Graduate degree in professional counseling or equivalent program approved by professional counselor section of the examining board.
Continuing
Education Requirements
A total of
thirty credit hours are required. Licensees must take a minimum of
15 credits hours in approved professional counselor continuing education
programs and other educational activities, pursuant to s. MPSW 14.04
(1) through (5) of the Wisconsin Statutes and Administrative Code
. Four of those 15 credit hours must be in professional counselor
ethics and professional boundaries.
Continuing
education may be obtained through NRCA, ARCA, WRCA, NBCC, ACA, WCA,
CRCC, or a college or university that is accredited by the Commission
for Accreditation of Counseling & Related Educational Programs
(CACREP). [MPSW 14.04 (1) - (5)]
Effective October
1, 2006 the remainder of the 30 hours may be obtained through the
APA Committee for the Approval of Continuing Education, Category I
– AMA or AOA, through programs recognized by the Social Work Section
under s. MPSW 8.03 (1m) or through programs recognized by the Marriage
and Family Therapy Section under s. MPSW 19.02 of the Wisconsin
Statutes and Administrative Code.
Additional
credits may be given for other activities including, but not limited
to, teaching academic courses, publishing professional books, and
presenting at national conferences, all of which may require substantial
preparation and/or research related to the knowledge and practice
of professional counseling.
Please
Note: For the biennium that begins July 1, 2007 and ends
February 28, 2009, only 25 continuing education credit hours are required.
Of those, 15 credit hours must be in professional counselor continuing
education programs, pursuant to s. MPSW 14.04 (1) through (5) of the
Wisconsin Statutes and Administrative Code . Four of those
15 credit hours must be in professional counselor ethics and professional
boundaries. Thereafter, 30 credit hours are required.
See
administrative code for more details.
NOTE: Continuing
education requirement does not apply to the biennium when license
was first issued.
Biennium
from 3/1/odd – 2/28/odd.
