Section 338.1751. Definitions.

Rule 1. As used in these rules:

(a)   "Board" means the board of counseling.

(b)   "Career development" means studies that provide an understanding of all of the following:

(i)   Career development theories.

(ii)   Occupational and educational information sources and systems.

(iii)   Career counseling.

(iv)   Lifestyle and career decision making.

(v)  Career development program planning, implementation, and evaluation. (c) "Code" means 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.1101.

(d)       "Consulting"      means    studies    that   provide    an    understanding      of    the    process    of psychoeducational consultation with emphasis on theories

and strategies that are used to provide services to individuals, groups, and organizations.

(e)   "Counseling philosophy” means studies that incorporate a belief system that a person can change or develop a more fully functioning self through the application of various counseling approaches regardless of the extent of the problem.

(f)   "Counseling techniques" means the application of counseling and psychotherapy skills and theories in the counseling process in order to do all of the following:

(i)   Establish and maintain the counseling relationship.

(ii)   Diagnose and identify the problem.

(iii)   Formulate a preventive, treatment, or rehabilitative plan.

(iv)   Facilitate appropriate interventions.

(g)    "Counseling theories" means the study of the theoretical foundations of counseling and psychotherapy, including, but not limited to, major affective, behavioral, and cognitive theories of human development and personality development and change and multicultural and diversity issues in counseling.

(h)   "Department" means the department of licensing and regulatory affairs.

(i)   "Group techniques" means the application of basic counseling and psychotherapy skills and theories in the group counseling process that are based on an understanding of group development and dynamics, theories of group counseling and psychotherapy, and group leadership styles.

(j)        "Internship" means supervised curricular field experience that provides students opportunities to perform all the activities that a licensed professional counselor would be expected to perform.

(k)    “Multicultural counseling” means the study of the effects of diversity on the counseling process.

(l)   "Practicum" means a supervised curricular experience that provides for the development of individual and group counseling and psychotherapy skills by giving students opportunities to perform, on a limited basis, some of the activities that a licensed professional counselor would be expected to perform.

(m)   "Professional ethics" means studies that prepare students to understand and apply the legal requirements and ethical codes related to the practice of counseling.

(n)     "Research  methodology"  means  studies  that  provide  an  understanding  of   all  of  the following:

(i)   Types of research and their application to the practice of counseling.

(ii)   Basic statistics.

(iii)   Research design, proposal development, implementation, and report writing.

(o)   “Supervision” means the term as defined in section 16109(2) of the code.

(p)   “Supervisor” means a licensed professional counselor who received training in the function of counseling supervision, as specified in R 338.1757.

(q)   "Testing procedures" means studies that provide an understanding of all of the following:

(i)   Group and individual psychometric theories and approaches to appraisal and diagnosis.

(ii)     Selecting,  administering,  scoring,  and   interpreting  instruments  and  procedures   that  are designed to assess all of the following with respect to an individual:

(a)   Aptitudes.

(b)   Interests.

(c)   Attitudes.

(d)  Abilities.

(e)   Achievements.

(f)  Personal characteristics.

(iii)   Factors that influence appraisals.

(iv)   Use of appraisal and diagnostic results in helping processes.

(r) "Under the supervision of a licensed professional counselor" means under the ongoing supervision of a licensed professional counselor licensed in this state who meets the requirements of a supervisor or under the ongoing supervision of an individual in another state who substantially meets the requirements for a professional counselor license and counseling supervisor in this state.

History: 2016 MR 6, Eff, March 17, 2016.