Navigating the Road to Licensure

Desert–CAMFT
presents:

Navigating the Road to Licensure

with

Kristin W. Roscoe, Esq.
CAMFT Staff Attorney

A Zoom Presentation

Friday, March 24, 2023
9:00 am – 11:00 am

2.0 CE Credits

Presentation Description

This two-hour presentation will provide an overview of the laws and regulations applicable to pre-licensees as they work toward California licensure in marriage and family therapy. Topics to be discussed include the marriage and family therapy licensing process including the new CEU requirements, supervised experience requirements for applicants, supervisor qualifications and the new supervision requirements, licensing examinations, and common employment issues pre-licensees encounter with their supervisors.

Measurable Learning Objectives

Participants will gain a greater understanding of the many challenges facing pre-licensees working toward licensure. Participants will be able to:

• Identify the requirements for counting hours toward licensure as an MFT
• State the number of hours and the number of weeks of supervised experience pre-licensees are required to meet
• Identify the requirements under the “new” 90-day rule to count post-degree hours
• Identify appropriate work settings and common supervision and labor issues that arise in the employment of pre-licensees. 

Presenter Bio

Kristin W. Roscoe, Esq., CAMFT Staff Attorney, takes CAMFT member phone calls regarding law and ethics issues and contributes articles on those subjects to The Therapist. Before joining CAMFT’s legal team, Kristin represented healthcare systems and professionals in professional negligence litigation at La Follette, Johnson, DeHaas, Fesler & Ames. Since entering the legal profession, Kristin has worked in various capacities presenting to and advocating on behalf of her clients both in and outside of the courtroom. Kristin received her B.A. from The College of Wooster in 2006 and graduated from The American University Washington College of Law with her J.D. in 2012.

Cost:

$10 Desert-CAMFT Members
$20 for Non-members