(1) A supervisor may not have more than a
combined total of ten (10) supervisees including S-MFTs, PLMFTs and/or
licensure supervision candidates from other mental health disciplines at the
same time. In order to provide supervision for a provisional licensed marital
and family therapist (PLMFT) or supervised-marital and family therapist
(S-MFT), a supervisor shall document the following to the state committee:
(A) A graduate degree with a major in marital
and family therapy or mental health discipline from a regionally accredited
institution acceptable to the United States Department of Education;
and
(B) Five (5) years clinical
experience in providing marital and family therapy as defined in section
337.700(7), RSMo. For
the purpose of this regulation, clinical experience shall not include practicum
or internships associated with the graduate degree required in 20 CSR
2233-2.021(1)(A); and
(C) For
supervision occurring in Missouri, the supervisor shall document to the state
committee that the supervisor has the following:
1. Current license in Missouri or another
state as a marital and family therapist, professional counselor, psychologist,
clinical social worker, or psychiatrist for at least two (2) years. For the
purpose of this regulation an inactive, provisional, expired, temporary, or
retired license shall not meet this requirement; and
2. Designation as an approved supervisor by
the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy; or
3. A minimum of two hundred (200) hours of
clinical supervision of individuals seeking licensure as a professional
counselor pursuant to sections
337.500 to
337.540,
RSMo, psychologist pursuant to sections
337.010 to
337.090,
RSMo, clinical social worker pursuant to sections
337.600 to
337.689,
RSMo, or graduate practicum or internship student enrolled in master's,
specialist, or doctoral degree program in compliance with section 337.510.1(1),
RSMo, (professional counselor), section 337.021.1, RSMo, (psychologist),
section 337.615.1, RSMo, (social worker), or section 337.715.1(1), RSMo,
(marital and family therapist).
A. A minimum
of one hundred (100) hours of the two hundred (200) hours of supervised
experience shall be supervising individuals within the context of systems
theory and marital and family therapy.
B. One (1) graduate semester hour in marital
and family supervision or fifteen (15) continuing education hours in a
comparably organized and integrated series of workshops and supervised studies
of marital and family therapy supervision.
C. A minimum of twenty (20) hours of
supervision-of-supervision and/or in the process of receiving
supervision-of-supervision. For the purpose of this regulation, the major
emphasis of supervision-of-supervision shall be the development of the
licensee's supervisory skills from a systemic perspective and shall include
theories of supervision, supervision practice, and professional
ethics.
