Registered Supervisors and Supervisory Responsibilities

PURPOSE: This rule specifies the documentation needed to qualify as a supervisor. (1) A supervisor may not have more than a combined total of ten (10) supervisees including S-MFTs, PLMFTs, and/or licensure supervision candidates from other mental health disciplines at the same time. In order to provide supervision for a provi sional licensed marital and family therapist (PLMFT) or super vised-marital and family therapist (S-MFT), a supervisor shall document the following to the state committee: (A) A graduate degree with a major in marital and family therapy or mental health discipline from a regionally accred ited institution acceptable to the United States Department of Education; and (B) Five (5) years clinical experience in providing marital and family therapy as defined in section 337.700(7), RSMo. For the purpose of this regulation, clinical experience shall not include practicum or internships associated with the graduate degree required in 20 CSR 2233-2.021(1)(A); and (C) For supervision occurring in Missouri, the supervisor shall document to the state committee that the supervisor has the following: 1. Licensed for two (2) years, in Missouri or another state, and a current license in Missouri as a marital and family therapist, professional counselor, psychologist, clinical social worker, or psychiatrist. For the purpose of this regulation an inactive, provisional, expired, temporary, disciplined, or retired license shall not meet this requirement; and 2. Designation as an approved supervisor by the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy; or 3. A minimum of two hundred (200) hours of clinical supervision of individuals seeking licensure as a professional counselor pursuant to sections 337.500 to 337.540, RSMo, psychologist pursuant to sections 337.010 to 337.090, RSMo, clinical social worker pursuant to sections 337.600 to 337.689, RSMo, or graduate practicum or internship student enrolled in master’s, specialist, or doctoral degree program in compliance with section 337.510.1(1), RSMo, (professional counselor), section 337.021.1, RSMo, (psychologist), section 337.615.1, RSMo, (social worker), or section 337.715.1(1), RSMo, (marital and family therapist). A. A minimum of one hundred (100) hours of the two hundred (200) hours of supervised experience shall be supervising individuals within the context of systems theory and marital and family therapy. B. One (1) graduate semester hour in marital and family supervision or fifteen (15) continuing education hours in a comparably organized and integrated series of workshops and supervised studies of marital and family therapy supervision. C. A minimum of twenty (20) hours of supervision-of-su pervision and/or in the process of receiving supervision-of-su pervision. For the purpose of this regulation, the major em phasis of supervision-of-supervision shall be the development of the licensee’s supervisory skills from a systemic perspective and shall include theories of supervision, supervision practice, and professional ethics. (2) An individual with a state-issued professional license that has been subject to discipline may be denied from providing supervision for a PLMFT or S-MFT. (3) The supervisor and/or applicant for supervision have the burden of demonstrating that the supervisor has the required education and experience outlined within this rule. AUTHORITY: section 337.700, RSMo 2016, and sections 337.715 and 337.727, RSMo Supp. 2025.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 233-2.021. Original rule filed Dec. 31, 1997, effective July 30, 1998. Amended: Filed May 22, 2001, effective Nov. 30, 2001. Moved to 20 CSR 2233-2.021, effective Aug. 28, 2006. Amended: Filed Nov. 15, 2007, effective May 30, 2008. Rescinded and readopted: Filed Nov. 15, 2011, effective May 30, 2012. Amended: Filed Sept. 5, 2019, effective March 30, 2020. Amended: Filed Jan. 7, 2026, effective July 30, 2026. *Original authority: 337.700, RSMo 1995, amended 2007, 2008, 2010; 337.715, RSMo 1995, amended 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2020; and 337.727, RSMo 1995, amended 2009, 2010, 2018.