N.H. Admin. Code § Mhp 306.02

Current through Register No. 50, December 12, 2024

Section Mhp 306.02 - Post-Graduate Practical Experience for Marriage and Family Therapists

(a) All applicants for licensure as a marriage and family therapist shall have completed at least 2 years of supervised experience in the practice of marriage and family therapy with a minimum of one hour per week of individual face-to-face supervision by a psychologist, clinical mental health counselor, independent clinical social worker, pastoral psychotherapist, or marriage and family therapist licensed in the state where the supervision takes place.

(b) A year of experience shall not be less than 1500 hours, to have been completed within not less than 12 and not more than 24 consecutive calendar months. The post-graduate experience shall total 3000 hours of experience.

(c) Notwithstanding (a) and (b) above, an applicant holding a current MLADC license issued by the board of licensing for alcohol and other drug use professionals may under RSA 330-A:21, III, substitute their experience as an MLADC for up to 1500 hours of the work experience requirement under (a)(1) above and shall be permitted to substitute up to 50 face-to-face supervision hours under (a)(2) above.

(d) As part of the 3000 hours, all applicants shall have completed 1000 hours of supervised face-to-face clinical client contact hours with individuals, couples, and families.

(e) For the 1000 hours of face-to-face contact hours required by Mhp 306.02(d), all applicants shall have 200 hours of face-to-face supervision from an AAMFT approved supervisor or AAMFT approved alternate supervisor.

(f) Applicants who do not work under the supervision of an AAMFT approved supervisor or approved alternate supervisor may contract for outside supervision in order to meet the requirements in Mhp 306.02(e) as follows:

(1) The outside supervisor and the supervisee's place of employment shall complete a contract stating:

a. The nature of their relationship:

b. The outside supervisor's regular access to case documentation;

c. Communication procedures and frequency between the outside supervisor and the on-site supervisor;

d. Steps to be taken by the supervisee and each supervisor during client emergency situations;

e. Decision-making authority of supervisors; and

f. That the approved AAMFT supervisor or approved alternate supervisor shall visit the candidate's worksite at least twice annually;

(2) The contract, in (1) above shall be filed with the "Candidate for Licensure: Supervisory Agreement"; and

(3) Both individual and group supervision hours shall be acceptable as follows:

a. Individual supervision shall be face-to-face contact between one supervisor and up to 2 supervisees; and

b. Group supervision shall be face-to-face contact between one supervisor and up to 6 supervisees.

(g) Graduates of master's and doctoral programs accredited by the COAMFTE may use up to 100 hours of their pre-degree supervision towards the requirement in Mhp 306.02(e). Graduates of COAMFTE programs may also use up to a total of 500 face-to-face client contact hours earned during their graduate program towards the requirement in Mhp 306.02(e). Students in marriage and family therapy doctoral programs who have a qualifying master's degree may use practicum and internship experience and supervision in the doctoral program toward these requirements.

(h) Independent private mental health practice shall not be considered supervised professional experience.

(i) If the supervised professional experience was in a private practice, then the supervisee shall have a W-2 relationship with the site. A 1099 independent contractor relationship with the site shall not meet this requirement.

(j) Supervisors shall not be related to the supervisee in any of the following ways:

(1) Spouse;

(2) Parent, stepparent, parent-in-law, or step-parent-in-law;

(3) Natural, foster or adopted child, or stepchild; or

(4) Sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; and

(k) The supervisor shall not have a dual relationship with supervisee which may impair their objectivity as described in Mhp 501.02(c).

(l) Alternative supervisors for both pre-graduation and post-graduate experience shall meet the following requirements:

(1) Have a graduate degree in couple or marriage and family therapy or related mental health discipline;

(2) Hold a NH license in a mental health profession;

(3) Have taken 5 graduate courses or taught couple or marital and family therapy within or after the mental health professional degree used to qualify for licensure in NH as follows:

a. Four of the 5 graduate courses shall be clinical couples or marriage and family therapy theory courses or courses applying family therapy to a population or problem type;

b. One course in ethics; and

c. A course is a 3-credit semester system or a 4-credit quarter system course or 100 continuing education units post graduate degree taken or taught in marital and family therapy workshops or seminars;

(4) Two years of full-time clinical experience post-licensure; and

(5) The 30-hour full AAMFT Approved Supervisor Training Course.

N.H. Admin. Code § Mhp 306.02

Derived From Volume XXXV Number 27, Filed July 9, 2015, Proposed by #10857, Effective 6/24/2015, Expires6/24/2025.

Amended by Number 45, Filed November 9, 2023, Proposed by #13786, Effective 12/19/2023, Expires 12/19/2033 (See Revision Note at chapter heading for Mhp 300).