AASECT GUIDELINES FOR SUPERVISION

   Prepared by Gretchen Fincke, Certified Supervisor

      Revised September 2011

 

In order to start the supervisory process a SUPERVISION CONTRACT must be put in writing between the supervisor and the supervisee.  This contract will then protect both parties legally.

 

IT IS THE SUPERVISOR'S RESPONSIBILITY TO COLLECT THE DOCUMENTS AND SUBMIT THEM.

 

PROTOTYPE CONTRACT

 

                          SUPERVISION AGREEMENT

Date: 

 

Supervisee:

 

Supervisor: Gretchen Fincke, LCSW, AASECT Certified Supervisor

 

This document is to clarify the agreement for supervision requested by the above supervisee, for the purpose of improving clinical skills in the diagnosis and treatment of sexual dysfunction, disorders and concerns.  Upon completion of the agreed upon hours of supervision, those supervisory hours accrued will be submitted for consideration toward certification as a sex therapist by the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists.  This agreement for supervision is not a guarantee or assurance of certification.  The supervisee is responsible for identifying and meeting any additional certification requirements.  The supervisor is available to assist in this process.

 

The supervisee will present to the supervisor appropriate documents verifying academic credentials, state licensure and a copy of current liability insurance and proof of membership in AASECT.

Supervision will consist of face-to-face meetings either individually or in group supervision no less than 1or 2 times per month, two hours for individual or four hours for group. We will also utilize consultation via SKYPE when necessary. The supervision consists of case discussion and review, reading appropriate materials, and some didactic teaching by the supervisor.

 

Supervisee will see clients in his/her/hir professional office.  Supervision will occur either in the supervisee's office or in the supervisor's office.

 

It will be the supervisee's responsibility to maintain a case log during the course of supervision.  The log will contain the date, type of case, client's age, gender, marital/relationship status, DSM-IV codes and the modality of therapy used. The supervisor will keep a similar log.

 

The supervisee is expected to abide by the ethical codes of his/her/hir profession and by the AASECT ethical code.  Failure to do so can result in termination of the supervision contract and any certifications achieved.

 

The supervisor also agrees to abide by the ethics of her/his/hir profession and by the AASECT ethical code and to follow the standards outlined by AASECT for supervisory responsibilities.

 

The charge for the supervisory services is $ _______an hour for individual supervision and $ ______per session for group.  To be reviewed in ____20___.

 

The supervisory contract may be terminated by either party with thirty days notice for any reason.

 

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Supervisee                                            Date

Email address

 

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Supervisor                                             Date

Email address                                     

 

Both parties to the contract can add whatever other language they desire to the contract.   All of the above information must be included.

 

1.You then send the SIGNED (not electronically) copy of the contract to the office along with the following documentation.

This is part of the new supervisory rules passed by the Board in April 2011.

 

Documents:

Supervisor:  if certified:

2. Copy of your AASECT Certification as a supervisor

3. Copy of your state license to practice

4. Copy of your malpractice face sheet with the current year's date

Supervisee:

1. Copy of your vita with contact information

2. Proof of membership in AASECT

3. Copy of your state license to practice, if you have one.  If not send it in when you receive it.  You must be licensed prior to being CERTIFIED.  You may start training prior to licensure.

4. Copy of your malpractice face sheet with the current year's date

 

For Certified Sex Therapists who have been approved to do supervision:

1. All of the above plus a copy of your vita

 

NOTE:  With the advent of electronic teleconferencing and the current ability to do supervision via computer, there is less and less need for Certified Sex Therapists to be required to do supervision.  If you would like to continue to supervise, please consider certifying as a supervisor.

 

ALL MATERIALS should be sent into the National office and then will be forwarded to the Chair of the Practitioner Supervisor Committee for approval.  All contracts must be approved prior to supervision starting.  KEEP COPIES.   A file will be started on the supervisee indicating the start date of supervision.  No supervisee without a contract will be approved for certification.

 

TIPS TO HELP SUPERVISORS AND SUPERVISEES

1.  From the start of the process, have supervisees organize their materials into folders that follow the categories outlined on the application form.  (Found on-line).

2.  Save and document every class, in-service, workshop, seminar, conference.  Have supervisees read the material on-line as to what counts and for how much according to the AASECT rules.

Descriptions of college classes can be found on-line and help to define the content of a class.

3. Undergraduate classes can count no matter how long ago.  The supervisee must have official copies of all college transcripts.

4. As a supervisor, you need to hear how the supervisee will work the whole course of a case as they go.  They should have some cases that include medical complications, disease complications, dual diagnosis complications so you can assess their ability to deal with how those issues impact on sexuality.

5. Getting input from more than one supervisor is helpful. There is no requirement to have a primary supervisor and supervisees may work with as many supervisors as they wish.  It is useful to have one of the supervisors be an "overseer" of the whole supervisory process.

6. The supervisor will be asked to document what diagnoses were seen, type & number of people, over what period of time.  Supervisees should keep a log of their cases and so should supervisors.

7.  It is the supervisor's responsibility to ensure that the materials being presented for certification are complete and in the correct form and order.  All materials should be sent in on 8 ½ by 11 pieces of paper with sheets between indicating categories.

SAVE A COMPLETE COPY OF THE APPLICATION

8. The need for extra vigorous ethical standards for sex therapists needs to be explored thoroughly.  Explain what can happen if a patient accuses a therapist of inappropriate sexual behavior even when there is no grounds for it.  Talk about boundary issues exhaustively.