New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 34 - BOARD OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY EXAMINERS › Subchapter 2 - REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE; APPLICATION PROCEDURES › Section 13:34-2.4 - Experiential requirements for licensure as a licensed marriage and family therapist

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The following words and terms as used in this section and N.J.A.C. 13:34-3, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
"Counseling experience" means the application of mental health and human development principles through client contact in order to facilitate human development and adjustment throughout the lifespan.
"Group supervision" means the ongoing process of supervising between two and six interns and/or mental health professionals at one time in a group setting by a qualified supervisor.
"Marriage and family therapy experience" means the rendering of professional marriage and family therapy services under supervision to individuals, couples and families, individually or in groups, whether in the general public or in organizations, whether public or private.
"Marriage and family therapy supervision" or "supervised experience" means the ongoing process performed by a qualified marriage and family therapy supervisor who monitors the performance of the intern or licensed associate marriage and family therapist and provides regular, documented, face-to-face consultation, guidance, and instruction with the intern or licensed associate marriage and family therapist with respect to the marriage and family therapy with individuals, couples, and families and monitors the competencies of the intern or licensed associate marriage and family therapist.
"One calendar year" means 1,500 hours over a 50-week period, which is considered full-time, or no less than 750 hours over two periods of 50 weeks, which is considered part-time, totaling of 1,500 hours for the two periods of 50 weeks.
"Qualified supervisor" means an individual who has no less than five full-time years of professional marriage and family therapy practice experience or the equivalent and has either:
1. A New Jersey license to practice as a marriage and family therapist; or
2. A New Jersey license to practice and is acting within the scope of the person's profession or occupation and obtained from an accredited institution a minimum of:
i. A master's degree in marriage and family therapy;
ii. A master's degree in social work;
iii. A graduate degree in a related field and has demonstrated to the Board that he or she has completed course work content and training substantially equivalent to a master's degree in marriage and family therapy; or
iv. A graduate degree in a related field which does not provide training and course work substantially equivalent in content to a master's degree in marriage and family therapy, and is either a post graduate degree recognized by the Board, or a program of training and course work at an institute or training program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education.
"Telesupervision" means the delivery by a qualified marriage and family therapy supervisor of marriage and family therapy supervision, through technology-assisted media, when the supervisor is present at one site and the intern or licensed associate marriage and family therapist is located at a separate site. "Telesupervision" does not include the use, in isolation, of audio-only telephone conversation, electronic mail, instant messaging, phone text, or facsimile transmission.