It was with great regret that I reviewed the proposed regulation to limit counselor supervision to that provided by other counselors and family therapists. I was the longest serving president of the Maryland Chapter of AMHCA (LCPCM), and my heart is devoted to the development of our profession. But pragmatically when we create this limitation and exclude social workers, psychologists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, and psychiatrists as potential supervisors, we harm our new graduates in entering agencies, since these employers will only hire those who they can supervise. Many public agencies have a large concentration of social worker supervisors and many colleges are dominated by psychologists. We want our new graduates to be accepted into any employment setting. Our regulations must be realistic and flexible and not driven solely by professional identity concerns. In Maryland, we kept our regulations flexible, and new graduates have a wide choice of supervisors for half of their supervision, I would suggest Virginia follow our lead, as our example has worked and made counseling a major mental health profession in Maryland.