Individuals
who wish to practice professional counseling or who wish to use
the title "professional counselor" must be licensed as a professional
counselor or hold a temporary license or professional counselor
training certificate, prusuant to s. 457.04(6) and s. 457.13 of
the Wisconsin Statues.
A professional counselor
training certificate allows an individual who has received a master's
or doctorate degree in professional counseling or its equivalent
from a program approved by the professional counselor section and
is employed full-time, or has an offer of full-time employment,
to work as a professional counselor in a supervised clinical professional
counseling practice or in a position in which the applicant will,
in the opinion of the professional counselor section, receive training
and supervision equivalent to the training and supervision received
in a full-time supervised clinical professional counseling practice.
A professional counseling
training certificate is valid for 24 months or until the date on
which the holder of the certificate ceases to be employed in a full-time
supervised clinical professional counseling practice setting. The
training certificate is not renewable.
A professional counselor
training certificate authorizes the holder of the certificate to
use the title "professional counselor", "professional rehabilitation
counselor", "vocational rehabilitation counselor", "rehabilitation
counselor" or any similar title for as long as the certificate is
valid.
