Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 3, March 20, 2025
A.
General Provisions
1. Pursuant to Act 484 of
the 2014 Regular Legislative Session and effective May 1, 2015, an individual
previously registered as a MFT intern with the Louisiana Licensed Professional
Counselors Board of Examiners and under active board-approved supervision will
be issued a provisional license as a provisional licensed marriage and family
therapists and subject to
R.S.
37:1101-1123 and board rules herein.
2. Any MFT intern who has surpassed their
seven-year registration period, with the exception of those granted an
extension by the board, must reapply to the board as a provisional licensed
marriage and family therapist under current law and board rules in order to
practice marriage and family therapy.
3. MFT interns granted an extension beyond
May 1st, 2015 will be issued a provisional license. Such provisional license
will become invalid upon expiration of the board granted extension. The
individual must then apply under current law and board rules for provisional
licensure as a provisional licensed marriage and family therapist or for
licensure as a licensed marriage and family therapist in order to practice
marriage and family therapy.
4.
Persons who apply to the board for qualification as a provisional licensed
marriage and family therapist must meet the specified degree requirements and
must successfully complete a minimum of two years of postgraduate clinical
experience in marriage and family therapy as specified in
Section
3315.C.1 under
qualified supervision as determined by the advisory committee and approved by
the board. Upon qualification, the provisional licensed marriage and family
therapist shall be considered an applicant in process for licensure as an
LMFT.
5. A member of the advisory
committee who has functioned as a board-approved supervisor for a person making
application for licensure as an LMFT or certification as a board-approved
supervisor shall not participate in deliberations in regard to or vote on the
approval of said applicant.
6. A
provisional licensed marriage and family therapist must provide updates to the
board and board-approved supervisor regarding changes in status on forms
provided by the board within 30 days of said change. Failure to comply may
result in a fine, loss of supervised experience hours, and/or disciplinary
action. Changes in status include changes in:
a. relevant personal information, including
contact information, physical address, name;
b. relevant practice setting information,
including job title/duties, employment status;
c. status with the justice system, including
notification of arrest, charges, convictions;
d. status with another
licensure/credentialing body, including notification of suspension, revocation,
or other disciplinary proceedings/actions;
e. the use of any narcotics, controlled
substances, or any alcoholic beverages in a manner that is dangerous to the
public or in a manner that impairs the supervisees ability to provide mental
health services to the public;
f.
any medical condition which may in any way impair or limit the supervisees
ability to provide mental health services to the public with reasonable skill
or safety.
7. The
supervisee must maintain documentation of all supervised experience hours by
employment location and type of hour (indirect, direct, and face to face
supervision). It is recommended that a supervisee obtain the signature of the
board-approved supervisor indicating review and approval of documentation at
regular intervals.
B.
Definitions for Supervision
Consultation-a voluntary relationship
between professionals of relatively equal expertise or status wherein the
person being consulted offers advice or information on an individual case or
problem for use by the person asking for assistance. The consultant has no
functional authority or legal or professional responsibility for the consultee,
the services performed by the consultee, or the welfare of the consultees
client. Consultation is not supervision. Experience under
contract for consultation will not be credited toward
fulfillment of supervision requirements of provisional licensed marriage and
family therapists or supervisor candidates.
Co-Therapy Supervision-qualified
supervision that takes place during a therapy session in which the LMFT
board-approved supervisor acts as a co-therapist with the provisional licensed
marriage and family therapist.
Direct Work Experience-psychotherapeutic
services delivered face-to-face to individuals, couples, families, or groups in
a setting and in a manner approved by the advisory committee as part of the
supervisees plan of supervision.
Group Supervision-qualified supervision of
more than two and no more than six provisional licensed marriage and family
therapists with one or more board-approved supervisors. Group
supervision provides the opportunity for the supervisee to interact
with other supervisees and offers a different learning experience than that
obtained from individual supervision.
Indirect Work Experience -collateral
services rendered to clients that relate to proper case management, such as
telephone contact, case planning, observation of therapy, record keeping,
travel, administrative activities, consultation with community members or
professionals, or supervision.
