PURPOSE: This rule provides guidelines to licensed practitioners concerning supervising a counselor-in-training or a provisional licensed professional counselor.

1. (1) For the purpose of these rules, a registered supervisor for a counselor-in-training or provisional licensed professional counselor in Missouri shall be currently licensed either as a professional counselor, psychologist or psychiatrist.

   1. (A) An applicant for licensure or supervision may submit postgraduate supervised experience from another state for consideration by the committee. The supervisor must have been licensed during the time of supervision in the state where supervised experience occurred as a professional counselor, psychologist or psychiatrist. Credit will not be given if postgraduate supervised experience fails to comply with 4 CSR 95-2.020.

2. (2) In order to provide supervision for a counselor-in-training or a provisional licensed professional counselor, a registered supervisor shall document the following:

   1. (A) Current licensure as a professional counselor, psychologist, or psychiatrist;
   2. (B) A minimum of two (2) years experience as a licensed professional counselor, licensed psychologist, or psychiatrist in providing counseling pursuant to section 337.500(6) and (7), RSMo; and
   3. (C) Training and experience in counseling and in supervisory activities involving counseling with a resume or vitae detailing course work, workshops, supervision training, and experience as a supervisor of professional counselors or other mental health disciplines.
3. (3) The registered supervisor shall evaluate and provide feedback to the counselor-intraining or provisional licensed professional counselor relating to 4 CSR 95-2.020.
4. (4) A registered supervisor may employ a counselor-in-training or provisional licensed professional counselor at the registered supervisor’s private practice and shall receive payment for therapeutic services provided by the counselor-in-training or provisional licensed professional counselor.
5. (5) The registered supervisor shall review and cosign all reports of the counselor-intraining or provisional licensed professional counselor including the registered supervisor’s license number with the signature. If the registered supervisor is unable to cosign the reports of the counselor-in-training or provisional licensed professional counselor, it shall be acceptable to provide a brief written memorandum or note to the file, signed by the registered supervisor documenting that the registered supervisor has reviewed the information.
6. (6) The registered supervisor shall certify that the counselor-in-training or provisional licensed professional counselor has complied with the requirements of supervised counseling experience on a form provided by the committee.
7. (7) A licensee providing supervision to a counselor-in-training or provisional licensed professional counselor shall not supervise more than three (3) counselors-in-training or provisional licensed professional counselors at one (1) time. Supervisors desiring to provide supervision for more than three (3) counselors-in-training or provisional licensed professional counselors at one (1) time shall provide a written request to the committee explaining the reason for providing supervision to more than three (3) counselors-intraining or provisional licensed professional counselors.

8. (8) A supervisor shall avoid conditions and multiple relationships with a counselor-intraining or provisional licensed professional counselor that impair the professional objectivity or increase the risk of exploitation.

   1. (A) The supervisor of a counselor-in-training or provisional licensed professional counselor shall not engage in sexual intimacies with the counselor-in-training or provisional licensed professional counselor during the time of supervision for licensure.

AUTHORITY: sections 337.510, RSMo Supp. 2004 and 337.520, RSMo 2000.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 95-2.021. Original rule filed Dec. 1, 2004, effective June 30, 2005. Moved to 20 CSR 2095-2.021, effective Aug. 28, 2006. *Original authority: 337.510, RSMo 1985, amended 1989, 1996, 2001, 2004 and 337.520, RSMo 1985, amended 1989, 1993, 1995.