20 CSR 2095-2.021 - Supervisors and Supervisory Responsibilities
(1) For the purpose of these rules, a
registered supervisor for a counselor-in-training or provisional licensed
professional counselor in Missouri shall be currently licensed either as a
professional counselor, psychologist, or psychiatrist. An inactive,
provisional, expired, temporary, retired, probated, or suspended license shall
not meet this requirement.
(A) An applicant
for licensure or supervision may submit postgraduate supervised experience from
another state for consideration by the committee. The supervisor must have been
licensed during the time of supervision in the state where supervised
experience occurred as a professional counselor, psychologist, or psychiatrist.
An inactive, provisional, expired, temporary, retired, probated, or suspended
license shall not meet this requirement. Credit will not be given if
postgraduate supervised experience fails to comply with
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2095-2.020.
(2) In order to provide supervision for a
counselor-in-training or a provisional licensed professional counselor, a
registered supervisor shall document the following:
(A) Licensure as a professional counselor,
psychologist, or psychiatrist. For the purpose of this regulation, an inactive,
provisional, expired, temporary, retired, probated, or suspended license shall
not meet this requirement;
(B) A
minimum of two (2) years experience as a licensed professional counselor,
licensed psychologist, or psychiatrist in providing counseling pursuant to
section 337.500(6) and
(7), RSMo; and
(C) Training and experience in counseling and
in supervisory activities involving counseling with a resume or vitae detailing
course work, workshops, supervision training, and experience as a supervisor of
professional counselors or other mental health disciplines.
(3) The registered supervisor shall evaluate
and provide feedback to the counselor-in-training or provisional licensed
professional counselor relating to
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2095-2.020.
(A) The
supervisor shall be able to provide counseling services in the event the
counselor-in-training or provisional licensed professional counselor is unable,
for any reason including lack of competence, to do so. If, for any reason, a
counselor-in-training or provisional licensed professional counselor is unable
to provide counseling services, including incompetence, the supervisor shall be
able to provide counseling services or assist in maintaining such services for
the client.
(4) A
registered supervisor may employ a counselor-in-training or provisional
licensed professional counselor at the registered supervisor's private practice
and shall receive payment for therapeutic services provided by the
counselor-in-training or provisional licensed professional counselor.
(5) The registered supervisor shall review
and cosign all reports of the counselor-in-training or provisional licensed
professional counselor including the registered supervisor's license number
with the signature. If the registered supervisor is unable to cosign the
reports of the counselor-in-training or provisional licensed professional
counselor, it shall be acceptable to provide a brief written memorandum or note
to the file, signed by the registered supervisor documenting that the
registered supervisor has reviewed the information.
(6) The registered supervisor shall certify
that the counselor-in-training or provisional licensed professional counselor
has complied with the requirements of supervised counseling experience on a
form provided by the committee.
(7)
A licensee providing supervision to a counselor-in-training or provisional
licensed professional counselor shall not supervise more than three (3)
counselors-in-training or provisional licensed professional counselors at one
(1) time. Supervisors desiring to provide supervision for more than three (3)
counselors-in-training or provisional licensed professional counselors at one
(1) time shall provide a written request to the committee explaining the reason
for providing supervision to more than three (3) counselors-in-training or
provisional licensed professional counselors.
(8) A supervisor shall avoid conditions and
multiple relationships with a counselor-in-training or provisional licensed
professional counselor that impair the professional objectivity or increase the
risk of exploitation.
(A) The supervisor of a
counselor-in-training or provisional licensed professional counselor shall not
engage in sexual intimacies with the counselor-in-training or provisional
licensed professional counselor during the time of supervision for
licensure.
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