- (a) Applicants shall have completed 2 years of supervised experience in pastoral psychotherapy.
- (b) A year of experience shall be not less than 1500 hours.
- (c) Of the 3000 hours, at least 1375 shall be clinical counseling hours, with at least 250 hours of individual face-to-face supervision.
- (d) The applicant shall give evidence of satisfactory completion of one unit of clinical pastoral education (CPE) accredited by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, or a unit of training approved by the New Hampshire Pastoral Psychotherapist Association.
- (e) Supervision shall be done by at least 2 different New Hampshire state approved supervisors, at least one of whom shall be a licensed pastoral psychotherapist, pursuant to the requirements set forth in Mhp 302.01(c).
- (f) The supervised experience shall begin following the completion of the academic or coursework portion of the postgraduate studies in pastoral counseling.
- (g) The supervised experience shall be adequately divided to assure competence in intake and referral consultation, as well as individual, group, marriage, divorce, and family therapy.
- (h) Supervised experience shall not include class work, practicum experience, or other course-related experiences.
(i) Supervisors shall not be related to the supervisee in any of the following ways:
- (1) Spouse;
- (2) Parent, stepparent, parent-in-law, or step-parent-in-law;
- (3) Natural, foster, or adopted child or stepchild; or
- (4) Sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law.
- (j) Supervisors shall not have a dual relationship with supervisee which might impair their objectivity as described in Mhp 501.02(c).
- (k) Independent private mental health practice shall not be considered supervised professional experience.
- (l) If the supervised professional experience was in a private practice, then the supervisee shall have a W-2 relationship with the site. A 1099 independent contractor relationship with the site shall not meet this requirement.
- (m) Additional supervision may be obtained by a supervisee in order to meet the requirements of Mhp 303.02(e).
Source. #10857, eff 6-24-15 (formerly Mhp 302.09); amd by #12153, eff 3-25-17; ss bhy #13786, eff 12-19-23 (See Revision Note at chapter heading for Mhp 300); ss by #14464, eff 2-17-26, EXPIRES 2-17-36