Information on obtaining your LPC in Connecticut
After completing UConn's Master's program in Counselor Education, students have some of the required coursework to pursue the LPC.
Please review the requirements listed on the state's Department of Public Health Website.
LPC Courses Fulfilled by UConn Counselor Education Program
The following content area courses are fulfilled by the program of study for UConn's Master's in Counselor Education.
| LPC Content Requirement | UConn Course |
| Human Growth & Development | EPSY 5318 - Human Development Over the Lifespan |
| Social & Cultural Foundations | EPSY 5316 - Cross Cultural Counseling |
| Counseling Theories | EPSY 5308 - Counseling Theory & Practice |
| Counseling Techniques | EPSY 5315 - Counseling Techniques |
| Group Counseling | EPSY 5301 - Group Processes in Counseling |
| Appraisals or Tests and Measurements to Individuals and Groups | EPSY 5314 - Appraisal Procedures in Counseling |
| Research & Evaluation | EPSY 5601 - Principles and Methods in Educational Research |
LPC Content Areas not Completed in Counseling Plan of Study
- Professional Orientation to Mental Health Counseling
- Addiction and Substance Abuse Counseling
- Trauma & Crisis Counseling
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Mental Disorders
- Practicum: a one-hundred-hour practicum in counseling taught by a faculty member licensed or certified as a professional counselor.
- Internship: a six-hundred-hour clinical mental health internship taught by a faculty member licensed or certified as a professional counselor.
LPC Testing Requirements
To obtain the LPC, students must successfully complete the National Counselor Exam for Licensure and Certification (NCE). To obtain more information about this exam, please visit this website.
UConn's Counselor Education program is approved to offer the NCE to 2nd year students prior to graduation.
LPC Post-Graduate Requirements
After completion of graduate studies, students need to acquire three thousand hours of postgraduate experience under professional supervision, including a minimum of one hundred hours of direct professional supervision, in the practice of professional counseling, performed over a period of not less than two years;
Contact information for Connecticut Department of Public Health
Connecticut Department of Public Health
Professional Counselor Licensure
410 Capitol Ave., MS #12 APP
P.O. Box 340308
Hartford, CT 06134
Phone: (860) 509-7603
Fax: (860) 707-1980
Email: dph.counselorsteam@ct.gov