Requisitos de licencia para terapeutas matrimoniales y familiares

Explicación Simple

Para ser terapeuta de parejas y familias en Míchigan, necesitas completar un programa de estudios y trabajar con clientes. También debes tener un mentor que te supervise mientras practicas, para asegurarte de que estás haciendo bien tu trabajo.

Es como aprender a cocinar: primero estudias las recetas, luego practicas en la cocina y, mientras tanto, un chef experimentado te da consejos y te corrige para que no quemes los platillos.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Ana quiere ser terapeuta familiar. Primero, estudia en la universidad y luego tiene que hacer 1,000 horas de práctica supervisada ayudando a parejas en problemas. Durante ese tiempo, su supervisor, el Lic. Javier, la guía y le da retroalimentación sobre cómo manejar diferentes situaciones.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

(F) Is an approved supervisor or supervisor-in-training through a program conducted by the American association for marriage and family therapy and approved by the board. (iv) Include not less than 300 direct client contact hours in supervised clinical marriage and family therapy experience, at least 1/2 of which were completed in a setting in which families, couples, or subsystems of families were physically present in the therapy room. (v) Be supervised in a ratio of at least 1 hour of supervision for each 5 hours of direct client contact, for a total of not less than 60 hours of supervision concurrent with the 300 hours of supervised direct client contact. (c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), provides satisfactory evidence to the board of having completed a minimum of 1,000 direct client contact hours in supervised marriage and family therapy experience, at least 1/2 of which was completed with families, couples, or subsystems of families physically present in the therapy room, that meets all of the following conditions: (i) Is verified by the supervising licensed marriage and family therapist. (ii) Is obtained following the completion of the degree required by subdivision (a)(i), is obtained following the completion of the degree required by subdivision (a)(ii) and concurrent with or following the course work specified in subdivision (a)(ii)(A), (B), (C), (D), and (E), or is obtained as part of a doctoral program in marriage and family therapy from an accredited college or university approved by the board, which experience may include experience obtained under subdivision (b)(i). (iii) Is supervised in a ratio of at least 1 hour of supervision for each 5 hours of experience, for a total of not less than 200 hours of supervision concurrent with the 1,0