I strongly oppose making Virginia a CACREP-only state. By doing so, it is limiting QUALIFIED persons who are there to support their communities with their mental health needs. I was fortunate enough to be able to move to Colorado a few years back. In doing so, I will be able to advance my career and become an LPC, unlike if I had remained in Virginia. My current position is as a Child & Family therapist, providing individual and group therapy services to children and adults. I prove to myself and my community day after day that I am qualified to provide mental health services to my clientele. The education I have been provided is more than sufficient to have made me effective in my role as a therapist. In the end, it is those seeking mental health services in Virginia that lose out by making Virginia a CAREP only state.