I am currently in a masters of counseling program and am planning on becoming licensed in the state of Arkansas after graduation. My husband and I will be doing a bit of moving around once he starts his optometry externships (about the same time I will be graduating with my MS) and I want to know if I can start my supervision hours (for AR licensure) in another state. I have not been able to find this on the AR licensure website and my professors say it depends on the state. Any insight would be greatly appreciated!
LPC licensure hours in different states?
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I think you should be okay, Elle. As long as your previous supervisor meets the same criteria that is required by Arkansas to be a licensed supervisor. If that's the case the hours will be transferrable. I might be running into the same problem, and most people have told me to check the individual state's supervising requirements. Hope that helps.
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This is a cut and paste from ACA - so I am not sure how it will format... - probably not well - but I would be very careful about rmaking sure you are egistering your supervisor in Arkansas and making sure s/he was APPROVED to provide supervision in Arkansas and that they APPROVE your clinical setting in another state.
In Virginia - it is very difficult to get licensed if the hours are accrued in another state.
Alternatively, you could register your supervision and clinical setting in the state where you will be working prior to moving to Arkansas and hope that they would allow you to transfer the hours.
Hope this helps,
Vasa Lisa
Licensure Requirements for Professional Counselors 2010
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State
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Educational
Requirements
Experiential
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Exam
Required
ARKANSAS
AR Board of Examiners in Counseling P.O. Box 70 Magnolia, AR 71754 870/901-7055 870/234-1842 (fax)
[email protected]
www.state.ar.us/abec
Application packet (if mailed): $20
Application fee: $200
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) Licensed Associate Counselor (LAC) An applicant with less than 3 years of post-master‟s level supervision experience, if all other requirements have been met.
Master‟s degree or higher in counseling from a program that reflects the CACREP or CORE curriculum and consists of 60 semester hours from a regionally accredited institution.
3 years/3,000 hours of post-master‟s supervised counseling experience (1 year = 1,000 hours).
One year of experience may be gained for each 30 semester hours earned beyond master‟s degree (up to 2 years) provided the hours are clearly counseling in nature and acceptable to the board.
Supervision must be under a board approved supervisor.
NCE and an
oral exam
Thanks all for the responses. Sounds like I will probably need to contact Arkansas Counseling Association and find out exactly what the requirements are for transferring supervision hours. I appreciate your thoughts and advice!
