Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Health Professions
 
Board
Board of Counseling
 
chapter
Regulations Governing the Registration of Qualified Mental Health Professionals [18 VAC 115 ‑ 80]
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8/7/22  10:17 am
Commenter: Anonymous

Proposed QMHP Supervisory Changes
 

1) How would we determine if a QMHP is qualified to provide training to QMHP-T?  Is training enough?  As someone who hires and works with QMHPs regularly, I see inconsistency in skill levels of QMHPs.

2) I am opposed to sharing LMHP and QMHP supervision.  This places an additional burden on LMHP to know what QMHP trainer is doing and increases risk of sharing conflictual information, depending on knowledge, background, and skill set of QMHP.

3) I believe sociology should be added as an appropriate degree.  My experience shows that they are just as qualified as someone who has a degree in psychology.

4)  If we are going to allow QMHPs to supervise QMHP-T's, might we require QMHP-T's to go through basic training to acquire baseline universal skills like we do for peer counselors - active listening, reflection, non-judgmental stance, empathy, relationship building, crisis intervention skills, etc.?

 

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