20 CSR 2233-2.021 - Registered Supervisors and Supervisory Responsibilities
(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.
(2) An individual with a state-issued
professional license that has been subject to probation, suspension, or
revocation may be denied from providing supervision for a PLMFT or
S-MFT.
(3) The supervisor and/or
applicant for supervision have the burden of demonstrating that the supervisor
has the required education and experience outlined within this rule.
Notes
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