2. INTRODUCTION
• What is a licensed professional counselor
• A brief history of counseling
• Growth potential and salary range of a licensed professional counselor
• Graduate programs
• Personal qualifications and skills
3. WHAT IS AN LPC?
• A counselor is someone is trained to give guidance on personal, social, or
psychological problems
• A licensed professional counselor is a counselor who has
• A master’s or doctoral degree in counseling
• Passing score on the National Counselor Examination(NCE) or other state
standardized counselor examination
• A minimum of 3,000 hours of post master’s supervised clinical experience,
obtained within two years
4. BRIEF HISTORY
• Began with individuals seeking advice during trying times from elders or
religious figures (such as priests)
• The industrial revolution promoted mobility as well as a belief in science and
a strong work ethic. It also gave rise to the concept of mental asylums
• With the help of Sigmund Freud psychotherapy became a prominent
practice and trained individuals began to help those in distress work through
their problems
5. BRIEF HISTORY
• Through empirical research psychotherapy was called into question and the
concepts of behaviorism (attempts to change behavior) and humanism
(focus on people as individuals with the ability to change their own futures)
were born
• During the second half of the twentieth century counseling was developed
as a distinct profession from therapy in two specific ways. Counseling is often
focused on communities rather than individuals and it can address both
large and small issues as opposed to just large issues.
6. WORK ENVIRONMENT
AND SCHEDULE
• Nursing/residential care facilities (18%)
• Outpatient care centers (18%)
• Individual and family services (17%)
• Hospitals (12%)
• Governmental positions (9%)
• Full time, often evenings and weekends to accommodate patients
7. GROWTH POTENTIAL AND SALARY
• Projected 29% increase (significantly faster than average) from 2012 to 2022
• Projected 48,200 more jobs from 2012 to 2022
• Salary Range
• $29,000 to $54,000
• Median salary
• $41,500
8. GRADUATE PROGRAM:
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY
• M.Ed. In Clinical Mental Health Counseling
• CACREP (Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational
Programs) accredited through October 2015
• Admission requirements
• GRE
• Unofficial transcripts
• Two letters of recommendation
9. GRADUATE PROGRAM:
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY
• Acceptance
• 43% acceptance rate (30/69)
• 3.49 average undergraduate GPA (Spring 2014)
• Average GRE scores
• Verbal: 154
• Quantitative Reasoning: 150
• Writing: 4
• Program outcomes
• 16/22 employed as counselors/therapists
• 6/22 have provided no update
• 100% pass rate of the NCE
10. WHY I AM A GOOD CANDIDATE
FOR CLEMSON’S COUNSELING
MASTER’S PROGRAM
• I currently go to Clemson and have a high GPA (3.66). This indicates that I
am quite capable of completing the necessary coursework for this master’s
program.
• I am presently the president of Active Minds at Clemson University (an
organization dedicated to reducing the stigma around mental illness and
encouraging individuals to seek mental health care)
11. O*NET PROFILER RESULTS
• Realistic
• “The do-ers”
• Score: 0
• Investigative
• “The thinkers”
• Score: 19
• Artistic
• “The creators”
• Score: 17
• Social
• “The helpers”
• Score: 21
• Enterprising
• The persuaders”
• Score: 0
• Conventional
• The organizers
• Score: 1
12. NECESSARY QUALITIES
• Compassion
• I exhibit compassion because I have a strong desire to help people in inventive and new ways.
The way that I exhibit compassion relates back to my high O*NET score in the “artistic” section.
• Interpersonal skills
• I exhibit interpersonal skills because I have experience communicating with many different
types of people as part of being president of an organization. These interpersonal skills relate
back to my high score on the “social” section of the O*NET profile
• Listening skills
• I exhibit listening skills because I have practice in listening and understanding the ideas of
others as well as interpreting them in order to run an organization. This relates back to my high
score in the “investigative” section of the O*NET profile.
• Organizational skills
• I am very organized, often with different folders and colors, which relates back once again to
my high score on the “artistic” section of the O*NET profile.
• Speaking skills
• I have developed speaking skills because I have practice explaining concepts in several ways
often with analogies. This way of speaking to people is born from my artistic and social abilities,
as shown from my O*NET scores.
13. RELEVANT ACADEMICS
• Determinants of Health Behavior
• Determinants of Health Behavior is a health class at Clemson University that
delves into the various reasons people do or do not do certain behaviors and
what to facilitate or limit certain behaviors.
• Child Abuse and Treatment
• Child Abuse and Treatment is a sociology class at Clemson University that closely
examines child abuse, the factor that contribute to it, ways to prevent child
abuse, and ways to deal with the aftermath of child abuse.
• Lifespan Developmental Psychology
• Lifespan Developmental psychology is a psychology class at Clemson University
that covers how individuals develop and function across their lives as they age.
14. CONCLUSION
• An LPC must obtain a master’s or PhD, complete at least 3,000 clinical
shadowing hours, and pass a state certification exam
• Median salary of $41,500 and excellent growth potential
• Excellent master’s program through Clemson
• Various personal qualifications for counseling master’s programs
15. CITATIONS
• Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook
Handbook, 2014-15 Edition, Mental Health Counselors and Marriage and
Family Therapists, on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/ooh/community-
and-social-service/mental-health-counselors-and-marriage-and-family-
therapists.htm (visited January 27, 2015).
• Who Are Licensed Professional Counselors. (2011, January 1). Retrieved
January 26, 2015.
• A Brief History of Counseling and Therapy. (n.d.). Retrieved January 27, 2015,
from http://changingminds.org/disciplines/counseling/history.htm
• Clemson Graduate School. (n.d.). Retrieved January 26, 2015, from
http://www.grad.clemson.edu/programs/Counselor-Education/
