Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Health Professions
 
Board
Board of Counseling
 
chapter
Regulations Governing the Practice of Professional Counseling [18 VAC 115 ‑ 20]
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3/16/24  12:13 pm
Commenter: Anonymous

Supervision
 

I am in support of allowing other licensed clinical providers to supervise LPC. Supervision should be expanded beyond the practice of licensed professional counselors alone. LPC has a defined professional identity that has not been hindered in the past by LCSW's providing supervision. In some areas there are more available LCSW professionals than LPC and persons suffer when they cannot get supervision or have to go a greater distance to receive supervision. Even at some state agencies you have more LCSW than LPC and that hinders and is time consuming with persons being able to get supervision in a timely manner. This would also allow for a diverse range of professional perspectives and knowledge bases to be incorporated into the supervision process. This promotes a well-rounded approach to counseling education and training. We need more professionals and that should be the goal. 

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