LICENSURE
The Clinical Mental Health Counseling program is designed so that graduates are eligible candidates for licensing as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in the state of Florida after graduation. Graduates must first register with the state as a Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern, and complete these requirements before obtaining full licensure as a LMHC. Florida’s regulations can be accessed online at: Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling For students who reside in states other than Florida, please consult that particular state’s licensing board to review their regulations as Hodges University is still in the process of determining licensure requirements in all states. Contact information for each state’s licensing board is provided on the American Counseling Association’s (ACA)’s website at: American Counseling Association. Most states have a similar provisional licensing period that lasts 2 years post-master’s degree before you can be fully licensed as a counselor in that state. As we are a CACREP-accredited program, the master’s degree coursework in this program is designed to align with the educational requirements of most states’ licensing boards. No graduate program, however, can guarantee licensure after graduation. If you reside outside of Florida or may move after graduation, review your state’s licensing requirements and contact the state licensing board if you have questions about the coursework standards for your state. The graduate, in order to obtain their license, must have two years of full-time work experience under supervision of a Qualified Supervisor for Registered Mental
Health Counselor Interns in Florida. If a Qualified Supervisor is not available at the agency that the student is hired at post- master’s, then the student will have to hire and pay a Qualified Supervisor for MHC Interns as a consultant. More information on this process, as well as all other licensing requirements, can be found at: Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling. In Florida, the student must also pass the NCMHCE exam administered by the National Board for Certified Counselors. The student will become familiar with the exam process while in the CMHC program. Most states now require the NCMHCE exam for state licensure, although some states may require the National Counselor Exam (NCE) for licensure. Check the licensure information in your state for exam requirement information. More information about the NCMHCE can be found at: National Board for Certified Counselors NCMHCE.
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