Quote from: tekla on January 14, 2008, 04:10:57 PM
A person can go to college, get a 'C' average or better in psychology, ( which basicaly means studying the works of clasic and modern famous psychologists) get a basic rundown on suicide prevention, saftey, and confidetiality. and Presto! They are an LPC.
That would be nice, no doubt. An LPC requires 60 or more hours of schooling and either degrees in Psychology or Clinical Psychology. The Clin. Psych are three years of fulltime schooling and most graduate schools require B or above avg just to stay in school, tekla.
Afterwards 3 years of supervision by a licensed person and in a clinical setting, you can't just go 'hang a shingle' in most states, CA may be an exception.
As well there are national tests that must be passed. Then you go before a state licensing board and they approve, or not your license. THEN you get an LPC.
After the LPC is 'gotten' one must have on-going continuing education hours (usually 20 every two years) and further board okays to keep that LPC.
The time frames for Psychology PhDs are a bit longer, more like 6 years total before being eligible for licenses.
It's a bit more difficult and rigorous than a mail-order post-graduate or graduate degree is likely to be. Even then LPCs cannot make diagnoses all of the time. Diagnosis is limited to Psychiatric nurses, Psychiatrists, LCSWs and Clinical Psychologists.
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