Other States Counselor Licensure
For each of the states listed below, their website for counselor licensure is provided. For licensure, most use the National Counselor Exam (NCE) although some use other exams in addition to or instead of the NCE.
In all states, the path to National Counselor Certification through the National Board for Certified Counselors is the NCE. And, many colleges and universities within each of these states also use the Counselor Preparation Comprehensive Examination (CPCE) for their graduate counselor training programs.
ALABAMA State Counselor Licensure: www.abec.alabama.gov
ALASKA State Counselor Licensure: www.commerce.state.ak.us/occ/ppco.htm
ARKANSAS State Counselor Licensure: www.abec.arkansas.gov
CONNECTICUT State Counselor Licensure: www.ct-clic.com
DELAWARE State Counselor Licensure: www.dpr.delaware.gov/
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA State Counselor Licensure: www.hpla.doh.dc.gov/hpla
FLORIDA State Counselor Licensure: www.doh.state.fl.us/mqa
HAWAII State Counselor Licensure: www.hawaii.gov/dcca/pvl/programs/mental
IDAHO State Counselor Licensure: www.idaho.gov/business/licensing.html
INDIANA State Counselor Licensure: www.in.gov/pla/boards.htm
IOWA State Counselor Licensure: www.idph.state.ia.us/licensure/
KANSAS State Counselor Licensure: www.ksbsrb.org/
KENTUCKY State Counselor Licensure: www.lpc.ky.gov/
MAINE State Counselor Licensure: www.maine.gov/pfr/olr
MASSACHUSETTS State Counselor Licensure: www.mass.gov/reg/boards/mh
MINNESOTA State Counselor Licensure: www.bbht.state.mn.us
MISSISSIPPI State Counselor Licensure: www.lpc.state.ms.us
MONTANA State Counselor Licensure: www.swpc.mt.gov
NEBRASKA State Counselor Licensure: dhhs.ne.gov/publichealth/pages/crl_mhcs_mental_mentalhealth.aspx
NEVADA State Counselor Licensure: www.marriage.state.nv.us/
NEW HAMPSHIRE State Counselor Licensure: www.nh.gov/mhpb/
NEW MEXICO State Counselor Licensure: www.rld.state.nm.us/counseling/
NEW YORK State Counselor Licensure: www.op.nysed.gov/prof/
NORTH DAKOTA State Counselor Licensure: www.ndbce.org/
OREGON State Counselor Licensure: www.oblpct.state.or.us
PUERTO RICO State Counselor Licensure: www.salud.gov.pr, consejeriapr.org (Association of Puerto Rico Professional Counselors)
RHODE ISLAND State Counselor Licensure: www.health.ri.gov/hsr/professions/mf_counsel.php
SOUTH CAROLINA State Counselor Licensure: www.llr.state.sc.us/pol/counselors
SOUTH DAKOTA State Counselor Licensure: www.dss.sd.gov
TENNESSEE State Counselor Licensure: health.state.tn.us/boards/PC_MFT&CPT/
UTAH State Counselor Licensure: www.dopl.utah.gov/licensing/professional_counseling.html
VERMONT State Counselor Licensure: www.vtprofessionals.org
VIRGINIA State Counselor Licensure: www.dhp.virginia.gov/counseling
WEST VIRGINIA State Counselor Licensure: www.wvbec.org
WYOMING State Counselor Licensure: plboards.state.wy.us/mentalhealth/links.asp