Current through September 24, 2024
(1) Professional
Counselor's Supervision. A supervisor providing supervision on or after January
31, 2013 must comply with the following requirements:
(a) Experience - Supervisors must have been
licensed at least five (5) years as a Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed
Professional Counselor with Mental Health Service Provider designation,
Licensed Marital and Family Therapist, Licensed Clinical Pastoral Therapist,
Licensed Psychologist with Health Service Provider designation, Licensed Senior
Psychological Examiner, Licensed Psychiatrist, or Licensed Clinical Social
Worker.
(b) Supervisors for
applicants pursuing designation as Mental Health Service Provider shall be
currently Licensed Professional Counselors with Mental Health Service Provider
designation or equivalent, Licensed Marital and Family Therapists, Licensed
Clinical Pastoral Therapists, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Licensed
Psychiatrists, Licensed Senior Psychological Examiners, or Licensed
Psychologists with Health Service Provider designation, who have been licensed
at least five (5) years and who are in good standing with their respective
licensing boards and professional associations. A Licensed Professional
Counselor without Mental Health Service Provider designation shall not
supervise an applicant working toward the Mental Health Service Provider
designation.
(c) For the purpose of
mental health service provider designation, of the hundred and fifty (150)
contact hours of supervision required, seventy-five (75) shall be conducted by
a supervisor with Licensed Professional Counselor with Mental Health Service
Provider designation.
(d) Ethics -
Supervisors shall comply with Section F of the current code of ethics adopted
by the American Counseling Association, except to the extent that it conflicts
with the laws of the State of Tennessee or the rules of the Board. If the code
of ethics conflicts with state law or rules, the state law or rules govern the
matter. Violation of the code of ethics or state law or rules may subject a
licensee or certificate holder to disciplinary action. Supervisors may also
reference the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES)
Ethical Guidelines for Counseling Supervisors.
(e) Training - Supervisors shall provide
documentation of the successful completion of one or more of the following:
1. A passing grade at an accredited college
or university in an academic course specific to supervision of
counselors
2. Supervision
certification by one, or more, of the following professional associations:
(i) AAMFT - Approved Supervisor;
(ii) AAPC - Approved Supervisor;
(iii) NBCC - Approved Clinical Supervisor;
or
(iv) Any other organization
designated by the Board to provide supervisor qualification
verification
3.
Documentation of twelve (12) contact hours related to counseling supervision
and other related supervision topics. Contact hours must be provided by an
approved professional association or approved by a counseling related
credentialing organization (e.g., NBCC).
(f) Continuing Education Units - Three (3)
clock hours of the ten (10) clock hour requirement shall, every two (2) years,
pertain to counseling supervision or related supervision topics.
(2) All supervisors providing
supervision starting before January 31, 2013 for LPC or LPC/MHSP candidates
will be approved to continue providing supervision to those individuals
according to the requirements of the former Rule 0450-01-.10. Supervisors
providing supervision starting on or after January 31, 2013 must comply with
the above requirements. All supervisors shall comply with subparagraphs (1)(d)
and (1)(f) regardless of the date they start providing supervision.
(3) Approved supervisors - The applicant
shall be responsible for submitting evidence at the time the application is
submitted that the supervisor meets the rules of the board for
eligibility.
(4) Conflict of
Interest Supervision - Supervision provided by the applicant's parent, spouse,
former spouse, siblings, children, cousins, in-laws, (present or former),
aunts, uncles, grandparents, grandchildren, step-children, employees, or anyone
sharing the same household shall not be acceptable toward fulfillment of
licensure requirements. For the purposes of this rule, a supervisor shall not
be considered an employee of the applicant, if the only compensation received
by the supervisor consists of payment for actual supervisory hours.
(5) Upon completion of the post-masters
supervision requirement, pursuant to 0450-01-.04, the applicant must continue
in supervision until a receipt of a license to practice as a Professional
Counselor. Such post-supervision may be less intense and/or less frequent than
the postmasters supervision experience, depending on the supervisor's
judgment.
(6) For the purpose of
mental health service provider designation pursuant to T.C.A. § 63-22150,
one hundred and fifty (150) contact hours of supervision, of which no more than
fifty (50) hours may be in a group setting, is required for licensure as a
professional counselor with mental health service provider designation.
(a) The post-masters supervised experience
must consist of a minimum of three thousand (3000) hours of direct clinical
experience which is completed under supervision and which is completed no
sooner than two (2) years nor more than four (4) years following the beginning
of supervised clinical practice.
1. One
thousand and five hundred (1500) of the three thousand (3000) hours of
supervised post-masters professional experience shall be face-to-face client
contact hours.
2. One thousand and
five hundred (1500) of the three thousand (3000) hours of supervised
post-masters professional experience shall be clinically-related
activities.
(b) The
ratio of supervision time to direct client contact should be sufficient to
ensure adequate learning. The minimum requirements are one hour per week of
direct, individual, formal contact with a qualified individual who is
responsible for the clinical education, development and guidance of the
supervisee. Excluded are classwork, practicum experience, or other
course-related experiences taken in pursuit of the required 60 semester hour
master's degree.
(c) The
supervision must be for the direct provision of mental health services by the
applicant to individuals or groups of clients. An applicant's own personal
growth experience, i.e., personal therapy or encounter-type groups, is not
acceptable. Supervision of others is not acceptable.
Authority: T.C.A. §§
4-5-202, 4-5-204,
63-22-10263-22-104, 63-22-107, 63-22-117, 63-22-120, and Public Chapter 318,
Acts of 1995.
