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Licensure
Mississippi offers several paths to counselor licensure and supervisor certification depending on the applicant’s educational, examination and professional experience. Individuals seeking licensure must meet pre-application requirements BEFORE applying for one of these types of license or certification.
- Provisional Licensed Professional Counselor (P-LPC) has met pre-application requirements and is approved by the Board to offer professional counseling or psychotherapy services while under the supervision of a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor (LPC-S).
- Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) has met pre-application requirements and is approved to practice independent counseling without supervision.
- Licensed Professional Counselor by Universal currently holds a LPC license in another state, with a similar scope of practice and at the same practice level, with at least one (1) year of professional work experience as a counselor since the date of initial licensure, that licensure was maintained continuously during that year and that no substantiated complaints or disciplinary action(s) have ever been taken against the licensee.
- Licensed Professional Counselor by Comity has met the pre-application requirements, has a current license as a Licensed Professional Counselor or its equivalent independent counseling license from another state and has practiced independent counseling for at least the past five years without supervision.
- Licensed Professional Counselor – Supervisor (LPC-S) has been practicing mental health counseling for at least five years, has consecutively held a Mississippi LPC license in good standing for at least two of the five years, and has completed the supervisory education requirements to be certified by the Board to supervise.
Mississippi State Board of Examiners for Licensed Professional Counselors
239 North Lamar Street
Suite 402
Jackson, MS 39201
Office: 601 359-1010
Email: info@lpc.ms.gov
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5. Continuing Education
The Board has partnered with CE Broker as our official CEH tracking system.
How do I activate my free CE Broker account?
Activating your free Basic Account is a simple 3-step process.
- Go to www.cebroker.com/plans
- Choose the account option that works best for you. For your free account, choose Basic Account.
- Enter your license number and answer a few simple questions, as prompted.
Once you have completed these steps you can start tracking and reporting your continuing education.
Requirements
Reported hours must have been obtained in the two-year time period since your last renewal date.
For LPC renewal:
- 24 total Continuing Education Hours (CEH) hours are required, including,
- 6 CEH in professional ethics or legal issues in the delivery of counseling services
For LPC-S renewal, above requirements, plus
- 1 CEH in supervision per year; a minimum of 2 hours per renewal period.
- LPC-S renewal coincides with LPC renewal.
How do I self-report CE in my CE Broker account?
You can easily report CE from your CE Broker account by following these steps:
Log into your CE Broker account.
On your dashboard, click Report Hours.
Choose the requirement you would like to report and click Begin next to it.
Fill out some simple information, including number of hours completed.
Attach your certificate of completion.
PRO TIP: You can also report your CE on the go using the CE Broker mobile apps, available for iPhone and Android.
Update/Review Continuing Education Credit
LPCs may report their totals of continuing education hours by type in their Profile by selecting the CEH Reporting tab, then select the View/Update Current CE Hrs. Follow the instructions provided when selecting this tab.
Click here to login to your Profile.
Providers
- American Counseling Association Search For ACA Continuing Education
- American Mental Health Counselors Association Search for AMCHA Continuing Education
- Mississippi Counseling Association Search for MCA Continuing Education
- Mississippi Licensed Professional Counselor Association Search for MLPCA Continuing Education with approval from Mississippi Counseling Association
- American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy Search for AAMFT Continuing Education
- The National Board of Certified Counselors Search for an NBCC Approved Continuing Education Provider
Refer to the Rules and Regulations - Rule 6.2.(C) - on other ways to receive CEH (i.e. coursework, Home Study, Presentations, Publishing, Counseling, Research, and/or Organizational and Regulatory)
NBCC Review form for non-pre-approved CEH