Title: The Counseling Compact

Presenters: Lynn E. Linde, EdD and John P. Duggan, EdD

Description: The Counseling Compact is a crucial piece of healthcare legislation that will allow professional counselors to provide care to clients in other states that have also enacted the compact. Topics of discussion in this course will include the background of what interstate compacts are and why one is being pursued for professional counselors. Learners will understand the many benefits to counselors and the public in compact states. Attendees will be better able to understand the process of creating an interstate compact, and the specific considerations that are being taken into account for professional counselors. Myths about the compact will be dispelled and a discussion addressing common concerns and questions about the compact will be held. A review of the state counselor licensing criteria for admission into the compact will be offered, as well as information relevant to the process of obtaining privileges to practice in other states, including the compact’s update to licensure reciprocity for those that relocate to states where they hold a privilege to practice.