Liberty meets education requirements.

Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CACREP) – Connecticut

Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)

Connecticut requires applicants for this licensure have a master’s in clinical mental health counseling accredited by CACREP, with 60 credit hours.

Required Coursework:

  • Human Growth and Development
  • Social and Cultural Foundations
  • Counseling Theories and Techniques
  • Group Counseling
  • Addiction and Substance Abuse Counseling
  • Diagnosis and Treatment of Mental and Emotional Disorders
  • Career Counseling
  • Appraisals or Tests and Measurements for Individuals and Groups
  • Research and Evaluation
  • Professional Orientation to Mental Health Counseling
  • Trauma and Crisis Counseling
  • Practicum: one-hundred hours
  • Internship: six-hundred hours

https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/departments-and-agencies/dph/dph/practitioner_licensing_and_investigations/plis/professionalcounselor/lpc_cos_mat2017.pdf?rev=e8140479ab24459ea59cbec11c1fa7f5&hash=24425B490B4A9829D3A1DD5D9F82D0FB

https://portal.ct.gov/dph/practitioner-licensing–investigations/professional-counselor/educational-requirements