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WHAT'S AN LPC? |
- It stands for: Licensed Professional
Counselor
- It's a license granted to individuals
allowing them to practice counseling in the state of New Jersey.
- Most states in the nation license
Professional Counselors,
it's relatively new in New Jersey so it may not be immediately
recognizable.
Professionals are licensed for the protection of the public against
inexperienced and uneducated persons portraying themselves as competent
professionals. A law that licenses a profession is passed by the state
in an effort to:
- Protect the public by setting minimum
standards of education, training and experience.
- Regulate this profession with rules of
conduct.
- Investigate possible breaches of the
regulations and discipline violators.
The LPC was passed into law for the first time in 1979 in the state of
Alabama. Since then 48 states have enacted legislation licensing
professionals as Professional Counselors. New Jersey joined this group
in 1993. |
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