I believe it is important for art therapists to be included as one of the other mental health disciplines to be approved to supervise LPC candidates for their hours.  To me, it only makes sense for the NBCC/Virginia Counseling Board to recognize credentialed art therapists as qualified supervisors since the ATCB recognizes LPC's to qualify as approved supervisors for 50% of the hours accrued for the ATR.  In addition, art therapists also obtain most of their CEU's through NBCC approval, which is another relationship that counseling and art therapy have shared together.  If the ATCB is willing to recognize NBCC credentials, then why shouldn't the NBCC/Virginia Counseling Board likewise recognize the ATCB credentials? Since other mental health professionals (i.e., psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, etc.) are approved to supervise counseling supervisees, it only stands to reason that art therapists - also mental health professionals - should also be included in that group.  Given the already long history that the counseling and art therapy fields share with each other, I believe it is important for the reciprocation to go both ways to include art therapists as valid supervisors for LPC candidates for the 100 hours allowed by other credentialed mental health providers.