As a graduate student preparing to become a LPC in Virginia I have many requirements to get there. Where as, social workers, LMFT’s, psychologists, and others have very different requirements to become licensed. If this is allowed it would heavily hurt the identity and the integrity of Licensed Professional Counselors. Other programs should not be able to become licensed like me with much different standards and steps. This will only harm the counseling profession and further dilute the differences between each of these fields.