Individual Supervision -qualified
supervision of one or two individuals by one LMFT board-approved
supervisor.
Live Supervision-individual and/or group
supervision in which the supervisor directly observes the case while the
therapy is being conducted and has the opportunity to provide supervisory input
during the session. When a supervisor conducts live
supervision the time is counted as individual supervision for up to
two provisional licensed marriage and family therapists providing therapy in
the room with the client(s) and for up to two provisional licensed marriage and
family therapists observing the therapy and interacting with the supervisor.
The time is counted as group supervision when more than two provisional
licensed marriage and family therapists involved in direct client contact or
more than two observers interacting with the supervisor are present, providing
that there are no more than six provisional licensed marriage and family
therapists involved.
LMFT Board-Approved Supervisor-an
individual who has made formal application for certification as an LMFT
board-approved supervisor documenting that he or she has
satisfactorily met the standards specified in the Rule for LMFT
board-approved supervisors as determined by the advisory committee and
has received a letter from the board certifying them as such. Under no
circumstances may an LMFT board-approved supervisor be related
to by birth or marriage, live in the same household with, be an employee of, or
maintain any other relationship with the provisional licensed marriage and
family therapist that may be considered a dual relationship which may impede
the LMFT board-approved supervisor from effectively providing
for the professional development of the supervisee and monitoring the ethical
and professional quality of the supervisees service delivery to clients. During
the course of the supervisory process, The LMFT board-approved
supervisor maintains an appropriate level of responsibility for the
supervisees delivery of services and provides an accurate and true
representation to the public of those services and the supervisor/supervisee
relationship. A LMFT board-approved supervisor may use the
initials LMFT-S for licensed marriage and family therapy supervisor after his
or her name. Henceforth, the LMFT board-approved supervisor
will be called the approved supervisor or the supervisor.
LMFT Registered Supervisor Candidate-an
individual who has made formal application for registration as a LMFT
registered supervisor candidate documenting that he or she has
satisfactorily met the standards specified in the Rule for
LMFT-registered supervisor candidate as determined by the
advisory committee and has received a letter from the board indicating their
registration as such. The candidate is under the supervision of an LMFT
board-approved supervisor for the purpose of certifying as an LMFT
board-approved supervisor in accordance with the plan of
supervision-of-supervision approved by the advisory committee. The LMFT
registered supervisor candidate performs the same duties as and is
responsible to maintain a level of care for supervisees that meets the
standards for LMFT board-approved supervisors as defined in this Rule. The
LMFT registered supervisor candidate at the successful
completion of the supervision-of-supervision process must make formal
application to the board for qualification as an LMFT board-approved
supervisor. A LMFT registered supervisor candidate may use the
initials LMFT-SC after his or her name. Any portion of the Rule that applies to
board-approved supervisors will also be considered to apply to supervisor
candidates except where specifically noted. The LMFT registered
supervisor candidate (LMFT-SC) will henceforth be called the
supervisor except in instances that pertain only to candidates, where the terms
supervisor candidate or candidate will be used.
Provisional Licensed Marriage and Family
Therapist-an individual who has made formal application for
provisional licensure as a provisional licensed marriage and family
therapist documenting that he or she has satisfactorily met the
standards specified in the Rule for a provisional licensed marriage and
family therapist as determined by the advisory committee and who has
received a letter from the board indicating their provisional licensure as
such. A provisional licensed marriage and family therapist may
use the initials PLMFT after his or her name. Provisional licensed marriage and
family therapists shall not identify or represent themselves by any other term
or title, including "licensed", "fully licensed", "licensed marriage and family
therapist", "LMFT", or "therapist". It is the responsibility of the
provisional licensed marriage and family therapist to comply
with this Rule and board policy in the provision of services to their clients
during their postgraduate supervised clinical experience. It is also the
provisional licensed marriage and family therapists
responsibility to offer reasonable compliance to the plan of supervision and to
the directives and suggestions of their supervisor as they are consistent with
law, ethics, statutes, and board policy. It is the primary responsibility of
the provisional licensed marriage and family therapist to
ensure that he or she has a thorough, current knowledge of his or her legal,
ethical, and professional responsibilities and that his or her behavior is in
compliance with ethical and legal requirements. Henceforth, the
provisional licensed marriage and family therapist will be
called the PLMFT or in some instances the supervisee or licensee.
