(a) The
following words and terms as used in this section and N.J.A.C. 13:34-3, shall
have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
"Counseling experience" means the application of mental
health and human development principles through client contact in order to
facilitate human development and adjustment throughout the lifespan.
"Group supervision" means the ongoing process of supervising
between two and six interns and/or mental health professionals at one time in a
group setting by a qualified supervisor.
"Marriage and family therapy experience" means the rendering
of professional marriage and family therapy services under supervision to
individuals, couples and families, individually or in groups, whether in the
general public or in organizations, whether public or private.
"Marriage and family therapy supervision" or "supervised
experience" means the ongoing process performed by a qualified marriage and
family therapy supervisor who monitors the performance of the intern or
licensed associate marriage and family therapist and provides regular,
documented, face-to-face consultation, guidance, and instruction with the
intern or licensed associate marriage and family therapist with respect to the
marriage and family therapy with individuals, couples, and families and
monitors the competencies of the intern or licensed associate marriage and
family therapist.
"One calendar year" means 1,500 hours over a 50-week period,
which is considered full-time, or no less than 750 hours over two periods of 50
weeks, which is considered part-time, totaling of 1,500 hours for the two
periods of 50 weeks.
"Qualified supervisor" means an individual who has no less
than five full-time years of professional marriage and family therapy practice
experience or the equivalent and has either:
1. A New Jersey license to practice as a
marriage and family therapist; or
2. A New Jersey license to practice and is
acting within the scope of the person's profession or occupation and obtained
from an accredited institution a minimum of:
i. A master's degree in marriage and family
therapy;
ii. A master's degree in
social work;
iii. A graduate degree
in a related field and has demonstrated to the Board that he or she has
completed course work content and training substantially equivalent to a
master's degree in marriage and family therapy; or
iv. A graduate degree in a related field
which does not provide training and course work substantially equivalent in
content to a master's degree in marriage and family therapy, and is either a
post graduate degree recognized by the Board, or a program of training and
course work at an institute or training program accredited by the Commission on
Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education.
"Telesupervision" means the delivery by a qualified marriage
and family therapy supervisor of marriage and family therapy supervision,
through technology-assisted media, when the supervisor is present at one site
and the intern or licensed associate marriage and family therapist is located
at a separate site. "Telesupervision" does not include the use, in isolation,
of audio-only telephone conversation, electronic mail, instant messaging, phone
text, or facsimile transmission.
(b) An applicant for licensure as a marriage
and family therapist shall submit to the Board documentation, on a form
provided by the Board, establishing that the applicant has completed a minimum
of two calendar years of supervised marriage and family therapy experience and
one calendar year of counseling experience, which may be in marriage and family
therapy, as set forth below:
1. Supervised
marriage and family therapy experience for each calendar year shall consist of:
i. A minimum of 50 hours of face-to-face
supervision, at the rate of one hour per week, of which not more than one-half
of the hours may be in group supervision;
(1)
No more than one-half of the supervision hours may be provided through
telesupervision. Telesupervision shall be provided consistent with the
provisions at
N.J.A.C.
13:34-3.5.
ii. A maximum of 1,150 hours of actual
marriage and family therapy client contact; and
iii. A maximum of 300 hours of other
work-related activities, such as preparing and maintaining client records as
described in N.J.A.C. 13:34-8, report writing, maintaining appointment
schedules, communicating with other professionals, preparing for supervision,
preparing and maintaining financial records in accordance with
N.J.A.C.
13:34-3.4 and 6.1, any other activities the
qualified supervisor deems appropriate, and any other activities deemed
appropriate by the Board as set forth on the documentation of supervision forms
required in
N.J.A.C.
13:34-3.3(e) and available
on the Board's website at
www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/pages/verification.aspx;
and
2. For the two
calendar years of supervised marriage and family therapy experience and the one
calendar year of counseling experience, no more than 30 hours of experience
shall be earned in any one week, and no more than 125 hours of experience shall
be earned in any one month.
(c) An applicant for licensure with a
master's degree shall complete two of the three required calendar years of
marriage and family therapy experience after the applicant has earned the
master's degree.
(d) An applicant
for licensure with a post-master's or doctoral degree shall complete one
calendar year of marriage and family therapy experience after the applicant has
earned the post-master's or doctoral degree.
