Professional Counseling - Pennsylvania Licensure
Licensure Information
Lancaster Bible College | Capital Seminary & Graduate School offers four professional counseling programs which prepares students to apply to be a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC). Following are the program with the number of credits required to graduate.
- Addictions Counseling (60 credits)
- Clinical Mental Health Counseling (60 credits)
- Marriage Couple & Family Counseling (60 credits)
- Professional School Counseling (48 credits)
In Pennsylvania, the academic requirement to apply for Licensed Professional Counselor is 60 graduate credits with following core content areas.
- Human Growth and Development
- Social & Cultural Foundations
- Helping Relationships
- Group Work
- Career and Lifestyle Development
- Appraisal
- Research and Program Evaluation
- Professional Orientation
- Clinical Instruction (100 clock hours of supervised practicum and 600 clock hours of supervised internship experience)
The three professional counseling programs meet the academic requirements (9 core content areas and 60 credits). The professional school counseling is a 48 credit program (meets the 9 core content areas). Students enrolled in this program and are desiring the options to apply for LPC may take the additional 12 credits after they graduate with their 48 credits.
It is important to remember that Lancaster Bible College | Capital Seminary & Graduate School, grants the degree, and individual states grant licenses. As such, students need to be sure that they are following their respective state licensing guidelines. To learn more about other states licensure requirement for LPC please click here.
Post-Master’s Coursework Towards Licensure
LBC|Capital also offers a non-degree program for post-master’s coursework towards licensure. This program is tailored for individuals who hold a Master’s degree in counseling or counseling related fields (48 credits) and would like to complete the 12 remaining credits (elective course work | core content area) to meet the academic requirements. Please click here to verify if your Master’s degree meets the state licensure requirements in Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania State Regulation for Licensure
To read the Pennsylvania state licensure regulation and board resources please click the below links.
Licensure Exam Information
The most widely used licensure exam is National Counselor Exam (NCE). This test is administered by the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC).
The NCE is a 200-item multiple-choice examination designed to assess knowledge, skills and abilities determined to be important for providing effective counseling services. The NCE is required in the licensure process in Pennsylvania and is one of two exam options for National Certified Counselor (NCC) certification. The NBCC requires a confirmation of your Master’s degree in order to apply for the NCE. Below are links to recourse for the NCE.
For additional information about the Licensed Professional Counselor application process and Post-Master’s Coursework Towards Licensure please email us at cswdepartment@lbc.edu or call 717.560.8227.
Professional Counseling - PA Licensure
Required Courses
| CPS 583 | Multicultural Foundations of Counseling | 3 |
| CPS 588 | Career and Lifestyle Development | 3 |
| CPS 603 | Counseling Internship II | 3 |
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| Counseling Elective | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 12 |