To: Governor Gavin Newsom
Governor Jerry Brown: Verify Our Hours
We are dedicated and have worked hard to prepare ourselves to serve California’s growing mental health needs. MFT interns should be able to take the licensing exam within a reasonable amount of time so we can get to work providing these much needed services.
Why is this important?
It takes Marriage and Family Therapist interns like me years to complete our licensing requirements, including our 3000 supervised clinical hours. After we’ve met these requirements, the Board of Behavioral Sciences currently takes 7+ months to verify our hours, simply because they are understaffed. Hiring just one more employee at the BBS would make an enormous difference in the lives of interns who are forced to wait almost a whole year despite being basically license-ready.