Action | Changes resulting from periodic review |
Stage | Proposed |
Comment Period | Ended on 4/1/2022 |
I am in full support of interdisciplinary cooperation and counselor license portability. Suggesting that licensed professional counselors who are graduates of CACREP accredited programs require only three years of post-licensure experience, whereas licensed professionals who are graduates of other counseling training program must have seven years of post-licensure experience is an example of unfounded differential treatment. This is clearly exclusionary. There is no evidence that licensed counselors from CACREP programs are better prepared than counselors who are graduates of other counseling programs. At a time of great need for mental health services in this country we should be working collaboratively across all counseling programs to train competent counselors, and facilitate licensure acquisition rather than engage in such divisiveness.