LPCs cannot yet access ease of licensure portability as other MH professions can. Those other professions require an accredited degree program such as APA accredited for psychologists. VA moving to this regulation for licensure would provide for increased consistency of training for LPCs across the US and move the profession towards gaining eligiblity for federal programs such as Medicare and be a step towards licensure portability. This would provide increased access to MH professionals in underserved populations. Additionally, VA regulations for licensure already require a CACREP similar education, this is one step beyond that which supports the above points.

- Rebecca Hogg, Resident in Counseling