Table Revision date: 6/12/2025
| State | License Type1,2 | La Salle PCC Program Meets Licensure Requirements?2,3 | Notes4 |
| Alabama (AL) | ALC, LPC | YES | At least 80% of the direct service work with clients in the practicum must be in counseling sessions with clients. Assessment activities with clients may not account for more than 20% of the direct services in the practicum. |
| Alaska (AK) | LPC | YES | |
| Arizona (AZ) | LAC, LPC | YES | |
| Arkansas (AR) | LAC, LPC | NO | Technology Assisted Counseling (1 Graduate Credit Hour Minimum) |
| California (CA) | APCC, LPCC | NO | Psychopharmacology, including the biological bases of behavior, basic classifications, indications, and contraindications of commonly prescribed psychopharmacological medications so that appropriate referrals can be made for medication evaluations and so that the side effects of those medications can be identified. 15 semester units or 22.5 quarter units of advanced coursework to develop knowledge of specific treatment issues or special populations. |
| Colorado (CO) | LPCC, LPC | YES | |
| Connecticut (CT) | Associate Professional Counselor, LPC | YES | |
| Delaware (DE) | LACMH, LPCMH | YES | |
| District of Columbia (DC) | LGPC, LPC | YES | |
| Florida (FL) | Provisional License, LMHC | NO | Human Sexuality required |
| Georgia (GA) | APC, LPC | YES | |
| Hawaii (HI) | LMHC | YES | |
| Idaho (ID) | LPC | YES | |
| Illinois (IL) | LPC | YES | |
| Indiana (IN) | LMHCA, LMHC | NO | 66 hours of face-to-face supervision required across Practicum and Internship |
| Iowa (IA) | LMHC | YES | |
| Kansas (KS) | LPC | YES | |
| Kentucky (KY) | LPCA, LPCC | YES | |
| Louisiana (LA) | PLPC, LPC | YES | |
| Maine (ME) | Conditional License, LPC | YES | |
| Maryland (MD) | LGPC, LCPC | YES | |
| Massachusetts (MA) | LHMC | YES | Practicum/Internship approved supervisor: An approved supervisor is a practitioner with three years of full-time or the equivalent part-time post-licensure clinical mental health counseling experience who is either a Massachusetts licensed mental health counselor, independent clinical social worker, marriage and family therapist, psychologist with a health services provider certification, physician with a sub-specialization in psychiatry, nurse practitioner with a sub-specialization in psychiatry or, where the practice and supervision occurred outside of Massachusetts, an individual who is an independently licensed mental health practitioner with a license or registration equivalent to one listed above. |
| Michigan (MI) | LLC, LPC | YES | |
| Minnesota (MN) | LPC | YES | |
| Mississippi (MS) | P-LPC, LPC | YES | |
| Missouri (MO) | PLPC, LPC | YES | |
| Montana (MT) | LCPC candidate, LCPC | YES | |
| Nebraska (NE) | PLMHP, LMHP | YES | |
| Nevada (NV) | LCPC | YES | |
| New Hampshire (NH) | LCMHC candidate, LCMHC | YES | |
| New Jersey (NJ) | LAC, LPC | YES | |
| New Mexico (NM) | LHMC, LPCC | YES | |
| New York (NY) | Limited permit, LMHC | YES | |
| North Carolina (NC) | LCMHCA, LCMHC | YES | Applicants who apply on or after July 1, 2025, must also complete all internship experiences in a clinical mental health setting that provides substantial opportunities to assess, appraise, diagnose, and treat mental health disorders and shall consist of “direct counseling experience” as defined in Rule .0205(a) of this Section. Clinical mental health settings may include private practices; college counseling centers; community agencies; managed behavioral health care organizations; integrated delivery systems hospitals; employee assistance programs; specialty treatment centers; vocational rehabilitation centers; marriage, couple, and family practices; addiction counseling sites; or school-based clinical mental health counseling sites. |
| North Dakota (ND) | LAPC, LPC | UNDETERMINED | The research methods coursework must include content on statistical analysis of data sets pertaining to topics in counseling. |
| Ohio (OH) | LPC | YES | |
| Oklahoma (OK) | LPC | YES | |
| Oregon (OR) | Professional Counselor Associate; LPC | YES | |
| Pennsylvania (PA) | LAPC, LPC | YES | |
| Rhode Island (RI) | LCMHCA, LCMHC | YES | |
| South Carolina (SC) | LPC Associate, LPC | YES | |
| South Dakota (SD) | LPC, LPC-MH | YES | |
| Tennessee (TN) | LPC, LPC/MHSP | YES | Practicum and Internship: completion of a supervised field experience as either a practicum or internship that includes a minimum of five hundred (500) clock hours of training, at least three hundred (300) of which must be completed in a mental health or community agency setting. This field experience must be supervised by an individual with at least a master’s degree in counseling, social work, psychology or psychiatry. |
| Texas (TX) | LPC Associate, LPC | NO | Additional courses required in: Counselor ethicsPsychopathology & psychopharmacology |
| Utah (UT) | ACMHC, CMHC | YES | |
| Vermont (VT) | LCMHC | YES | |
| Virginia (VA) | Resident in Counseling, LPC | YES | |
| Washington (WA) | LMHCA, LMHC | YES | |
| West Virginia (WV) | Provisional license, LPC | YES | |
| Wisconsin (WI) | LPC Training License, LPC | YES | |
| Wyoming (WY) | Provisional Professional Counselor, LPC | YES |
1ACMHC = Associate Clinical Mental Health Counselor; ALC = Associate Licensed Counselor; APC = Associate Professional Counselor; APCC = Associate Professional Clinical Counselor; CMHC = Clinical Mental Health Counselor; LAC = Licensed Associate Counselor; LACMH = Licensed Associate Counselor of Mental Health; LAPC = Licensed Associate Professional Counselor; LCMHC = Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor; LCMHCA = Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Associate; LCPC = Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor; LGPC = Licensed Graduate Professional Counselor; LLC = Limited Licensed Counselor; LMHC = Licensed Mental Health Counselor; LMHCA = Licensed Mental Health Counselor Associate; LMHP = Licensed Mental Health Practitioner; LPCMH = Licensed Professional Counselor of Mental Health; LPC = Licensed Professional Counselor; LPCA = Licensed Professional Counselor Associate; LPCC = Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate or Licensed Professional Clinical Mental Health Counselor (depending on the state); LPC-MH = Licensed Professional Counselor-Mental Health; LPC/MHSP = Licensed Professional Counselor/Mental Health Services Provider; PLMHP = Provisionally Licensed Mental Health Practitioner; P-LPC = Provisional Licensed Professional Counselor; PLPC = Provisional Licensed Professional Counselor
2Some states have clinical licenses (e.g., Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC)) that have additional requirements beyond the standard professional counseling license (e.g., LPC). The table only reflects the licenses La Salle’s PCC Program meets the requirements for.
3Student plans of study may be able to be adjusted to meet the requirements for states listed as “NO.”
4Italicized text is a direct quotation from state rules/regulations.