I am writing to express opposition to the regulation restricting supervision of Virginia LPC candidates to Licensed Professional Counselors (LPCs) or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFTs). Why impose further barriers to licensure in Virginia at a time when there is a critical need for mental health providers in all areas of the state? There is value in a diversity of clinical perspectives, opinions, and approaches.  Restricting competent, experienced psychologists and social workers from providing supervision may hinder and potentially harm those seeking/needing supervision by limiting their options for supervision and employment (if there are no LPCs at an agency to supervise them, they will not be hired by that agency). The people of Virginia need access to qualified mental health professionals; this regulation may reduce access to counseling services at a time when those services are already difficult to obtain in many areas of the state.