Empowering Professionals through Excellence and Advocacy
We are 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.
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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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