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Department of Health Professions

Board of Counseling

Regulations Governing the Practice of Professional Counseling [18 VAC 115 ‑ 20]

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3/25/24 1:14 pm

Commenter: William Moncure, M.A., Doctoral Student

Re: Counseling Compact, No Contradiction

I noticed another commenter here claiming that "SW Supervision of LPC" would contradict the Counseling Compact. As such, I decided to actually reach out to the Executive Director of the Counseling Compact Commission to ask for clarity about this issue. Although I do not want to get into a back and forth in these comments, I think that this information is relevant for others to know so I wanted to share it. Although I can not attach a picture of that email here, I do have permission to share the information.

The Executive Director confirmed that the Counseling Compact has no rule against individuals in other professions being able to supervise Counselors towards licensure as long as it is allowed by the state they are licensed in. He also noted that it is common practice in many states to allow for at least some supervision to be provided by professionals in other disciplines. The text of the email was as follows:

"William,

Thanks for your question.

There is nothing in the compact language or rules that forbid a counselor from having their supervision provided by someone other than an LPC/LCMH. The Rules on supervision experience have not been finalized, but many states allow other professionals to provide that supervision and the Rules Committee will take that into account as they create the Rules."

I am also happy to forward this email to the Board if that would be helpful.

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