Empowering Professionals through Excellence and Advocacy
We are North Carolina's Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselors.
Our Mission - Licensed Professional Counselors serve a vital role in the mental health and wellbeing of North Carolina's citizens. LPCANC works to advance the clinical mental health counseling profession by advocacy and professional excellence. LPCANC provides a voice for public policy, directs the activities of our professional lobbyist, and responds to the continuing education needs of LCMHCs in North Carolina.
Advocacy
LPCANC is the only association in North Carolina that advocates for the licensed clinical mental health counseling profession.
Since 1995, LPCANC has been the main proponent for nearly every legislative and policy initiative in North Carolina. We are proud of the 18 successful advocacy initiatives such as the 2009 LPC Act, First Commitment Evaluation, the Professional Corporations Act, Medicaid, and more.
LPCANC is the only NC organization that retains a professional lobbyist to work on our profession's behalf.
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LPCANC is the North Carolina state chapter of the American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA)
9-8-8 SUICIDE & CRISIS LIFELINE
In 2020, Congress designated 988 to become the national dialing code to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and to be phased into use as soon as possible. The current National Suicide 10-digit number is 800-273-8255.
On July 16, 2022, the 9-8-8 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline became activated. Nationally, SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration), coordinated this 988-rollout shortening the Lifeline contact number to only 3-digits - in the same way, 9-1-1 was shortened. This helped to codified the more general emergency services number nationwide more than 40 years ago.
Effective now, both the 988 and the 800- numbers will get callers to the same helpers. The 800-number will continue to function in the short-run and until the 988-number proves to work nationally as planned. If LPCANC members are sharing the 800-number for emergency mental health services currently, you may wish to give the 988-number a few days/weeks to insure it is working as planned before switching to the 988 access.
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The Licensed Professional Counselors Act (LPC Act) was ratified July 24, 1993 and became effective July 1, 1994.
With its passage, the LPC Act granted NC LPCs full recognition in NC as independently licensed behavioral healthcare providers.
in 1995, the Licensed Professional Counselors Association of North Carolina (LPCANC) was established.
LPCANC was originally incorporated as a
Member Highlights
Welcome Treka McMillian, Jennifer Turner-Taylor, Rachel Angel, Asli Schoone, Stephanie Timperman, LaKeisha Baldwin, Heather Ford
Thank you for recently joining LPCANC as a Student Member!
Welcome Jessica Southard, Maxine Guthrie, Brent Michel, Robert Owens, Elizabeth Williams, Melissa Covert, Erika Bloodworth, Ross Behuniak, Cherie Bedford, Kimberly Brown, Brandi Gibson, John Karolewics, Kia Creamer
Thank you for recently joining LPCANC as a New Professional Member!
Welcome Kellye McKendree, Jane Hollings, Christine Gunther, Starr Roberts, Amanda Hector, Madeleine Reynolds, Christopher Hunt, Colleen Collins, Maureen Deutsch, Audra Kuchenbecker, Kamay Gaboda, Jessica Auslander, Mary Dowd, Tracey Irvine, Helen Tripp, Anu Parvathaneni, Dionne Hall, Leslie Kausch, Elliot Sanchez, Kathleen Mallet, James Barbour, Loretta Tillman, Darlene Stanley, Jody Nash, Whitney Johnson, Terri Onstad, Dr. Vickie Nichols, Cortney Lo, Jennifer Terry, Connie Horne, Vera Gibson, M. Cristina Noyola
Thank you for recently joining LPCANC as a Professional Member!
Welcome Alicia Fields
Thank you for recently joining LPCANC as a Retired Member!
