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AASECT REQUIREMENTS FOR SUPERVISOR CERTIFICATION

 

Beginning March 30, 1998 the candidate for designation as an AASECT Certified Supervisor is expected to meet the following requirements:

 

The following document must be read and signed in order to become certified as an AASECT Supervisor:

What is Expected of an AASECT Supervisor of Sex Therapy

 

 

I.   License and/or Certificate:     

To hold a regulatory license and/or certificate, valid in the state in which he or she practices, in one of the following disciplines: psychology, medicine, nursing, social work, or marriage and family therapy.

            A.    If such a regulatory system is not in effect in the state in which practice is conducted, the

                    applicant will meet one of the following criteria:

               

  1. Listing in the National Register of Health Science Providers in Psychology.                                

  2. Certification by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

  3. Certification by the Academy of Certified Social Workers.

  4. Clinical Membership in the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.

  1. Certification by the American Nurses Association as a Clinical Specialist or  Nurse Practitioner in Adult Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing or Clinical Specialist or Nurse Practitioner in Child and Adolescent Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing.

 

            B.    Applications from outside the United States must document equivalent

                    certification.

 

 

II.        Clinical Practice:

 

To have been an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist with either at least three (3)

            years experience, or the equivalent thereof.   On going certification by AASECT

            as a certified supervisor requires on going certification by AASECT as a sex

            therapist.

 

 

 III.     Experience as a Supervisor:

           

            A.    To have received a minimum of thirty (30) hours of individual supervision

                    of his/her supervision of sex therapy from an AASECT Certified Supervisor.

 

                         OR

 

            B.    To have extensive work experience as a clinical supervisor and to be currently active as a clinical

                    supervisor.

 

              OR

 

            C.    To be certified as a clinical supervisor by another professional organization

                    (e.g., AAMFT) and to be currently active as a clinical supervisor.            

 

 

  IV.     Recommendations:

To provide the Supervision Certification Committee with the names and current

addresses of two professional colleagues other than his/her supervisor who are able to evaluate the candidate's fitness for designation as a certified supervisor.  This evaluation is to include assessment of the candidate's knowledge of the general field of sexuality and, specifically, sex therapy; skill as a therapist in general and, specifically,  as a sex therapist; capacity for serving in the role of a supervisor; general ability to assume responsibilities; and ethical professional behavior.

 

 V.       Summary of Selected Supervision Experience:

 To submit to the Supervision Certification Committee a written summary of the candidate's supervision of at least one sex therapy supervisee, including the candidate's therapeutic orientation and the utilization of concepts deemed appropriate to the specific case.

 

VI.       Fee:

  To forward with the application the non-refundable processing fee of $250.

 

 

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