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Kansas MFT advisory committee leans to retain high bar for MFT supervision while noting access concerns

Marriage and Family Therapy Advisory Committee, Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board · December 13, 2024
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Summary

Advisory members expressed a preference to maintain current MFT supervision standards and the board‑approved supervisor designation, citing professional identity and protection of systemic MFT practice, while acknowledging access and training cost barriers for potential supervisors.

Members of the Marriage and Family Therapy Advisory Committee reviewed supervision policy and expressed broad support for retaining the existing MFT supervision standard and the board‑approved supervisor designation, even as they acknowledged access and cost barriers for some supervisors.

Chair Mary Jones reopened the supervision discussion after hearing that professional counselors had recommended statutory language to permit up to 50% of supervision hours to be provided by qualified supervisors from another BSRB profession. Members…

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