LPCLicensed Professional Counselor · professional counselor
- three thousand (3000) hours of supervised experience in professional counseling; reducible by 1,000 per 15 post-master's semester hours, floor 1,000
- Supervision: Annual average of 100 hours from the Supervising Counselor: 50 direct (25 individual in-person) + 50 'other' approved activities
- Remote supervision: in-person rules
- minimum of one-thousand (1000) post-degree direct client hours, over a minimum of two (2) years post degree
- Supervision: 200 hours total, 100 individual; up to 100 from graduate program (1:5 ratio); ≥100 post-degree incl. ≥50 individual
- Remote supervision: paperwork
- not less than 3,000 work hours of post masters experience and 96 hours of supervision
- Supervision: 96 hours of clinical supervision from a board-approved LICSW supervisor
- Remote supervision: paperwork
- Internship: APA/CPA-accredited internship, or organized internship equal to 1 year full-time in 11-24 consecutive months (10 for school psych)
- No postdoc required
- Remote supervision: easy
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