Qualified Supervision-supervision of the
clinical services of a provisional licensed marriage and family therapist by a
board-approved supervisor or supervisor candidate for the purpose of qualifying
the provisional licensed marriage and family therapist for licensure as an LMFT
in Louisiana in accordance with the plan of supervision approved by the
advisory committee. Under no circumstances shall any contact that is not
face-to-face (such as interaction by conventional correspondence, telephone,
email, instant message, etc.) between an LMFT board-approved supervisor or
supervisor candidate and a provisional licensed marriage and family therapist
be considered qualified supervision unless such contact is preapproved by the
advisory committee as part of the supervisee's plan of supervision. Up to 100
percent of face-to-face supervision hours may be conducted via synchronous
videoconferencing on a HIPAA compliant platform.
a. Administrative supervision conducted to
evaluate job performance or for case management rather than the clinical
supervision of therapy provided to clients shall not be considered qualified
supervision.
b. Any didactic
process wherein techniques or procedures are taught in a group setting,
classroom, workshop, or seminar shall not normally be considered qualified
supervision. If, however, the board-approved supervisor deems such experience
as necessary to the supervisees successful completion of his or her
postgraduate clinical supervised experience, such experience may be included in
the supervisees plan of supervision. Approval of such experience as
qualified supervision will be at the discretion of the
advisory committee.
c.
Consultation, staff development, or orientation to a field program, or
role-playing of family interrelationships as a substitute for current clinical
practice shall not be considered as qualified supervision.
Registered MFT Intern -an individual who
has made formal application for registration as a registered MFT
intern documenting that he or she has satisfactorily met the standards
specified in the Rule for registered MFT interns as determined
by the advisory committee and who has received a letter from the board
indicating their registration as such. A registered MFT intern
may use the initials MFT-I after his or her name. It is the responsibility of
the registered MFT intern to comply with this Rule and board
policy in the provision of services to their clients during their internship.
It is also the registered MFT intern's responsibility to offer
reasonable compliance to the plan of supervision and to the directives and
suggestions of their supervisor as they are consistent with law, ethics,
statutes, and board policy. It is the primary responsibility of the intern to
ensure that he or she has a thorough, current knowledge of his or her legal,
ethical, and professional responsibilities and that his or her behavior is in
compliance with ethical and legal requirements. Henceforth, the
registered MFT intern will be called the MFT intern or in some
instances the intern.
Supervisee-a provisional licensed marriage
and family therapist under the active supervision of his/her board-approved
supervisor or board-approved supervisor candidate.
Supervision-the professional relationship
between a supervisor and supervisee that nurtures the professional self of the
supervisee, promotes the development of the supervisees therapeutic knowledge
and skill, contributes to the supervisees development of sound ethical
judgment, and reasonably ensures that the therapeutic services delivered by the
supervisee meet a minimum standard of clinical and ethical quality. The
supervisor provides guidance and instruction that is of such quality,
frequency, and regularity that the clinical and professional development of the
supervisee is promoted and the supervisees service delivery is adequately
monitored. Supervision involves the clinical review of the supervisees work
with clients that may utilize therapist self-report and review of clinical
documentation, review of audiotapes or videotapes, or direct observation of
live therapy sessions.
The Plan of Supervision for PLMFTs-a
written agreement between the board-approved supervisor and the PLMFT that
establishes the supervisory framework for the postgraduate clinical experience
of the supervisee and describes the expectations and responsibilities of the
board-approved supervisor and the PLMFT as a supervisee. It is the
responsibility of the PLMFT to submit the plan of supervision to the advisory
committee in a manner consistent with advisory committee policy.
