I oppose the petition for several reasons. I believe that professional identity will be eroded and Virginia has worked very hard to have an excellent reputation for our LPCs and LMFTs. I was on the Board when it was changed and appreciate the time and the social workers who did supervise due to a potential burden of finding an LPC/LMFT supervisor. We have plenty now and training is readily available. I myself had an LCSW as a supervisor for a small part of my Residency (10%) and while she was great and provided very specific supervision for a specialty, training and view of counseling is quite different. The second reason is that LCSWs are not governed by nor do they answer to The Board of Counseling which means they do not need to follow our regulations. They have their own. An emphatic no from me!