The issue of licensing for school, agency, and university counselors is becoming of increasing significance both on the state and national scene due to the large number of counselors undertaking private practice. This article explores some of the problems involved. (Author/HMV)

This paper discusses potential problems of non-licensable counselors and psychologists in counseling center settings. Special mention is made of potential problems of non-licensable center directors in view of the standards established by the International Association of Counseling Services, Incorporated, and the Standards for Providers of…

The coordinator of a successful legislative effort by Oregon psychologists and chairman of the first Board of Examiners comments on some potential conflicts between professional idealism and political realities. (Author)

Counselor education programs will be under increasing pressure in the next decade. Licensing laws, the requirements of third party vendors and a changing job market will cause restructuring or elimination of current programs. Flight, fight, accommodation, and professionalization are considered as ways of coping with this threat. (Author)

In this dialogue the authors share their respective views about the nature of counseling and about its relationship to professional psychology. The major issue is level and intensity of professional preparation. (Author)

This article gives a brief history of the development of standards of preparation by APGA and the nature of APGA might at present strengthen the process of accreditation as it relates to counselor education. (Author)

A survey of the short history of the issue of counselor certification and licensure are the springboard for imagined future outcomes. Questions to ponder concern how licensure will come about, who will regulate the profession, and what part counselors must take to avoid the dilemma of lawsuits and malpractice. (MPJ)

This article examines the internal and external pressures that brought about the creation of the APGA Licensure Commission. It traces some important events that have occurred at least in part because of the Commission. Finally, the article discusses the active focus of the current APGA Licensure Committee. (Author)

This article takes a look into the future regarding counselor recertification. The authors discuss some of the complications of the recertification process and propose some techniques for evaluating pupil personnel workers. (HMV)

This article updates one in the June, 1977, Personnel and Guidance Journal and focuses on the same four issues: support within the counseling profession for additional credentialing practices, professional identity, licensure as the main credentialing thrust, and development and implementation of an effective method of accrediting preparation…

Counselors lack credentialing methods that meet their needs for gaining credence outside of the schools. It is suggested that the lack of a clear identity, including a focused philosophical base and the clear designation of functions, underlies the problem of establishing effective credentialing processes. (Author)

The question of licensing has burst upon the counseling scene fairly recently, and it is irrevocably related to two other issues: (a) determination of the professional functions of counselors; and (b) determination of the professional education of counselors to equip them to effectively perform these functions. (Author)

This paper reviews the basis for licensing, relates it to current developments in the counseling profession, discusses the basis for an alternative, and outlines the ingredients of a model professional disclosure statute. (Author)

This paper discusses the Psychological Licensing Act in Florida as it relates to doctoral level counselors with degrees of a "psychological nature," as opposed to degrees with a "major in psychology." By implication, it addresses problems of licensure of professionals in many states who identify themselves as counseling…

The author discusses the government's role in counselor licensing and then presents alternative ways to license counselors. One alternative would be to have licensing tests. A second would be to abolish licensing and concentrate on improving training programs. (EJT)