The Plan of Supervision-of-Supervision for
Supervisor Candidates- a written agreement between the board-approved
supervisor and the supervisor candidate that establishes the framework for the
supervision-of-supervision of a licensed marriage and family therapist who is
training to become an LMFT board-approved supervisor and that describes the
expectations and responsibilities of the supervisor and the supervisee. It is
the responsibility of the supervisor candidate to submit a plan of
supervision-of-supervision to the advisory committee in a manner consistent
with advisory committee policy. Henceforth, the plan of
supervision-of-supervision for supervisor candidates shall be called the plan
of supervision-of-supervision.
C. PLMFT Supervision Requirements for
Licensure
1. A PLMFT must complete qualified
postgraduate clinical experience under the supervision of a board-approved
supervisor or registered supervisor candidate that consists of work experience
in marriage and family therapy and that includes at least 3,000 hours of
clinical services to individuals, couples, families, or groups. An out-of-state
applicant may transfer up to 2100 hours of supervised experience towards
licensure (a maximum of 1200 direct client contact hours, a maximum of 815
indirect hours, and a maximum of 85 hours of face-to-face supervision). The
aforementioned hours must have been accrued under the clinical supervision of
an approved supervisor within their state who meets the qualifications of a
supervisor of PLMFTs set forth by the advisory committee. The decision to
approve transfer of direct and indirect hours and supervision from out of state
shall be made at the discretion of the advisory committee.
a. At least 1500 hours must qualify as direct
work experience. Up to 500 hours of direct work experience received during the
completion of a graduate program that is systemically oriented as determined by
the advisory committee may be counted toward the required 2000 hours.
b. The remaining 1,000 hours may be indirect
work experience or other professional activities that may include but are not
limited to qualified supervision, workshops, public relations, administrative
tasks, consulting with referral sources, etc. as approved by the advisory
committee.
c. The provisional
licensee must apply and be approved for licensure within six years from date of
approval as a provisional licensed marriage and family therapists. After six
years, the licensee will forfeit all supervised experience hours accrued and
must reapply for provisional licensure under current requirements and submit
recent continuing education hours (CEHs) as part of reapplication.
d. Applicants for provisional licensure as
PLMFTs shall not provide psychotherapeutic services to clients unless they have
received an official letter from the board qualifying them to do so or unless
some other qualifying mental health license allows them to deliver such
services. To continue employment in a clinical setting post-graduation,
applicants who have graduated with qualifying degrees have 60 days from their
date of graduation to apply for provisional licensure.
2. The postgraduate clinical experience must
include at least 200 hours of qualified supervision, of which at least 100
hours must be individual supervision. The remaining 100 hours may be group
supervision.
a. Up to 100 hours of
face-to-face supervisor contact received during the completion of the
applicant's qualifying academic experience graduate program that is
systemically oriented as determined by the advisory committee may be counted
toward the required 200 hours of qualified supervision. Of these 100 hours,
only 50 hours may be counted as individual supervision. 100 percent of the
face-to-face supervision hours may be conducted via synchronous
videoconferencing on a HIPAA compliant platform.
3. The supervisees plan of supervision must
reflect that the supervisee is receiving supervision in the application of
systemically based approaches to therapy with all clients.
4. The supervisee may begin accruing client-
and supervisor-contact hours only after the supervisee has received an official
letter of approval as a provisional licensed marriage and family therapist from
the board.
a. Supervision experience hours for
PLPC and PLMFT may be accrued concurrently, after receiving notification of
approval from the board, certifying that all the requirements for both
provision licensed professional counselor and the provisional licensed marriage
and family therapist have been met. If approval was not obtained on the same
date for each provisional license, then concurrent accrual of hours cannot
begin until the second provisional license has been approved. Retroactive
supervision experience hours are not permitted.
5. The supervisee will be granted a change of
approved supervisors or an additional approved supervisor only upon payment of
the fee as defined in Chapter 9 and upon the approval of appropriate
documentation as determined by the advisory committee.
a. In the event of a change or addition of
supervisor(s), the supervisee must submit appropriate documentation for each
proposed supervisor. Supervision with the new supervisor is not approved until
the supervisee receives a letter from the board approving the new supervisor
and plan of supervision.
b. A
change of supervisors or additional supervisor(s) will not be approved until
all of the supervisees existing supervisor(s) have submitted a documentation of
experience form for the supervisee in accordance with advisory committee
policy.
