What are the educational requirements of the LCPC license?
Currently, there are three ways to meet the educational requirements for the LCPC license. First, a CACREP approved mental health counseling master’s program consisting of 60 semester credit hours; second, a master’s counseling program that is US DOE accredited and contains at least 48 semester credit hours and is subject to a transcript review of the content requirements; or, third, a doctoral psychology degree in either clinical psychology or counseling psychology that is APA or CPA accredited. Effective January 1, 2009 – the minimum number of semester hours will increase to 60 semester credit hours.