I want to express my support for the work the Virginia Board has done to address the licensure portability needs of professional counselors. As professional counselors we are a unique and distinct profession with specific training and supervision needs that are encapsulated in the CACREP training model. The fact that you have not only included CACREP as an appropriate training model but also have included a non-CACREP training model that ensures that current and future professionals are trained in the tradition of professional counseling with a professional counseling identity is to be commended. Your training model helps to protect all current licensees and helps to protect professional counseling into the future. In my research on counselor supervision, I have found that there is a tremendous disparity across the 53 licensure jurisdictions when it comes to post-graduate supervised experience requirements. Your requirement for 2 years of post licensure experience can help to bridge that gap in post-graduate supervised experience for licensure and as the profession and Virginia moves toward a more universal post-graduate supervised experience model. Virginia, as the first state to license professional counselors, has always been a leader in the professional development of our unique and distinct profession. It is my hope that you will adopt the present model so that you will stand as the beacon of light for other states and jurisdictions to model.