The issue at hand is subpar clinicians and clinical supervisors. Two CEUs, forced by this petition, is not the way to correct the issues Sharon identified.

The  standard CEU courses are not 2 credits. One CEU or 6 is the norm. I would be hard pressed to find a course offering “2 CEUs”. I don’t have the time, energy or resources to comb through CEU offerings to figure out how to get 2 hours. We must already take Ethics. Ethics courses typically touch on ethics in supervision. 

The issue is poor supervision and poor supervisors. The other issue is the lack of highly trained clinicians. When you allow people to work in the field after taking 30 credits, virtually, and say that they now have a Masters degree, you will have poorly trained clinicians. When you allow non clinically trained people to open and operate mental health services in the community, you will have poorly trained clinicians. When the insurance reimbursement is a pittance of what other providers make, you will have poorly trained clinicians.

The gatekeeping must be done earlier in the process. Once an individual is a supervisor, all the classes in the world will not prevent the ridiculous shenanigans that Sharon is observing. 

I have been a fully licensed clinician from a state that requires two levels of licensure for therapists, for 20 years. I have moved back to VA and am embarrassed of my colleagues because it’s apparent they have not been trained properly. That level of responsibility must be addressed at the lowest level- at the educational standards, licensing standards, etc before adding on more oversight to those who are already supervisors tasked with cleaning up the mess a terrible state system created.