Even thought I graduated from a CACREP school in Virginia, I oppose this attempt to make work and licensure so much harder for non-CACREP graduates, or rule them out completely. As a LPC, I've worked with several non-CACREP graduates who enriched my work as a colleague, and enriched the clients they saw. I was a lifelong resident of Virginia, and I hope Virginia stops this restriction when the whole nation, including Virginia, is in need of more mental health clinicians.