Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LX - Licensed Professional Counselors Board of Examiners › Subpart 2 - Professional Standards for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists and Provisional Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists › Chapter 31 - License of Title for Marriage and Family Therapy › Section LX-3105 - Definitions for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists and Provisional Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
Active Supervision
-the process by which a
					 supervisee receives one hour of face-to-face supervision with his/her
					 board-approved supervisor for every 20 hours of direct client contact. The
					 supervisor and supervisee must meet at least one hour within a three-month
					 period. Active Supervision is based on direct client contact hours. Supervision
					 hours shall be adjusted if the PLMFT has less than 20 hours of direct contact,
					 or more than 20 hours of direct client contact.
Advisory Committee
-the Marriage and Family
					 Therapy Advisory Committee.
Assessment
-
1. the evaluation through the use of systems oriented
					 methods and processes of:
a. individual;
b. couple;
c. family; and
d. larger systems;
2. for the purpose of:
a. developing treatment plans;
b. monitoring psychotherapeutic processes;
c. measuring psychotherapeutic progress; and
d. measuring psychotherapeutic outcomes;
3. such evaluation may include the use of:
a. informal; or
b. formal instruments;
4. for which the licensed marriage and family therapist has
					 received:
a. appropriate training; and
b. supervision in:
i. individual settings; and
ii. group settings.
Board
-the Louisiana Licensed Professional
					 Counselors Board of Examiners
Licensee
-an individual holding either a
					 full or provisional license issued by the Louisiana Licensed Professional
					 Counselors Board of Examiners. All licensees must accurately identify
					 themselves as fully licensed (i.e., licensed) or provisionally licensed.
Marriage and Family Therapy
-the
					 professional application of psychotherapeutic and family systems theories and
					 techniques in the prevention, diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of mental,
					 emotional, and behavioral disorders in an individual and relational disorders
					 in couples and families.
Practice of Marriage and Family
					 Therapy
-the rendering of professional marriage and family therapy and
					 psychotherapy services, limited to prevention, assessment, diagnosis, and
					 treatment of mental, emotional, behavioral, relational, and addiction disorders
					 to individuals, couples, and families, singularly or in groups, whether such
					 services are offered directly to the general public or through either public or
					 private organizations for a fee, monetary or otherwise in accordance with
					 professional training as prescribed by
					 R.S.
					 37:1116 and the code of ethics/behavior
					 involving the application of principles, methods, or procedures of the marriage
					 and family therapy profession.
Provisional Licensed Marriage and Family
					 Therapist
- any person by title or description of services
					 incorporating the words "provisional licensed marriage and family therapist"
					 and who, under board-approved supervision (i.e. may not practice
					 independently), renders marriage and family therapy denoting a client-therapist
					 relationship in which the licensee assumes the responsibility for knowledge,
					 skill, and ethical consideration needed to assist individuals, groups,
					 organizations, or the general public, and who implies that he/she is
					 provisionally licensed to practice marriage and family therapy.
Qualified Supervision
-the supervision of
					 the clinical services of an applicant working toward licensure as a licensed
					 marriage and family therapist:
1. in accordance with standards developed by the advisory
					 committee; and
2. by an individual who has been recognized by the advisory
					 committee as an LMFT-approved supervisor or an LMFT-registered supervisor
					 candidate.
Supervisee
-a provisional licensed marriage
					 and family therapist under the active supervision of his/her board-approved
					 supervisor or board-approved supervisor candidate.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 37:1101-1123.