Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS
Part LX - Professional Counselors
Subpart 1 - Licensed Professional Counselors
Chapter 8 - Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisors
Section LX-803 - Supervised Experience of Provisional Licensed Professional Counselors

1. Supervision is defined as assisting the provisional licensed professional counselor in developing expertise in methods of the professional mental health counseling practice and in developing self-appraisal and professional development strategies. Supervision must comply with standards as set by the board.

2. A supervisor may not supervise more than 10 provisional licensed professional counselors at any given time.

3. Supervisors of provisional licensed professional counselors, as defined in these rules, have the responsibility of assisting provisional licensed professional counselors in increasing their skills as a mental health professional. Supervisors, as defined in these rules, have no control, oversight, or professional responsibility for the services of provisional licensed professional counselors whom they are supervising, unless a supervisor also serves as the administrative supervisor of a provisional licensed professional counselors in the setting in which the provisional licensed professional counselor is employed or contracted or is rendering counseling services on a volunteer basis. The control, oversight, and professional responsibility for provisional licensed professional counselors rests with the provisional licensed professional counselors administrative supervisor in the setting in which they are employed or contracted or are rendering counseling services on a volunteer basis. A licensed mental health professional (e.g. LPC, LMFT, LCSW), not necessarily the board-approved supervisor, must be employed in the professional setting in which the provisional licensed professional counselor is rendering counseling services and be available for case consultation and processing. In obtaining permission for outside supervision, provisional licensed professional counselors must notify their administrative supervisor of the identity of their supervisor for the purpose of gaining the supervised experience for licensure and the nature of the supervisory activities, including any observations or taping that occurs with clients, after obtaining the client's permission, in the setting.

4. The process of supervision must encompass multiple modes of supervision, including regularly scheduled live observation of counseling sessions (where possible) and review of audiotapes and/or videotapes of counseling sessions, at the board approved supervisor's discretion. The process may also include discussion of the provisional licensed professional counselor's self-reports, microtraining, interpersonal process recall, modeling, role-playing, and other supervisory techniques. (Supervision as defined in these rules does not require the approved supervisor to be in the same room with the provisional licensed professional counselor during the provisional licensed professional counselor's provision of services to clients.)

5. The supervisor must provide nurturance and support to the provisional licensed professional counselor, explaining the relationship of theory to practice, suggesting specific actions, assisting the provisional licensed professional counselor in exploring various models for practice, and challenging discrepancies in the provisional licensed professional counselors practice.

6. The supervisor must ensure the provisional licensed professional counselors familiarity with important literature in the field of counseling, LPC Board rules, regulations, guidelines, policies, and position statements as well as state law.

7. The supervisor must provide training appropriate to the provisional licensed professional counselors intended area of expertise and practice.

8. The supervisor must model effective professional counseling practice.

9. The supervisor must ensure that the mental health counseling and the supervision of the mental health counseling is completed in an appropriate professional setting.

10. The provisional licensed professional counselor must have received a letter from the board certifying that all the requirements for provisional licensed professional counselor, as defined in this Chapter, were met.

11. The professional setting cannot include private practice in which the provisional licensed professional counselor operates, manages, or has an ownership interest in the private practice.

12. Supervisors may employ provisional licensed professional counselors in their private practice setting. The agency or employer may bill for services provided by the PLPC. The PLPC may not bill directly for services provided to clients and the PLPC may not bill under another person's name.

13. The supervisor must certify to the board that the provisional licensed professional counselor has successfully complied with all requirements for supervised counseling experience.