An applicant for LMFT must complete supervised clinical experience acceptable to the council.
(1) The LMFT Associate must have completed a minimum of two years of work experience in marriage and family therapy, which includes a minimum of 3,000 hours of supervised clinical practice. The required 3,000 must include:
(2) The remaining required hours, not covered by paragraph (1) of this section, may come from related experiences, including workshops, public relations, writing case notes, consulting with referral sources, etc.
(3) An LMFT Associate, when providing services, must receive a minimum of one hour of supervision every week, except for good cause shown.
(4) Staff may count graduate internship hours exceeding the requirements set in §801.114(b)(8) of this title toward the minimum requirement of at least 3,000 hours of supervised clinical practice under the following conditions.
(5) An LMFT Associate may practice marriage and family therapy in any setting under supervision, such as a private practice, public or private agencies, hospitals, etc.
(6) During the post-graduate, supervised clinical experience, both the supervisor and the LMFT Associate may have disciplinary actions taken against their licenses for violations of the Act, the Council Act, or council rules.
(7) Within 30 days of the initiation of supervision, an LMFT Associate must submit to the council a Supervisory Agreement Form for each council approved supervisor.
(8) An LMFT Associate may have no more than two council-approved supervisors at a time, unless given prior approval by the council or its designee.
(9) Except as specified in paragraph (4) of this section, hours of supervision and supervised clinical experience accrued toward an out-of-state LMFT license may be accepted only by endorsement.
(10) Applicants with a master's degree that qualifies under §801.112 and §801.113 of this title, may count any supervision and experience (e.g., practicum, internship, externship) completed after conferral of the master's degree and as part of a doctoral program, toward the supervision and experience requirements set out in this rule. A doctoral program must lead to a degree that qualifies under §801.112 and §801.113 of this title before the Council will award credit for supervision and experience under this provision.
Source Note: The provisions of this §801.142 adopted to be effective October 5, 2020, 45 TexReg 7028; amended to be effective March 7, 2023, 48 TexReg 1310