 38 states
Member Voices
The conversation is
already underway.
From licensed clinical social workers to newly minted LPCs — the room holds everyone who does the work.
73%
of members report reduced professional isolation within 90 days
Counsel Survey, 2025
4.2×
more likely to maintain peer supervision when in a structured community
AMHCA Research, 2024
61%
of newly licensed counselors felt unprepared for solo practice isolation
APA, 2023
Thandiwe O.
LCSW · 14 years in practice
Brooklyn, NY
Complex Trauma & Dissociative Disorders
"I left a group practice after seven years because I needed autonomy. What I didn't anticipate was how completely I would disappear from any clinical community. Counsel gave me back the collegial sense of being a professional among professionals — not a service provider in a marketplace."
Rodrigo V.
LPC · 6 years in practice
Austin, TX
Adolescent & Young Adult Anxiety
"The supervision exchange model alone is worth the membership. I give two hours a month and receive two hours. But what I actually receive is perspective from colleagues who aren't competing with me, who don't have a stake in my clinical decisions, and who understand the particular weight of this work."
Mei-Ling C.
LMFT · 2 years licensed
Seattle, WA
Family Systems & Perinatal Mental Health
"I passed my licensing exam and found myself completely alone in a field that talks constantly about therapeutic relationship and community. Counsel was the first professional space where I felt like a clinician, not a newcomer to be tolerated."
Names and credentials used with written permission. Identifying details in consultation examples are altered in accordance with professional ethics standards.
Membership
A professional obligation
to yourself.
Annual billing saves 18%. Cancel anytime. No contracts, no algorithms, no ads.
Associate
For counselors in their first three years post-licensure who need mentorship, community, and structured peer support.
- Full access to consultation forums
- 1 hr/month peer supervision exchange
- Resource library (214 frameworks)
- Monthly new-member orientation call
- Mentorship matching (read access)
- Annual retreat application priority
Member
For established solo practitioners who want the full weight of clinical community — consultation, supervision, and referrals.
- Everything in Associate
- 2 hrs/month peer supervision exchange
- Verified referral network (send & receive)
- Case consultation threads (post & reply)
- Mentorship matching (give & receive)
- Annual retreat — member pricing
- Monthly CE-eligible webinars
Sustaining
For group practice owners who want to offer Counsel membership as part of clinician retention and professional development.
- Everything in Member
- Up to 5 clinician seats included
- Practice owner peer group (quarterly)
- Retention & development consultation
- Early access to new programming
- Annual retreat — complimentary seat
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The Solo Practitioner's
Supervision Checklist
A 12-point framework for evaluating your current supervision structure — and identifying the gaps that might be costing you clinically. Used by 2,400+ practitioners.
"We don't want members who join because a landing page convinced them. We want practitioners who recognize themselves in this page."
Dr. Elena Marchetti, PsyD
Founder, Counsel · Clinical Psychologist · 18 years
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Every member reviewed by a licensed clinician on our team.
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All discussion protocols reviewed against NASW, ACA, and AAMFT codes.
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Counsel is independent. No institutional affiliations.