FOR FLORIDA THERAPISTS

Build your therapy career on your terms.

Clear, source-linked guidance for getting licensed, understanding your pay, and building an independent practice in Florida.

Built for Florida counselors first, with social work and MFT guides on the way. Free to read and built from firsthand experience.

FREE TOOLS

Free tools for Florida therapists.

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Find a supervisor

Search qualified supervisors by ZIP code, including LMHCs, LCSWs, and LMFTs approved to supervise counseling interns. Listings come from the state licensure file, and nobody paid to be listed.

Search supervisors → 02

Florida hours tracker

A Google Sheet that counts your hours against what the Board requires and shows the date you are on track to finish.

Get the tracker → 03

Clinician Pay Guide

The math to work out what a job offer, a platform, or a supervision deal really pays you.

Get the free guide → 04

Licensure date calculator

Estimate Florida LMHC experience completion from your weekly pace and actual progress. The estimate does not set your license issue date.

Find my date →

Featured guides

Pay What clinicians actually earn in Florida A grounded look at reported earnings, supervision costs, and how to evaluate an offer. Read guide → Platforms Headway versus Grow Therapy A side-by-side look at reimbursement, referrals, paneling speed, and day-to-day use. Read comparison → Work structure 1099 versus W-2 for therapists Compare taxes, benefits, stability, and the real value of each arrangement. Read guide →

Now available: Calendar Sync keeps your open times aligned across Google Calendar and supported scheduling platforms without copying appointment details. Start a 21-day free trial.

Why I built this

The process was harder to find than it needed to be.

I am Gabriel Benaim, a licensed mental health counselor in South Florida. Degree to License brings the practical parts of licensure, pay, and independent practice into one calm, source-linked place.

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Questions about Degree to License

What is Degree to License?

Degree to License is an independent resource for Florida therapists, created by Gabriel Benaim, LMHC. It brings together free tools and guides on licensure, pay, and starting a practice.

Who is it for?

It is for counseling, social work, and marriage and family therapy students, registered interns, and newly licensed clinicians in Florida. The current licensure guides focus on mental health counseling, and the supervisor directory includes LMHCs, LCSWs, and LMFTs approved to supervise counseling interns. Social work and MFT interns should verify approval for their own internship type in the state license record.

Is it free?

The supervisor directory, hours tracker, licensure date calculator, and guides are free. The Supervisor Interview Kit costs $7. Some pages contain disclosed affiliate links, which may support the site when readers use them.

Where does the supervisor directory come from?

The directory uses the Florida Department of Health licensure file, filtered to active licenses with qualified supervisor approval for mental health counseling interns and records identified as being in Florida. Supervisors can update their listing or ask to be removed.

Who writes the guides?

Gabriel Benaim, a Florida licensed mental health counselor, writes the guides. His Florida license number is MH27298. Read more about his experience and how the site is funded on the About page.