I strongly oppose the current proposal. The importance of mental health professionals in today’s society is paramount. Under the provision that licensed counselors who graduate from programs accredited by CACREP would qualify for licensure with 3 years post-licensure experience, while those licensed counselors who are not affiliated with CACREP would need 10 years post-licensure experience would be detrimental to the field. Not only would this harm those licensed counselors who have already graduated from programs that are not affiliated with CACREP, this would further impact students such as me who are now pursuing a career in the field. This would only further deter individuals from pursuing a career in mental health. Considering there is no empirical evidence that licensed counselors who graduated from CACREP accredited programs are better suited that those who did not, is reason enough to forgo this proposal. I support licensure portability and would support reconsidering this current proposal.