SECTION 86:10-11-3. Acceptability of supervised experience

(a)   Supervised experience is acceptable when it consists of the performance of counseling activities as described in Section 1902, of the Act under supervision as described below.

(1)   Supervision shall focus on the raw data from a supervisee's continuing clinical practice, which may be available to the supervisor through a combination of direct observation, co-therapy, written clinical notes, and audio and video recordings.

(2)   Supervision is a process clearly distinguishable from personal psychotherapy, and is contracted in order to serve professional/vocational goals.

(3)   Individual supervision consists of face-to-face contact with one supervisor and one supervisee.

(4)   Group supervision may be conducted with two (2) to six (6) supervisees and a supervisor.

(5)   Technology-assisted supervision must be approved by the Board prior to the accrual of hours. Factors to be considered by the Board include: distance between approved supervisor and candidate; financial hardship on approved supervisor or candidate; physical hardship on approved supervisor or candidate; specialty credentials; and other pertinent factors.

(b)   Supervised experience begins after all applicable academic requirements, as stated in LPC Regulations, Subchapter 9, have been completed.

(c)   An LPC Candidate may accrue supervised experience hours in academic, governmental or private-not-for-profit and private for-profit settings.

(d)   Supervised experienced hours shall be accrued in a private for-profit or not-for-profit counseling practice setting, only if:

(1)   The LPC Candidate is an employee, as defined by 86:10-1-2, of the same facility as a person licensed in the state of Oklahoma as a Licensed Professional Counselor, a Licensed Marital and Family Therapist, a Licensed Behavioral Practitioner, a Psychologist, a Psychiatrist, a Clinical Social Worker, or a Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor, whose assigned job duties include being immediately available to the LPC Candidate for supervision at any time the LPC Candidate is engaging in the practice of counseling or counseling-related services.

(2)   The LPC Candidate is receiving supervision for licensure from an approved LPC supervisor who is not required to work at the same location as the LPC Candidate.

[Source: Added at 32 Ok Reg 139, eff 4-23-14 (emergency); Added at 32 Ok Reg 1547, eff 9-11-15; Amended at 36 Ok Reg 492, eff 7-25-19]