It is my professional opinion both as a LCPC and as an practictioner registered with the Workers Compensation Commission, the issue is quality of education provided, practical training and experience and not the "acceditation" designated by a particuar organization.  These so called acceditations are self serving, promoting a set of values consistent with the organizations mission, rather than the needs of the patient. I have witnessed this in the social work profession where the primary national organization places a cri;teria of certain values over the self determination of both professionals and clients. This is what you want for professional counselors, a monoliithic agenda. Education must be based on respecting the self determination of both the client and professional. Learning counseling skills does not require and is restricted when a particular organization dictates the agenda a college /professional training must adhere too in order to qualify for membership. It becomes policitized valueing one set of propective other another.  All you have to do is understand history and how well meaning counselors and physicians began a process to improve the quality of peoples lives by endorsing and participating first in the euthenasia of "defective" newborns, then the disabled, until a population accepted it and which resulted in the holocast.  No one organization and it's philosphy should be dominate let alone required. Comprehensive quality education is required respecting all people.