My name is Rebecca Bivens and I am an alumnus of Radford University's Clincial Psychology master's degree program.  After graduating from the program, I attempted to become a licensed professional couselor (LPC) so that I could continue in my chosen career.  However, when I submitted my application, I was rejected.  In the rejection letter I received, the exact wording was as follows: "1. Specifically, the graduate level program you enrolled in does not have an expressed intent to prepare counselors; 2. There is not an identifiable counselor training faculty; and 3. The coursework on your transcript does not meet the core content criteria of the educational requirements set forth by Regulations as there is not a sequence of academic study with the expressed intent to prepare counselors."  Due to this rejection, I was forced to rethink my career path and so decided to return to school.  I was accepted into Virginia Tech's Human Development department and am now a Ph.D. candidate and the executive director of a new adult day service center in Princeton, West Virginia.  Although this career change was positive for me, it was a hardship for myself and many others who anticipated launching careers as counselors.  Drs. Chase and Elliott, faculty in Radford University's Clincial Psychology department, have worked continuously to overturn the ruling of the board some four years prior, and I commend them for their tenacity and caring of their students.  It is for that and all other reasons outlined above that I lend my full support to the petition forumlated by Dr. Chase.