Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LX - Licensed Professional Counselors Board of Examiners › Subpart 1 - Licensed Professional Counselors › Chapter 8 - Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisors › Section LX-803 - Supervised Experience of Provisional Licensed Professional Counselors

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Supervision
				  Requirements
1.
Supervision
is defined as assisting the provisional licensed professional counselor in
				  developing expertise in methods of the professional mental health counseling
				  practice and in developing self-appraisal and professional development
				  strategies.
Supervision
must comply with standards as set by
				  the board.
2. A supervisor may not
				  supervise more than 10 provisional licensed professional counselors at any
				  given time.
3. Supervisors of
				  provisional licensed professional counselors, as defined in these rules, have
				  the responsibility of assisting provisional licensed professional counselors in
				  increasing their skills as a mental health professional. Supervisors, as
				  defined in these rules, have no control, oversight, or professional
				  responsibility for the services of provisional licensed professional counselors
				  whom they are supervising, unless a supervisor also serves as the
				  administrative supervisor of a provisional licensed professional counselors in
				  the setting in which the provisional licensed professional counselor is
				  employed or contracted or is rendering counseling services on a volunteer
				  basis. The control, oversight, and professional responsibility for provisional
				  licensed professional counselors rests with the provisional licensed
				  professional counselors administrative supervisor in the setting in which they
				  are employed or contracted or are rendering counseling services on a volunteer
				  basis. A licensed mental health professional (e.g. LPC, LMFT, LCSW), not
				  necessarily the board-approved supervisor, must be employed in the professional
				  setting in which the provisional licensed professional counselor is rendering
				  counseling services and be available for case consultation and processing. In
				  obtaining permission for outside supervision, provisional licensed professional
				  counselors must notify their administrative supervisor of the identity of their
				  supervisor for the purpose of gaining the supervised experience for licensure
				  and the nature of the supervisory activities, including any observations or
				  taping that occurs with clients, after obtaining the client's permission, in
				  the setting.
4. The process of
				  supervision must encompass multiple modes of supervision, including regularly
				  scheduled live observation of counseling sessions (where possible) and review
				  of audiotapes and/or videotapes of counseling sessions. The process may also
				  include discussion of the provisional licensed professional counselors
				  self-reports, microtraining, interpersonal process recall, modeling,
				  role-playing, and other supervisory techniques. (Supervision as defined in
				  these rules does not require the approved supervisor to be in the same room
				  with the provisional licensed professional counselor during the provisional
				  licensed professional counselors provision of services to clients.)
5. The supervisor must provide nurturance and
				  support to the provisional licensed professional counselor, explaining the
				  relationship of theory to practice, suggesting specific actions, assisting the
				  provisional licensed professional counselor in exploring various models for
				  practice, and challenging discrepancies in the provisional licensed
				  professional counselors practice.
6. The supervisor must ensure the provisional
				  licensed professional counselors familiarity with important literature in the
				  field of counseling, LPC Board rules, regulations, guidelines, policies, and
				  position statements as well as state law.
7. The supervisor must provide training
				  appropriate to the provisional licensed professional counselors intended area
				  of expertise and practice.
8. The
				  supervisor must model effective professional counseling practice.
9. The supervisor must ensure that the mental
				  health counseling and the supervision of the mental health counseling is
				  completed in an appropriate professional setting.
10. The provisional licensed professional
				  counselor must have received a letter from the board certifying that all the
				  requirements for provisional licensed professional counselor, as defined in
				  this Chapter, were met.
11. The
				  professional setting cannot include private practice in which the provisional
				  licensed professional counselor operates, manages, or has an ownership interest
				  in the private practice.
12. 
				  Supervisors may employ provisional licensed professional counselors in their
				  private practice setting. The agency or employer may bill for services provided
				  by the PLPC. The PLPC may not bill directly for services provided to clients
				  and the PLPC may not bill under another person's name.
13. The supervisor must certify to the board
				  that the provisional licensed professional counselor has successfully complied
				  with all requirements for supervised counseling experience.