Code of Massachusetts Regulations
262 CMR - BOARD OF ALLIED MENTAL HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES PROFESSIONS
Title 262 CMR 2.00 - Requirements For Licensure As A Mental Health Counselor
Section 2.06 - Pre-master's Degree Clinical Field Experience Requirements

Universal Citation: 262 MA Code of Regs 262.2

Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024

(1) Eligible applicants must demonstrate the completion of a pre-Master's degree Practicum that includes Supervised Clinical Field Experience and Direct Client Contact Experience. The Practicum must take place over a minimum period of at least seven weeks on the academic campus or in a Clinical Field Experience Site. The Practicum must include:

(a) 40 Contact Hours of Direct Client Contact Experience in Clinical Field Experience Sites conforming to the Mental Health Counseling scope of practice as defined under 262 CMR 2.02 or peer role plays and laboratory experience in individual, group, couple and family interactions;

(b) 25 Supervisory Contact Hours of supervision; of which:
1. a minimum of ten Supervisory Contact Hours must be Individual Supervision;

2. a minimum of five Supervisory Contact Hours must be Group Supervision with no more than ten supervisees in a group;

3. the remaining ten Supervisory Contact Hours may be Individual or Group Supervision.

(2) Eligible applicants must demonstrate the completion of a pre-Master's degree Internship which includes Supervised Clinical Field Experience and Direct Client Contact Experience. Where the Internship is conducted in the intern's place of employment, the Internship site must provide additional activities and supervision clearly delineated from the intern's usual work activities. The Internship must include:

(a) 240 Contact Hours of Direct Client Contact Experience in Clinical Field Experience Sites conforming to the Mental Health Counseling scope of practice defined under 262 CMR 2.02;

(b) 45 Supervisory Contact Hours of supervision; of which:
1. a minimum of 15 Supervisory Contact Hours must be Individual Supervision;

2. a minimum of 15 Supervisory Contact Hours must be Group Supervision, with no more than ten supervisees in a group;

3. the remaining 15 Supervisory Contact Hours may be either Individual Supervision or Group Supervision.

(3) Practicum and Internship supervisees in a Clinical Field Experience Site may see clients only when there is an Approved Supervisor or Contract Supervisor on site. In the temporary absence of either, a supervisee may see clients so long as an Emergency Contact is on site.

(4) Supervisors must conduct regular evaluations of the Practicum and Internship supervisee's performance throughout the experience including a formal evaluation upon completion of the experience. Such evaluations shall include but not be limited to direct observation and review of process notes.

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