Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4757 - Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage and Family Therapist Board › Chapter 4757-13 - Licensing of Counselors › Section 4757-13-01 - Education requirements for admission to the examination for licensed professional counselor

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The requirements for licensure as a licensed professional
				counselor are set forth in section
				4757.23
				of the Revised Code. All "Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related
				Educational Programs" "CACREP" accredited clinical mental health programs,
				clinical rehabilitation counseling programs, or addiction counseling programs
				are deemed to be approved programs per division (B)(3)(c) of section
				4757.23
				of the Revised Code. "CACREP" accredited mental health program degrees
				conferred prior to January 1, 2018 are accepted as meeting the educational
				standards of this rule per division (B)(3)(b) of section
				4757.23
				of the Revised Code. Applicants from other accredited counseling programs shall
				meet the following standards per division (B)(3)(d) of section
				4757.23
				of the Revised Code.
(A) Pertaining to
			 the educational requirements, a "graduate degree in counseling" means a degree
			 that meets all of the following criteria:
(1)
			 The degree and/or the official transcript of course work shall clearly indicate
			 that the degree awarded is a degree in counseling. Graduate degrees in other
			 human service areas such as psychology, social work and marriage and family
			 therapy are not considered degrees in counseling.
(2) The program shall be clearly identified
			 as a counseling program. Such a program shall specify in pertinent
			 institutional catalogues and brochures its intent to educate and train
			 professional counselors.
(3) The
			 counseling program shall stand as a recognizable organizational entity within
			 the institution and have a counseling faculty who identify with the counseling
			 profession.
(4) The counseling
			 program shall be an organized sequence of study that includes
			  graduate coursework in 
			 the following  areas of counselor
			 education.
(a)
			 Counseling theory: Includes a study of basic theories, principles of counseling
			 and philosophical bases of the helping relationship;
(b) Counseling techniques: Includes
			 individual counseling practices, methods, facilitative skills, and the
			 application of these skills;
(c)
			 Practicum: includes a supervised training experience, acceptable to the board,
			 consisting of the provision of counseling to bona fide clients, and/ or groups
			 seeking services from counselors.
A practicum must conform to CACREP standards in place at the time the
			 practicum is completed.
(d) Internship: Includes an on-the-job
			 experience in professional counseling acceptable to the board.
(i) The internship
			 must meet CACREP standards, however, at its discretion the committee may waive
			 certain internship hours or approve alternative means of completing internship
			 requirements, provided the counselor education program can attest to the
			 competence of the applicant following completion of the
			 internship.
(ii)
			 First time applicants from non-CACREP accredited programs who are intending to
			 use the internship experience to meet the educational requirements of the board
			 shall document their internship experience on a form prescribed by the board.
			 The form shall be completed by the supervisor or supervisors and shall document
			 the student's competency in all areas designated on the form.
(e) Human growth and development:
			 Includes studies that provide a broad understanding of the nature and needs of
			 individuals at all developmental levels. Emphasis is placed on psychological,
			 sociological, and physiological approaches, human behavior, (normal and
			 abnormal), personality theory, and learning theory.
(f) Social and cultural foundations: Includes
			 studies of change, ethnic groups, subcultures, changing roles of women, sexism,
			 racism, ethnocentrism, urban and rural societies, population patterns, cultural
			 mores, use of leisure time, and differing life patterns.
(g) Group dynamics, processing and
			 counseling: includes the study of group dynamics, group processes, practices
			 and methods of group counseling, supervised practice, supervised facilitative
			 skills, and theory and types of groups.
(h) Life-style and career development:
			 includes vocational-choice theory, relationship of career choice to life-style,
			 sources of occupational and educational information, approaches to career
			 decision-making processes, and career development exploration
			 techniques.
(i) Appraisal of the
			 individual through: testing includes the development of a framework for
			 understanding the individual, methods of data-gathering and interpretation,
			 case study approaches, individual and group psychological and educational
			 testing and the study of individual differences with consideration of ethnic,
			 cultural and gender factors.
(j)
			 Research and evaluation: Includes statistics, research design, the development
			 of research and demonstration proposals, as well as the development and
			 evaluation of program objectives.
(k) Professional, legal, and ethical:
			 includes the study of professional counseling organizations, codes of ethics,
			 legal considerations, standards of preparation, certification and licensure
			 including the Ohio licensure law, and the professional role identity of
			 counselors.
(5) In
			 addition, either as a part of the applicant's master's degree or after the
			 award of the degree, graduate coursework shall include training in the
			 following areas of instruction acceptable to the board:
(a) Evaluation of mental and emotional
			 status: includes the use of assessment procedures in diagnosis and treatment
			 planning. Focuses on the administering and interpreting individual and group
			 standardized tests of mental ability, and personality and
			 measurement.
(b) Diagnosis of
			 mental and emotional disorders: includes the appropriate use of the current
			 edition of the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders," and an
			 understanding of the "International Classification of Diseases." Focuses on
			 conducting mental status examinations, and on the development and recognition
			 of a framework for identifying symptomology, etiology and psychodynamics of
			 mental and emotional disorders. Includes the study of clinical psychopathology,
			 personality, and abnormal behavior, personality disorders, and
			 psychopathological conditions specific to developmental phases throughout the
			 life span, and their application to counseling practice.
(c) Methods of intervention and prevention of
			 mental and emotional disorders: includes studies of the:
(i) Psychological and educational methods of
			 intervention, such as clientcentered, psychoanalytic, hypnotherapy,
			 rational-emotive therapy, and reality therapy.
(ii) Culturally sensitive intervention
			 techniques used with diverse populations such as minorities, children,
			 substance abusers, gay and lesbian individuals and individuals who are
			 physically or mentally challenged.
(iii) Intervention strategies used in
			 different situations such as marriage and family problems, crisis situations,
			 bereavement, sex therapy, rehabilitation, child abuse and multicultural
			 counseling.
(d)
			 Treatment of mental and emotional disorders: includes developing and
			 implementing a treatment plan, reporting and assessing progress of treatment,
			 appropriate referral procedures, formulation of timelines for treatment and
			 knowing the effect on client behavior and the interaction of psychotropic
			 medications and mood altering chemicals in the treatment of mental and
			 emotional disorders.