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Originally Posted by Favorite Jeans
It's possible that this is total fabrication but way more likely that there is a nuance that you didn't get. People supervise and evaluate trainees in many contexts and at many levels and it is entirely possible that your T did not work with the regulatory body that you contacted. Trainees have to pass many evaluations before they can become licensed professionals. There may be evaluations at the school level, at the state/province/national levels, at the college/board level, at the subspecialty level etc.
That doesn't necessarily mean that what she told you is untrue, only that you may have taken it to mean one thing while it actually meant another. I would not "confront" her as such, express curiosity if it is that important to you, but definitely don't act like your sleuthing has yielded the goods on her.
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The concerning part for me is that she specifically said that she was a Supervisor for the Board of Behavioral Health and that she was in the position to deny licensure and had done it in the past and had to explain to the Board why she had done that. The ONLY people authorized to do that in my state and who are responsible for reporting to the Board must be designated as Supervisors and this designation is part of their licensure and is public information published on the state website. There is only one repository of the information in my state and it applies to all licensure, be it LSWC, LPC, LPCC, etc... Only one source and one Supervisor authorizing body.
She didn't leave me any gray area with her story as to the exact nature of the position she claims she had in relation to being a Supervisor with the reporting authority that is granted such Supervisors.
That is what is making it so difficult for me. I could try to imagine different scenarios where she wouldn't have been licensed as a Supervisor, but what she described would absolutely, by state administrative law, require that she be a licensed Supervisor. She is not one, nor has she ever been one.
I'm trying to imagine scenarios where she wasn't lying, but state law and administrative rules for licensing are very specific in my state. There is no scenario I can imagine or find any proof of the existence of where any licensed therapist could be allowed to observe the applicant for the purpose of fulfilling supervised hours for the applicant's licensure requirements.
That is why I am struggling. I don't see a way out for her other than to directly admit to her lie or attempt to cover it with another lie hoping that I did not read every licensing law, administrative rule, and requirement to be come a licensed therapist in my state.
That is why I am so stuck.
Thanks for your reply!