6. Final approval
of the supervisees supervised work experience toward licensure shall be at the
discretion of the advisory committee and only upon recommendation of the
board-approved supervisor(s).
7.
The following are not acceptable as approved supervision:
a. peer supervision (supervision by a person
of equivalent, rather than superior, qualifications, status and
experience);
b. supervision by
current or former family members (such as parents, spouse, former spouse,
siblings, children, cousins, present or former in-laws, aunts, uncles,
grandparents, grandchildren, step-children), anyone sharing the same household,
employees, or any other person where the nature of the personal relationship
prevents or makes difficult the establishment of a professional relationship.
For purposes of this Rule, a supervisor shall not be considered an employee of
the supervisee if the only compensation received by the supervisor consists of
payment for actual supervisory hours;
c. administrative supervision (administrative
supervision by an institutional director or executive, for example, conducted
to evaluate job performance or for case management rather the clinical
supervision of the quality of therapy given to clients);
d. a primarily didactic process wherein
techniques or procedures are taught in a group setting, classroom, workshop, or
seminar;
e. consultation, staff
development, or orientation to a field program, or role-playing of family
interrelationships as a substitute for current clinical practice in an
appropriate clinical situation.
D. Renewal Requirements for Provisional
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists
1. A
provisional licensed marriage and family therapist shall renew his/her
provisional license every two years in the month of October by meeting the
following requirements each renewal period:
a. 20 clock hours of continuing education in
accordance with 3315.E;
b. submit a
renewal fee as prescribed in Chapter 9;
c. submit supervised experience hours accrued
(direct, indirect, face-to-face supervision) since approval/renewal as a
provisional licensed marriage and family therapist;
d. take the national marriage and family
therapist examination as determined by the advisory committee and request the
submission of a score report to the board by the testing agency until a passing
score is achieved. If a passing score is not achieved, the national marriage
and family therapist examination must be taken at least once per renewal
period. At the discretion of the advisory committee, an oral examination may be
required as well;
e. submit an
updated statement of practice if there has been a change in the area of
expertise, with the content being subject to board review and approval. The
advisory committee, at its discretion, may require the licensee to present
satisfactory evidence supporting any changes in area of expertise noted in the
declaration statement. All other changes as defined in Chapter 33,
Section
3315.A.6
should be submitted to the board within 30 days of said
change.
2. The board
chair, upon recommendation of the advisory committee, shall issue a document
renewing the provisional license for a term of two years. The provisional
license of any licensee who fails to have his/her provisional license renewed
every two years during the month of October shall lapse. An individual with a
lapsed license may not practice mental health counseling, identify his/herself
as a provisional licensed marriage and family therapist or accrue any
supervised experience hours. A lapsed provisional license may be renewed within
a period of 90 days or postmarked by January 31 upon payment of all fees and
arrears and presentation of all required documentation. After 90 days, the
licensee will forfeit all supervised experience hours accrued during that
renewal period and must reapply for provisional licensure under current
requirements and submit recent continuing education hours (CEHs) as part of
reapplication. Out of state PLMFT applicants will need to complete any
additional psychopathology coursework as required pursuant to
§3309 B
3. The provisional licensee must apply and be
approved for licensure within six years from date of approval as a provisional
licensed marriage and family therapist. After six years, the licensee will
forfeit all supervised experience hours accrued and must reapply for
provisional licensure under current requirements and submit recent continuing
education hours (CEHs) as part of reapplication.
E. Continuing Education Requirements for
Provisional Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists
1. A provisional licensee must accrue 20
clock hours of continuing education by every renewal period every two years. Of
the 20 clock hours of continuing education, one and a half clock hours must be
accrued in ethics specific to marriage and family therapy, one and a half clock
hours must be accrued in social and cultural foundations, and one and a half
clock hours must be accrued in diagnosis (assessment, diagnosis, and treatment
under the
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) as published by the American
Psychiatric Association on May 18, 2013). The required training in diagnosis,
assessment, and treatment under the most DSM-5 may be specific to a particular
condition and/or may be general training in diagnosis, assessment, and
treatment. A generic ethics course is not acceptable.
a. One continuing education hour (CEH) is
equivalent to one clock hour.
b.
