Idaho Administrative Code
Title IDAPA 24 - Occupational and Professional Licenses, Division of
Rule 24.15.01 - RULES OF THE IDAHO LICENSING BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS AND MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS
Section 24.15.01.238 - MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS
Universal Citation: ID Admin Code 24.15.01.238
Current through August 31, 2023
An applicant for marriage and family therapist licensure must pass the required examination and meet the following: (3-28-23)
01. Graduate Degree. Possess a master's degree or higher in marriage and family therapy or a related field from an accredited university or college provided that the program is either: (3-28-23)
a. Accredited by the Commission on
Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE); or
(3-28-23)
b. A program of at least
sixty (60) semester hours or ninety (90) quarter hours in length and that
includes at a minimum: (3-28-23)
i. Marriage
and family studies - Nine (9) semester credit hours or twelve (12) quarter
credit hours: includes theoretical foundations, history, philosophy, etiology
and contemporary conceptual directions of marriage and family therapy or
marriage and family counseling; family systems theories and other relevant
theories and their application in working with a wide variety of family
structures, including families in transition, nontraditional families and
blended families, and a diverse range of presenting issues; and preventive
approaches, including premarital counseling, parent skill training and
relationship enhancement, for working with couples, families, individuals,
subsystems and other systems; (3-28-23)
ii. Marriage and family therapy - Nine (9)
semester credit hours or twelve (12) quarter credit hours: includes the
practice of marriage and family therapy related to theory, and a comprehensive
survey and substantive understanding of the major models of marriage and family
therapy or marriage and family counseling; and interviewing and assessment
skills for working with couples, families, individuals, subsystems and other
systems, and skills in the appropriate implementation of systematic
interventions across a variety of presenting clinical issues including, but not
limited to, socioeconomic disadvantage, abuse and addiction;
(3-28-23)
iii. Biopsychosocial
health and development across the lifespan - Nine (9) semester credit hours or
twelve (12) quarter credit hours: includes individual development and
transitions across the life span; family, marital and couple life cycle
development and family relationships, family of origin and intergenerational
influences, cultural influences, ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status,
religious beliefs, gender, sexual orientation, social and equity issues and
disability; human sexual development, function and dysfunction, impacts on
individuals, couples and families, and strategies for intervention and
resolution; and issues of violence, abuse and substance use in a relational
context, and strategies for intervention and resolution; (3-28-23)
iv. Psychological and mental health
competency - Six (6) semester credit hours or eight (8) quarter credit hours:
includes psychopathology, including etiology, assessment, evaluation and
treatment of mental disorders, use of the current diagnostic and statistical
manual of mental disorders, differential diagnosis and multiaxial diagnosis;
standard mental health diagnostic assessment methods and instruments, including
standardized tests; and psychotropic medications and the role of referral to
and cooperation with other mental health practitioners in treatment planning,
and case management skills for working with individuals, couples, families, and
other systems and relational groups; (3-28-23)
v. Professional ethics and identity - Three
(3) semester credit hours or four (4) quarter credit hours: includes
professional identity, including professional socialization, professional
organizations, training standards, credentialing bodies, licensure,
certification, practice settings and collaboration with other disciplines;
ethical and legal issues related to the practice of marriage and family
therapy, legal responsibilities of marriage and family therapy and marriage and
family counseling practice and research, business aspects, reimbursement,
recordkeeping, family law, confidentiality issues and the relevant codes of
ethics, including the code of ethics specified by the board; and the interface
between therapist responsibility and the professional, social and political
context of treatment; (3-28-23)
vi.
Research - Three (3) semester credit hours or four (4) quarter credit hours:
includes research in marriage and family therapy or marriage and family
counseling and its application to working with couples and families; and
research methodology, quantitative and qualitative methods, statistics, data
analysis, ethics and legal considerations of conducting research, and
evaluation of research. (3-28-23)
02. Practicum. Completed a supervised practicum, including any supplemental practicum hours, which meets the requirements of Subsection 230.02 of these rules. (3-28-23)
03. Supervised Marriage and Family Therapy Experience. Completed at least three thousand (3,000) hours of graduate or post-graduate supervised experience in marriage and family therapy that meets the following requirements: (3-28-23)
a. A minimum of two thousand (2,000)
post-master's direct client contact hours, over a period of not less than two
(2) years, which must include a minimum of one thousand (1,000) direct client
contact hours with couples, families, and other systems; and
(3-28-23)
b. A minimum of two
hundred (200) hours of post-master's supervision. (3-28-23)
c. Other hours must support development as a
marriage and family therapist, and may include: additional hours of
supervision, additional practicum hours above the three hundred (300) hours
required in Subsection
230.02 of these rules, writing
clinical reports, writing case notes, case consultation, coordination of care,
administering tests, and attending workshops, training sessions, and
conferences. (3-28-23)
d. A minimum
of one hundred (100) hours post-master's supervision must be obtained from a
registered marriage and family therapist supervisor. The remaining one hundred
(100) hours of supervision may also be obtained from a licensed mental health
professional supervisor as defined in these rules who documents: (3-28-23)
i. A minimum of five (5) years of experience
providing marriage and family therapy; and (3-28-23)
ii. Fifteen (15) contact hours of education
in supervisor training; and (3-28-23)
iii. Has not been the subject of any
disciplinary action for five (5) years immediately prior to providing
supervision. (3-28-23)
e.
No more than one hundred (100) hours of group supervision are allowed. Group
supervision is defined as up to six (6) supervisees and one (1) supervisor; and
(3-28-23)
f. Individual supervision
is defined as up to two (2) supervisees per supervisor; and (3-28-23)
g. Supervision must employ observation of
client contact such as the use of audio technologies or video technologies or
co-therapy, or live supervision; and (3-28-23)
h. A supervisor may not act as an applicant's
personal Professional Counselor/Therapist. (3-28-23)
i. The Board considers the recommendation of
the supervisor(s) when determining the acceptability of the applicant's
supervised experience. (3-28-23)
j.
Supervision obtained in another jurisdiction or from a supervisor in another
jurisdiction must conform with the jurisdiction's requirements provided they
are substantially equivalent to Idaho's requirements.
(3-28-23)
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