About Roots & Reach Academy
Supervision training and continuing education for mental health professionals who want more than checkbox CEUs.
Meet Dr. Megan Pickens
PhD, LPC-S · Founder, Roots & Reach Academy
Dr. Pickens has been a licensed professional counselor since 2009 and a clinical supervisor since 2011, and she has trained Texas counselors to become supervisors since 2018. She is a Professional Counselor in Counseling and Psychological Services at Dallas College, teaches graduate counseling and marriage and family therapy courses as an adjunct professor, and founded The Volition Collective Counseling & Wellness Center.
She has served as president of TACES and TexAMCD, founded the Multicultural Behavioral Health Provider Network (MBHPN) in 2013, and created the HABW™ (High-Achieving Black Women) Movement from her doctoral research. She holds a PhD in Marriage and Family Therapy from Texas Wesleyan University, an MS in Family Therapy from Friends University, and a BA in Psychology and Sociology from the University of Missouri–Kansas City.
Why Roots & Reach Academy
Training rooted in ethics and cultural humility
We believe supervision and continuing education should reflect the realities of the Global Majority: Black, Brown, Indigenous, and Asian communities, along with LGBTQ+ people, religious minorities, and people with disabilities. Our trainings address systemic oppression, build cultural humility, and prepare professionals to supervise and lead with integrity, compassion, and equity. We welcome professionals within the Global Majority and allies who share these values.
The Roots & Reach™ curriculum pairs the technical skills supervisors need, such as board rules, documentation, and remediation, with the cultural humility that supervision requires today.