Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 0450 - Counselors and Marital/Family Therapists
Chapter 0450-03 - General Rules Governing Clinical Pastoral Therapists
Section 0450-03-.10 - SUPERVISION OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (POST-ACADEMIC WORK)

(1) This section shall govern the supervision of professional experience following the completion of all academic requirements for applicants by examination.

(2) In order to document an applicant's qualifications as a clinical pastoral therapist and to meet standards comparable to those set by the American Association of Pastoral Counselors, the applicant shall present evidence at the time the application is submitted of supervision by an approved supervisor or supervision whose qualifications are equivalent to AAPC standards.

(3) Equivalency shall be defined as including the following qualifications for the applicant's supervisor:

(4) Conflict of interest supervision

Supervision provided by the applicant's parents, spouse, former spouse, siblings, cousins, in-laws (present or former), aunts, uncles, grandparents, step-children, employees, or anyone sharing the same household, shall not be acceptable toward fulfillment of certification requirements. For the purpose of this rule, a supervisor shall not be considered an employee of the applicant if the only compensation received by the supervisor consists of payments for actual supervisory hours.