I oppose the regulation to restrict program graduates' supervisors to only Licensed Professional Counselors (LPCs) and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists. (LMFTs). Although I am not a resident of Virginia, I am a graduate student who plans to seek licensure in the future, and I believe that this regulation denies the ability for a diverse and multidimensional learning experience for graduate residents.  This regulation would be an unfortunate limitation to the mental health field as a whole. By limiting the supervisors of counselor residents, the students' opportunities are sparse, and experienced supervisors are being denied the right to educate prospective counselors. Limiting supervisors to LMFTs and LPCs alone impedes students from contacting supervisors and creates an unneccesary obstacle to licensure. It disqualifies valuable individuals from training prospective counselors, and stands to create a one-dimensional level to the future of counseling. This regulation imposes more problems than solutions to counselors and students alike, and I hope that it will be reconsidered.