Accrual of continuing education begins after the date the license was issued
for initial licensure and only during the renewal period for renewal
applicants. The renewal period is November 1 to October 31.
c. CEHs accrued beyond the required 20 hours
may not be applied toward the next renewal period.
d. The licensee is responsible for keeping a
personal record of his/her CEHs until official notification of renewal is
received. Licensees should not forward documentation of CEHs to the board
office as they are accrued.
e. At
the time of renewal, 10 percent of the licensees will be audited to ensure that
the continuing education requirement is being met.
f. Those provisional licensed marriage and
family therapists who hold another license that requires CEHs may count the
CEHs obtained for that license toward their PLMFT continuing education hour
requirements. Of the 20 CEHs submitted, however, 10 hours must be in the area
of marriage and family therapy with an emphasis upon systemic approaches or the
theory, research, or practice of systemic psychotherapeutic work with couples
or families including one and a half clock hours of ethics specific to marriage
and family therapy and one and a half clock hours specific to
diagnosis.
2. Approved
Continuing Education for Provisional Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists
a. A licensee may obtain the 20 CEHs through
one or more of the options listed below. A maximum of 10 CEHs may be obtained
through an online format, with the exception of coursework obtained through a
regionally accredited institution of higher education.
i The advisory committee will accept
workshops and presentations approved by the Louisiana Counseling Association
(LCA), the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) and its
regional or state divisions including the Louisiana Association for Marriage
and Family Therapy (LAMFT). Contact them directly to find out which
organizations, groups, or individuals are approved providers. Graduate
coursework either taken for credit or audit must be from a regionally
accredited college or university and in the areas of marriage and family
therapy described in
§3315.E.4
b. A licensee may obtain
the 20 CEHs through one or more of the options listed below. A maximum of 10
CEHs may be obtained through an online format, with the exception of coursework
obtained through a regionally accredited institution of higher education.
i. The advisory committee will accept
workshops and presentations approved by the American Association for Marriage
and Family Therapy (AAMFT) and its regional or state divisions including the
Louisiana Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (LAMFT). Contact them
directly to find out which organizations, groups, or individuals are approved
providers graduate coursework either taken for credit or audit must be from a
regionally accredited college or university and in the areas of marriage and
family therapy described in
§3315.E 4
ii. Licensees may receive one clock hour of
continuing education for each hour of direct participation in a structured
educational format as a learner (either for credit or audit). Credit cannot be
given to persons who leave early from an approved session or to persons who do
not successfully complete graduate coursework.
iii. Continuing education taken from
organizations, groups, or individuals not holding provider status by one of the
associations listed in Clause i will be subject to approval by the advisory
committee at the time of renewal.
(a) The
advisory committee will not pre-approve any type of continuing
education.
(b) The continuing
education must be in one of the seven approved content areas listed in
§3315.E.4 and given by a
qualified presenter.
(c) A
qualified presenter is someone deemed by the advisory committee to be a
professional in marriage and family therapy, another mental health profession,
or another profession with information, knowledge, and skills relevant to the
practice of marriage and family therapy.
(d) One may receive one clock hour of
continuing education for each hour of direct participation in a structured
educational format as a learner.
(e) Credit cannot be granted for
business/governance meetings; breaks; and social activities including meal
functions, except for the actual time of an educational content
speaker.
