Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Health Professions
 
Board
Board of Counseling
 
chapter
Regulations Governing the Practice of Professional Counseling [18 VAC 115 ‑ 20]
Action Changes resulting from periodic review
Stage NOIRA
Comment Period Ended on 9/18/2019
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9/11/19  10:15 pm
Commenter: James Nelms

Outrageous proposal
 

Kindly show us evidence to suggest that students who attended CACREP accredited institutions are better prepared to provide therapeutic services and we'll let this settle.  To date there is no substantiated evidence for this.  None.  Zero. 

Your broad based focus should be to promote mental health, to reduce stigmatization of those seeking counseling support, and to act as a catalyst for easier access to quality therapy from professionals who graduated from lauded institutions, like the University of Baltimore. 

This proposal will have a wide-reaching impact on not only the lives of professionals and the people who need to be able to easier access therapy services, but will also affect the development of future counseling studies and academic journals that support research on new therapeutic and counseling methods.

Please reconsider and do the right thing.

 

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