Carrollwood Village Counseling Associates

Supervision

Florida Department of Health (DOH) regulations for licensure as a mental health counselor(LMHC) call for one (1) hour minimum supervision required in a 2-week period (64B4-2.001); F.A.C. states in part “that the applicant is in compliance with the required 2 years of clinical experience consisting of at least 1500 hours of providing psychotherapy face to face with clients as a registered intern for the profession for which licensure is sought and that the supervision was accrued in no less than 100 weeks.”

Florida Department of Health (DOH) regulations for licensure as a marriage & family therapist(LMFT) require not less than 2 years of clinical experience during which 50% of the applicant’s clients were receiving marriage and family therapy services (unmarried dyads, married couples, separating and divorcing couples, family groups including children).

According to Florida DOH regulations for LMHC and LMFT candidates require:

• Minimum 1500 hours face to face clinical supervision
• Minimum 100 hours clinical supervision
• Minimum 100 weeks in clinical supervision
• Maximum 50% of your clinical supervision can be “group supervision”
• Candidate must remain in clinical supervisor until obtaining licensure  (approximately 6 months after completion of clinical supervision requirements)

The Supervisor’s Responsibilities:

• LMHC/LMFT clinical supervision by a LMHC state qualified supervisor
• 2 years clinical supervision (over a period of 100 weeks); 2 hours supervision per month (50 hours) scheduled at a regularly scheduled time and place
• Site visits available (for additional fees)
• Additional 6 month clinical supervision contracts available until license is obtained
• A clear Supervisory Contract including the Time Element, Learning Structure, Supervision Structure, and Agency Conformity
• Development of a Supervisory Orientation Checklist to ensure clear and specific goals for supervision
• Monthly evaluation of candidate’s Supervision Log with signatures provided.
• Development of specific goals to develop clinical skill
• Development of learning plan to meet the identified goals for improving skills
• Identification of the supervisee’s treatment strengths and areas of expertise
• Identification of any limitations observed in the supervisee’s practice
• Ongoing evaluation of the supervisee’s clinical practice skills
• Exploration and evaluation of sensitivity to the supervisee’s position and to individual differences, and variables related to gender, culture, ethnicity, power and individual needs.

 The Supervisee’s Responsibilities:

·        Utilize supervision and tasks to gain the necessary knowledge and skills to continually improve clinical practice

·        Seek to expand opportunities to gain relevant experiences

·        Develop a list of strengths and limitations for development

·        Set goals and objectives with clinical supervisor to develop clinical skills

·        Develop a learning plan to meet the identified learning goals

·        Be prepared for clinical supervision sessions (case presentations, supporting documentation, facts to support case)

·        Request on-going feedback and evaluation from clinical supervisor; call when faced with a problematic clinical case

·        Evaluate links between theory and practice

·        Discuss ethical and legal responsibilities with case formulation and development

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