New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING › Chapter 27 - COUNSELORS AND THERAPISTS › Part 6 - REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE AS A MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST (LMFT) › Section 16.27.6.8 - SUPERVISION

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. Supervision. No
				supervision is required to practice with a LMFT independent license. The board
				strongly recommends that all independently licensed counselors and therapists
				have an ongoing consultation or peer review process in place.
B. Marriage and family therapy core
				curriculum, means a curriculum for training marriage and family therapists that
				includes 45 semester hours or 67.5 quarter hours of graduate level coursework
				that embraces a family systems perspective and consists of the following areas
				of graduate study:
(1) Marriage and family
				studies- a minimum of nine semester hours or 12 quarter-hours of graduate
				coursework. Course content in this area may include the study of the family
				life cycle, family development, family subsystems, family theories, blended
				families, gender issues and families, cultural issues and families,
				contemporary families, family and interpersonal relationships and family
				crisis. All courses in this area must come from a systems perspective where
				systems theory is a major focus of the course.
(2) Marriage and family therapy - a minimum
				of nine semester hours or 12 quarter hours of graduate coursework in family
				therapy assessment, treatment and intervention methods. Major theoretical
				approaches that may be studied include: strategic, structural, object relations
				family therapy, behavioral family therapy, communication family therapy,
				intergenerational family therapy and systemic sex therapy. Courses should have
				a major focus on family systems theory and systemic interventions.
(3) Human development - a minimum of nine
				semester hours or 12 quarter hours of graduate coursework. Courses in human
				development across the life span including special issues (e.g., culture,
				gender, human sexuality) would be appropriate. Topic areas may include human
				development, infant/child/adolescent development, psychopathology, personality
				theory, and human sexuality. Courses should have a systemic focus. Testing and
				measurement courses are NOT acceptable in this area.
(4) Multicultural studies - a minimum of
				three semester hours or four quarter hours of graduate coursework, includes a
				systemic orientation relevant to diverse racial ethnic populations.
(5) Professional studies- a minimum of three
				semester hours or four quarter hours of graduate coursework. Areas of study
				include legal issues and responsibilities, professional liabilities, and ethics
				related to the practice of marriage and family therapy. Religious ethics and
				moral theology courses are NOT acceptable in this area.
(6) Research a minimum of three semester
				hours or four quarter hours of graduate coursework. Courses in this area should
				assist the student in understanding and performing research. Topical areas may
				include: research design and methodology, quantitative methods and statistics.
				Personality and test and measurement courses are NOT accepted in this
				area.
(7) Supervised practicum - a
				minimum of six semester hours or eight quarter hours of graduate coursework. As
				part of the six semester hours or eight quarter hours of coursework, there must
				be a minimum of 300 hours of supervised direct client contact, for a period of
				at least 12 months. Practicum students may only count hours in which they work
				directly with individuals, couples, and families for the purpose of assessment,
				diagnosis and treatment in marriage and family related issues.
(8) Electives from any area listed above
				satisfy the 45 semester-hour or 67.5 quarter hour requirement. Remaining course
				work would be distributed as electives related to the areas listed
				above.