I oppose the petition for previous experience in another helping profession to count towards getting a LPC/LMFT license. Licensed social workers and psychologists have a different focus and background when dealing with clients. Counselors have a more strengths-based and wellness focus when dealing with clients. Therefore, supervision is necessary in order to ensure that counselors are operating in a strengths-based focus. It would also skew the counselor identity, making it difficult to further differentiate between a counselor and other helping professions.