The two years supervised, postgraduate experience required by Minnesota Statutes, section 148B.33, subdivision 1, clause (4), must meet the requirements in subparts 2 to 6.
In calculating two years of supervised postgraduate experience in marriage and family therapy, the board shall accept not less than 4,000 hours of supervised professional experience including at least 1,000 hours of clinical client contact including the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illness, and cognitive, emotional, and behavioral disorders, as specified in subpart 3 with 200 hours of clinical supervision by a board-approved, Minnesota licensed marriage and family therapist supervisor over a period of not less than 24 months. All additional work used to complete this 4,000 hours must be supervised in a legal and ethical manner by a licensed mental health professional listed in Minnesota Statutes, section 245.462, subdivision 18, clauses (1) to (5), or 245.4871, subdivision 27, clauses (1) to (5), or both.
The applicant must document at least 500 hours of clinical client contact in working with couples, families, or other relational groups.
This contact shall include experience in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illness and cognitive, emotional, and behavioral disorders.
The supervision by a board-approved, Minnesota licensed marriage and family therapist supervisor shall take place in individual and group settings, according to items A and B.
Supervision must involve:
A supervisee must verify the required supervised experience by completing a form supplied by the board. The form must be signed by the applicant's supervisor . The form must include the setting, nature, and extent of the supervised experience, the time period involved, the number of hours of clinical client contact, the number of hours of supervision, and the name and qualifications of the board-approved supervisor.
Minn. R. agency 152, ch. 5300, pt. 5300.0150
Statutory Authority: MS s 148B.31; 148B.37; 214.06