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What are the Requirements to Participate in Supervision Services?

• Successful completion of a master’s, specialist, or doctoral degree program that qualifies you to pursue licensure as an Associate Professional Counselor and Licensed Professional Counselor in the State of Georgia.

• To learn more about these qualifications please visit the State of Georgia Composite Board of Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists at https://sos.ga.gov/board-professional-counselors-social-workers-and-marriage-family-therapists

• Employment in a position (or contract work) that qualifies as counseling services as defined by the Georgia Composite Board of LPC’s, LCSW’s and LMFT’s, either with CFC or some other Direct Work Experience

• Willingness to carry your own liability insurance- www.hpso.com and www.cphins.com

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What are the Steps to Becoming Fully Licensed as an LPC

Educational Requirements

1. Earn your Master’s degree in Counseling or a related behavioral science such as Social Work, Human Services, Marriage and Family Therapy or Psychology from a Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) accredited Master of Counseling program or one that is accredited by the Council on Higher Education Accreditation.

2. You must meet the required course areas as described on the Georgia Board of Professional Counselors website which incudes COUNSELING/PSYCHOTHERAPY THEORY, COUNSELING OR APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY PRACTICUM OR INTERNSHIP, DSM, DIAGNOSTICS or PSYCHOPATHOLOGY, AND AT LEAST 6OF THE NINE (9) CONTENT AREAS ARE REQUIRED I - HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT II - MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING OR DIVERSITY TRAINING,– COUNSELING TECHNIQUES OR SKILLS, OR ADVANCED PSYCHOTHERAPY/INTERVENTION THEORY IV - GROUP DYNAMICS AND GROUP COUNSELING/PSYCHOTHERAPY V - LIFESTYLE AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT VI- APPRAISAL/ASSESSMENT OF INDIVIDUALS VII - RESEARCH METHODS AND EVALUATION OR RESEARCH STATISTICS VIII - PROFESSIONAL ORIENTATION & ETHICS IX ADVANCED PSYCHOPATHOLOGY

Internship

1. You must complete a 100 hour supervised work experience internship during your Graduate program.

LAPC

1. Apply for the Associate Licensed Counselor Title with the Georgia Board of Professional Counselors

2. In order to begin accumulating supervised work experience, you will need to apply for your title, by submitting degree, transcript, clinical and direct supervision agreements that outlines how you plan to obtain your supervised experience.

3. You can find the form here: http://sos.georgia.gov/cgi-bin/plbforms.asp?board=41

Supervised Experience

1. You must contract with a CPCS, Georgia Certified Professional Counseling Supervisor or ACS. NBCC Accredited Clinical Supervisor to oversee all your work.  During this time it is a violation to work independently and you must work as a W-2 or 1099 employee of a company you DO NOT own.

2. You must complete 2-5 years of supervised professional experience depending on your education if you have a Master's Degree.

3. You must complete 105 Hours of Clinical Supervision and 3000 hours of Direct Work Experience within 60 months.   

Apply for and Take Your Exam

1. After completing your supervised professional experience portion, you must now complete the exam portion of the requirements.  Some students take the exam at the end of their Master's program but if you did not complete or pass the exam prior to graduation, you will take it at this juncture.  

2. You must apply with the Georgia Board of Professional Counselors (GBPC) to take your exam. You must take the National Counselor Examination (NCE) or the National Mental Health Counselors Exam (NMHCE) as administered by the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC) and pass with a score acceptable to the GBPC.

Apply for Your License

1. After completing all of the above steps you are now ready to apply for your full license. (Yes 4-7 long years later!!!)

2. You must apply with the Georgia Board of Professional Counselors (GBPC) for your title Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC).

3. You must include all the relevant materials and verifications.

4. You can find the form here: http://sos.georgia.gov/cgi-bin/plbforms.asp?board=41

Continuing Education

1. Once you have your LPC title, you will need to complete continuing education credits in order to maintain licensure.

2. You must complete 35 hours of continuing education every two years.

3. 5 hours must be in professional ethics.

4. 15 hours in core classes for professional counseling and must be synchronous learning.

5. The remaining 15 can be for other job titles but must be relevant to mental health counseling.

6. Only 10 hours can be self-directed- Reading a book, researching, etc.

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