(f) Credit may not be
given for marketing the business aspects of one's practice, time management,
supervisory sessions, staff orientation, agency activities that address
procedural issues, personal therapy, or other methods not structured on sound
educational principles or for content contrary to the LMFT Code of Ethics
(Chapter 43).
c. Optional Ways to Obtain Continuing
Education (10 Hours Maximum)
i. Licensees may
receive one clock hour of continuing education for each hour of direct work in:
(a) teaching a marriage and family therapy
course (10 hours maximum) in an area as described in
§3315.E.4 in an
institution accredited by a regional accrediting association. Continuing
education hours may be earned only for the first time the individual teaches
the course; or
(b) authoring,
editing, or reviewing professional manuscripts or presentations (10 hours
maximum) in an area of marriage and family therapy as described in
§3315.E.4 Articles must
be published in a professional refereed journal.
ii. Original presentations at workshops,
seminars, symposia, and meetings in an area of marriage and family therapy as
described in
§3315.E.4 may count for
up to 10 hours maximum at a rate of three clock hours per one-hour
presentation. Presenters must meet the qualifications stated in
§3315.E.2.b iii.(c). The
presentation must be to the professional community, not to the lay public or a
classroom presentation.
iii Peer
Consultation (10 hours maximum per renewal period). One may receive one clock
hour of continuing education per hour of participation in peer consultation
activities. Per consultation content must meet the guidelines indicated in
3503.C.3. All peer consultation sessions must include at least one
LMFT.
3.
Continuing education hours must be relevant to the practice of marriage and
family therapy and generally evolve from the following seven areas.
a. Theoretical Knowledge of Marriage and
Family Therapy. Continuing education in this area shall contain such content as
the historical development, theoretical and empirical foundations, and
contemporary conceptual directions of the field of marriage and family therapy
and will be related conceptually to clinical concerns.
b. Clinical Knowledge of Marriage and Family
Therapy. Continuing education in this area shall contain such content as:
i. couple and family therapy practice and be
related conceptually to theory;
ii.
contemporary issues, which include but are not limited to gender, violence,
addictions, and abuse, in the treatment of individuals, couples, and families
from a relational/systemic perspective;
iii. a wide variety of presenting clinical
problems;
iv. issues of gender and
sexual functioning, sexual orientation, and sex therapy as they relate to
couple, marriage and family therapy theory and practice;
v. diversity and discrimination as it relates
to couple and family therapy theory and practice.
c. Assessment and Treatment in Marriage and
Family Therapy. Continuing education in this area shall contain such content
from a relational/systemic perspective as psychopharmacology, physical health
and illness, traditional psychodiagnostic categories, and the assessment and
treatment of major mental health issues.
d. Individual, Couple, and Family
Development. Continuing education in this area shall contain such content as
individual, couple, and family development across the lifespan.
e. Professional Identity and Ethics in
Marriage and Family Therapy. Continuing education in this area shall contain
such content as:
i. professional identity,
including professional socialization, scope of practice, professional
organizations, licensure and certification;
ii. ethical issues related to the profession
of marriage and family therapy and the practice of individual, couple and
family therapy. Generic education in ethics does not meet this
standard;
iii. the AAMFT Code of
Ethics, confidentiality issues, the legal responsibilities and liabilities of
clinical practice and research, family law, record keeping, reimbursement, and
the business aspects of practice;
iv. the interface between therapist
responsibility and the professional, social, and political context of
treatment.
f. Research in
Marriage and Family Therapy. Continuing education in this area shall include
significant material on research in couple and family therapy; focus on content
such as research methodology, data analysis and the evaluation of research, and
include quantitative and qualitative research.
g. Supervision in Marriage and Family
Therapy. Continuing education in this area include studies in theory and
techniques of supervision as well as ethical and legal issues, case management,
and topics relative to the specific supervised training.
F. Types of documentation needed
for continuing education audit:
1. copy of
certificate of attendance for workshops, seminars, or conventions;
2. copy of transcript for coursework taken
for credit/audit;
3. letter from
workshop/convention coordinator verifying presentation;
4. Completed peer supervision form
5. For authoring, editing, or reviewing
professional manuscripts or presentations in the area of marriage and family
therapy:
i. copy of article plus the table of
contents of the journal it appears in
ii. copy of chapter plus table of contents
for chapter authored for books
iii.
title page and table of contents for authoring or editing books
iv. letter from conference coordinator or
journal editor for reviewing refereed workshop presentations or journal
articles.
AUTHORITY
NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with
R.S.
37:1101-1123.
