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Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CACREP) – Northern Mariana Islands

Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)

The Northern Mariana Islands require that applicants for this licensure have the following.

Applicants must hold a current, unencumbered certification from NBCC as a national certified counselor, a national clinical mental health counselor, or a national certified rehabilitation counselor who has taken and passed the National Counseling Examination, the National Clinical Mental Health Counselor Examination, or the Rehabilitation Certification Examination (provide copy of certificate);
Or have a master’s or doctoral degree in counseling from a counseling program accredited by the CACREP or from a college or university accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in counseling, that includes or is supplemented by 48 semester hours of graduate-level credit with 2 semester hours or greater in 8 content areas listed below and at least 6 semester hour of field experience (provide copy of degree/transcript):
- Human Growth and Development Theories in Counseling
- Social and Cultural Foundations in Counseling
- Helping Relationships in Counseling
- Group Counseling Theories and Processes
- Career Counseling and Lifestyle Development
- Assessment in Counseling
- Research and Program Evaluation
- Professional Orientation to Counseling
- Counseling Field Experience

Must complete the supervised counseling work experience required under (f) of this section (provide supervised clinical report)
Complete the CACREP accredited tracks is considered to have met the supervised, professional work experience required under (f) of this section; and
Successfully passed the NBCC’s National Counselor Examination (NCE), the National Clinical Mental Health Counselor Examination (NCMHCE), or the Counselor Rehabilitation Certification Examination (CRC). The Board shall accept examinations administered by other state counselor licensing boards and professional counselor credentialing associations if the Board determines that such examinations are equivalent to the NCE, NCMHCE, or CRC relative to content and minimum satisfactory performance levels for counselors.
Curriculum vitae including a detailed education and experience history which shall include dates, places, institutions, educational programs and description of all prior education and work experience (provide copy of CV)

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