Providers
Chapter 11
Section 3.9
Certified Marriage And Family
Therapist
Issue Date: December 5, 1984
Revision:
1.0 ISSUE
Certified Marriage and Family Therapist.
2.0 POLICY
2.1 Provider
certification criteria follow:
2.1.1 The provider must meet education
and training requirements as specified in
32 CFR 199.6.
2.1.2 The provider must be licensed
or certified as a marriage and family therapist.
2.1.2.1 If licensure/certification
is offered by the jurisdiction in which the provider is practicing,
it is required in all cases, even if the jurisdiction offers it
on an optional basis.
2.1.2.2 In jurisdictions
that do not offer specific licensure or certification for marriage
and family therapists, the provider must be certified or be eligible
for full clinical membership in, the American Association for Marriage
and Family Therapy (AAMFT), the national association that sets standards
for the profession. If a provider is eligible for full clinical
membership in the AAMFT but is not a member, he/she must submit
documentation obtained from the AAMFT of such eligibility.
2.1.2.3 The provider
must agree that a patients’ organic medical problems must receive appropriate
concurrent management by a physician. The provider must enter into
a participation agreement with the Defense Health Agency (DHA).
3.0 EXCLUSION
Associate members or student members of the
AAMFT are not eligible for consideration as authorized certified
marriage and family therapists.
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