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Regulation .08 Supervisor Qualifications.

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A.
Licensure. An individual providing supervision shall be:
(1)
Licensed by the Board as a clinical:
(a)
Marriage and family therapist;
(b)
Professional counselor;
(c)
Alcohol and drug counselor; or
(d)
Professional art therapist; or
(2)
A licensed mental health care provider as defined in Regulation .02B of this chapter and approved by the Board.
B.
Education, Training, or Supervision Experience.
(1)
A Board-approved supervisor, or any licensed mental health care provider as defined in Regulation .02B of this chapter who is approved by the Board and has completed 3 years of documented experience in clinical marriage and family therapy shall complete at least one of the following education and training experiences:
(a)
2 years of documented experience providing clinical supervision for marriage and family therapists working with families from a systemic perspective and conceptualizing family cases using a recognized family theoretical model;
(b)
At least 3 graduate semester credit hours or 5 quarter credit hours of academic course work in clinical supervision;
(c)
A graduate-level course in marriage and family therapy supervision;
(d)
The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Approved Supervisor designation; or
(e)
The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Supervisor in Training or Supervisor Candidate designation.
(2)
In addition to the requirements of §B(1) of this regulation, a supervisor shall complete at least 6 semester credit hours or 10 quarter credit hours of graduate-level academic training in Theories of Couples and Family Therapy.
(3)
Supervision training required by this section may be obtained in a graduate course as listed in §B(1) of this regulation and may include, but not be limited to:
(a)
The role and responsibilities of the supervisor;
(b)
The needs of the supervisee, supervisor, and the agency setting while maintaining a clear ethical perspective, including:
(i)
The maintenance of appropriate boundaries; and
(ii)
Making clinically appropriate diagnoses;
(c)
The role of the supervisor as gatekeeper to the profession;
(d)
Methods for building effective and appropriate relationships with clients;
(e)
Models for group supervision; and
(f)
Models and modalities for practice intervention.
C.
Pre-Supervision Responsibilities of a Supervisor. In addition to meeting the requirements of this regulation, before beginning supervision, the Board-approved supervisor shall:
(1)
File the completed Board-approved supervisor application form;
(2)
Provide the supervisee with a copy of the Board’s licensed clinical marriage and family therapy approved supervisor letter; and
(3)
Have an active license that is without restrictions or conditions due to disciplinary action for the 2 years preceding an application for licensed clinical marriage and family therapy Board-approved supervisor status.
D.
A supervisor may be an:
(1)
Agency-designated supervisor; or
(2)
Independent supervisor in private practice.