21 N.C. Admin. Code 31 .0502 - ONGOING SUPERVISION
(a) Ongoing
supervision as contained in
G.S.
90-270.51(a)(1)(b) means
face-to-face conversation with someone who holds the designation as an AAMFT
Approved Supervisor, or a person who otherwise meets the standards set forth by
AAMFT as outlined in the current edition of the AAMFT Approved Supervision
Designation: Standards Handbook, which is incorporated by the Board by
reference. These incorporated standards include subsequent amendments and
additions. A copy of these standards may be obtained at no charge at their
website, www.aamft.org.
(b) Ongoing
supervision shall focus on the raw data, defined as quantitative information
about the client, from the supervisee's continuing clinical practice, which
shall be available to the supervisor through a combination of direct
observation where the supervisor witnesses the supervisee providing therapy
during a live session, co-therapy, written clinical notes, and audio and video
recordings.
(c) None of the
following constitutes ongoing supervision:
(1)
Peer supervision - the supervision by a person of equivalent qualifications,
status, and experience, as opposed to supervision provided by someone who holds
a higher level of licensure than the supervisee;
(2) Supervision by current or former family
members of the individual's immediate or extended family, including a current
or past significant other, lineal ascendants or descendants of the individual
or his or her significant other, or any other persons where the nature of the
personal relationship prevents or makes difficult the establishment of a
professional relationship due to dual roles or conflicts of interest;
(3) Administrative supervision - clinical
practice performed under administrative, rather than clinical, supervision by
an institutional director or executive;
(4) A didactic process wherein techniques or
procedures are taught in a classroom, workshop, or seminar; or
(5) Consultation, staff development, or
orientation to a field or program or role-playing of family interrelationships
as a substitute for clinical practice in a clinical situation.
(d) Applicants for licensure must
have accumulated a minimum of 200 hours of ongoing supervision from a
supervisor who meets the standards as set forth in the AAMFT Approved
Supervision Designation: Standards Handbook, concurrent with the completion of
the 1,500 hours of clinical experience required by
G.S.
90-270.51(a)(1)(b). Licensed
Marriage and Family Therapy Associates must remain under on-going supervision
for at least one hour monthly until licensed as a Licensed Marriage and Family
Therapist as required by Rule .0802 of this Chapter.
(e) Graduates of marriage and family therapy
programs who have completed 200 hours of ongoing supervision from a supervisor
who meets the standards as set forth in the AAMFT Approved Supervision
Designation: Standards Handbook, within their degree program shall complete a
minimum of 25 hours of approved ongoing supervision concurrently with the
completion of the remaining hours of post-degree clinical experience required
by . G.S.
90-270.51(a)(1)(b).
Graduates of marriage and family therapy programs may apply up to 500 hours of
direct client contact, as defined by Rule .0506, obtained during their program
toward the 1,500 required as long as those hours were obtained under the
supervision of an AAMFT Approved Supervisor or AAMFT Supervisor Candidate who
held a supervision contract with the applicant and who was personally
responsible for overseeing the applicant's treatment plans, therapy notes,
progress notes, practice of therapy, and client interaction. Applicants for the
Marriage and Family Therapy license must have documented a minimum of 500
relational hours toward their required 1,500 hours. For the purposes of this
Rule, "relational hours" shall mean hours spent providing therapy with more
than one client in the room who are all part of the same treatment plan.
Relational hours may also include face-to-face communication with members of
the larger system, as defined in
G.S.
90-270.47(2b), who are also
working with the same client(s). This contact may only be counted if it is
authorized via written release by the client(s) or required by law for the
purpose of developing and carrying out a treatment plan.
(f) Supervision Reports, as outlined in Rule
.0201(4) of this Chapter, shall be submitted on supervision report forms
provided by the Board. Supervision report forms are contained within the
licensure application packet that may be obtained from the Board's
website.
Notes
Eff. August 1, 1984;
Amended Eff. July 1, 2011; May 1, 1996; April 1, 1989;
Readopted Eff. July 1, 2019.
Eff. August 1, 1984;
Amended Eff. July 1, 2011; May 1, 1996; April 1, 1989.
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