Directed Experience for APC’s in GA

Professional counseling is a broad profession with many areas of specialization. Counselors work in many settings such as: Education Judicial Hospitals Crisis Lines Private Practice Residential Rehabilitation Community Mental Health, and so on… Broad Job Duties Counselors roles and job duties can go from very broad to somewhat narrow. For example: school counselors do everything … Read more

Counseling Licensure Supervision in Georgia

Toward Counselor Parity In recent years, the counseling licensure process in Georgia has undergone a much needed transformation. Our licensing board has made updates to the counseling licensure regulations and rules. These changes are intended to align Georgia with a number of other states in terms of licensing requirements. Following New Regulations October 1, 2018 … Read more

If You Want More, Stop Accepting Less

Victimized? This week I had the great fortune of engaging in meaningful dialogue with a group of my supervisees. There were many topics up for discussion but one really captured my attention – “How do we find work in the field that is not traumatizing?” This may seem like a loaded question, but I don’t … Read more

Counseling Licensure Examination in GA

One Exam, One License to Practice A few years ago there was an effort to require the NCE (National Counseling Exam) for the Associate Professional Counselor status and the NCMHCE (National Clinical Mental Health Counseling Exam) for the Licensed Professional Counselor designation. Ultimately this measure did not stand because it would mean applicants were being … Read more