Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Health Professions
 
Board
Board of Counseling
 
chapter
Regulations Governing the Practice of Professional Counseling [18 VAC 115 ‑ 20]
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12/13/18  12:40 am
Commenter: Anne Beverly Chow, EdS, MA, NCC

Opposed to the Petition
 

I am serving my community as a resident counselor and go out of my way to make sure my clients know that I am not licensed and am receiving supervision. All of my marketing materials clearly state my resident status and I provide all clients with my supervisors' contact info in case they have any issue. This petition seems like a continued attempt at making it impossible for pre-licensed clinicians to go into private practice. There are already significant barriers to entry when it comes to working out a system for payment through a supervisor rather than taking payment ourselves. Beyond these issues, how on Earth would this petition be implemented? The staff it would take to scour the internet looking for all the residents who advertise and having to create standards for what it means to be independent...seems like an impossible task. Let's not waste our time and resources on an issue that is causing no harm.

 

 

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