Chapter 502 provides the following clarification in the next line related to MFTs: The practice of marriage and family therapy does not constitute the practice of medicine and does not include prescribing medication, treating a physical disease, or providing any service outside the scope of practice of a licensed marriage and family therapist or a licensed marriage and family therapist associate. The Texas Licensed Professional Act (Texas.gov, 2019b) is found in the Texas Occupation Code, Chapter 503. Sec. 503.002. General Definitions. (4) “Licensed professional counselor” means a person who holds a license issued under this chapter and who: (A) represents the person to the public by any title or description of services incorporating the words “licensed counselor” and offers to provide professional counseling services to any individual, couple, family, group, or other entity for compensation, implying that the person offering the services is licensed and trained, experienced, or expert in counseling; or (B) engages in any practice of counseling. Sec. 503.003. Definition: Practice of Professional Counseling (Texas.gov, 2019b). (a) In this chapter, “practice of professional counseling” means the application of mental health, psychotherapeutic, and human development principles to: Glossary of Terms: Texas Administrative Code Here are some definitions from the TAC regulations from Rule §681.2(Tex.reg, 2022). (5) Client(s)—A person(s) who requests and receives counseling services from a licensee or who has engaged in a therapeutic relationship with a licensee. (6) Consent for services—Process for receiving permission from the legally authorized person who agrees to services. (7) Consent Form—A document executed by the legally authorized person to ensure the client is aware of fees and arrangements for payment; counseling purposes, goals, and techniques; restrictions placed on the license by the Council; limits on confidentiality; intent of the licensee to use another individual to provide counseling treatment intervention to the client; supervision of the licensee by another licensed health care professional including the name, address, contact information, and qualifications of the supervisor; and the name, address, and telephone number of the Council for the purpose of reporting violations of the Act or this chapter. (8) Council—The Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council. (9) Counseling-related field—A mental health discipline using human development, psychotherapeutic, and mental health principles including, but not limited to, clinical or counseling psychology, psychiatry, social Texas Administrative Code: Chapter 681 The TAC, developed by the Texas State Legislature, includes guidelines for licensed professional counselors (LPC) in Title 22, Part 30, Chapter 681 (2022 a), and (2022 b) contains the following subchapters: A. General Provisions B. Rules of Practice C. Application and Licensing D. Schedule of Sanctions Subchapter B includes the Rules of Practice for Professional Counselors, and the entire chapter should be reviewed. In the interest of time and space components §681–31 through §681–53 of this chapter, which cover methods, practices, general ethical requirements, and specific violations will be discussed in
(1) facilitate human development and adjustment throughout life. (2) prevent, assess, evaluate, and treat mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders and associated distresses that interfere with mental health. (3) conduct assessments and evaluations to establish treatment goals and objectives; and (4) plan, implement, and evaluate treatment plans using counseling treatment interventions that include: (b) In this section: (3) “Counseling” means assisting a client through a therapeutic relationship, using a combination of mental health and human development principles, methods, and techniques, including the use of psychotherapy, to achieve the mental, emotional, physical, social, moral, educational, spiritual, or career-related development and adjustment of the client throughout the client’s life. The Texas law is written by the legislative whose members may or may not have a counseling background and legal terminology may vary from that of practicing professionals. For that reason, some definitions from the statutes are included which may differ from the those in the pedagogy of counseling disciplines. A. counseling. B. assessment. C. consulting; and D. referral. work, marriage and family therapy, and counseling and guidance. Non-counseling related fields include, but are not limited to, sociology, education, administration, dance therapy and theology. (10) Executive Director—The executive director for the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council. The executive director may delegate responsibilities to other staff members. Some additional definitions of note are found in TAC § 681.31(Tex.reg, 2020) covering professional counselor rules of practice that relate to marriage and family counseling: (3) marriage/couples counseling, which uses interpersonal, cognitive, cognitive-behavioral, behavioral, psychodynamic, affective, and family systems methods and strategies to achieve resolution of problems associated with cohabitation and interdependence of adults living as couples. (4) family counseling, which uses interpersonal, cognitive, cognitive-behavioral, behavioral, psychodynamic, affective, and family systems methods and strategies with families to achieve mental, emotional, physical, moral, social, educational, spiritual, and career development and adjustment through the life span. this course, including intersections with the codes of ethics of national professional counseling associations. The selected TAC sections are chosen to provide regulatory information beyond the aspirational goals and standards given in association codes of ethics. The TAC sections are intended to give details specific to Texas regulations that may not be included in the general study of ethics in counseling. It should be noted that the following TAC summary, and the subsequent inclusions of ethics codes and guidelines, may not include all sections, so alpha and numerical headings may not be consecutive. Documents will be summarized and condensed and should be studied in detail.
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