As a current graduate student in a clinical mental health counseling program and soon-to-be resident, I have to disagree with this petition to allow LCSWs to supervise residents in counseling. For my internship, I have had an LCSW as my supervisor. While I have really enjoyed my time with her and have learned a lot, I do feel like I am missing out on some things that only an LPC supervisor could provide. For example, my supervisor does not know anything about residency or licensing requirements for an LPC. Luckily, as I am still in grad school, I also have my faculty supervisor who is an LPC and can provide me with this information. However, if I were already a resident I would have to try and figure out that information on my own and/or find a second supervisor and potentially pay for extra supervision. As a soon-to-be resident, I would rather be supervised by someone who went through the same process as I will be going through. I know there are similarities between what LCSWs and LPCs do, but counseling is also its own field for a reason. There are things that LCSWs are not able to provide residents in counseling and therefore should not be able to supervise them for residency.