[AVAPL Members] Re: Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor

  • From: "Kenneth Adams" <kmadams@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <members1@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2010 11:25:26 -0400

Pam,

I agree, and it appears the same for Marriage and Family Therapists.

I can only speak for my knowledge relating to Michigan LPCs; but
it is my impression that these individuals would be completely out
of their depth in trying to treat VA patients of prototypic "complex"
status we see so often. 

The education and training requirements
(at least for LMFT) are so vague you can drive a truck through them
without hitting anything substantive about psychopathology:

http://www.aamft.org/about/coamfte/Version%2011%20Standards/Master_Version_11_Accreditation_Standards.pdf

I don't understand why APA is always attributing what we need to do in 
Accreditation
to satisfy what sounds like the Department of Education's iron-fisted micro 
management when the DOE
lets something like this document meet their requirements. Oh well, I know that
our friends at APA Accreditation must have darn good reasons.

Be all this as it may, the qual standards for these professions now well and 
truly exist. However,
it may sort of like when we received that directive saying that podiatrists 
could be a VA patient's
primary care physician. Theoretically possible, but not likely to happen often.

Best,

Ken







>>> "Fischer, Pamela  (OKL)" <Pamela.Fischer@xxxxxx> 10/6/2010 10:51 AM >>>
It is interesting to me that the LPC who is a program manager can be a
GS 13 - the grade level that many psychologists who manage programs and
have years of experience cannot move beyond.

 

Pamela C. Fischer, Ph.D.

Director, Primary Care Mental Health #111AC

Veterans Affairs Medical Center -OKC

921 N.E. 13th Street

Oklahoma City, OK 73104

Phone: 405-456-3634

Fax:     405-456--5956

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Wiley
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 8:54 AM
To: members1@xxxxxxxxx 
Subject: [AVAPL Members] Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor

 

Colleagues, 

 

As many of you have been awaiting the Qualification Standards for Mental
Health Counselors, we wanted to share these with you when we first
received it. 

 

 

George Shorter, Ph.D.

President, AVAPL

 

 

"The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any
war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional as to how
they perceive the Veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated
by their country."   -George Washington

 

 

 

 


 

Date:  9/29/10                                                  ID#:
2010-25

Policy Office:  Recruitment & Placement Policy Service (059)
Contact:  Kent A. Wellman (Kent.Wellman2@xxxxxx) 
Policy Subject:  VA Handbook 5005, PT II, Chapter 2, Appendix G43,
Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor qualification standard.

Handbook Reference: 5005

The attached new VA qualification standard for Licensed Professional
Mental Health Counselor, GS-101 has been signed.  Since this is a new
occupation to VA there will NOT be an initial one-time boarding.
Additional implementation instructions and guidance will be forthcoming
from the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).  The new Appendix G43
will be added to the electronic version of VA Handbook 5005, Pt II,
located at http://vaww1.va.gov/ohrm/HRLibrary/Dir-Policy.htm 

Questions regarding this Policy Update should be addressed to the Title
38 Staffing Policy Section, mailto:staffingpolicy059/vaco@xxxxxxx 

Status: Policy Process Step 4

Estimated date of release/implementation:  9/29/2010

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policy or change to existing policy is required or being considered. If
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