• Graduate degree in counseling (or related field) from an accredited university/college
• Pass National Counseling Exam or National Clinical Mental Health Counseling Exam
• Complete LPC Jurisprudence Exam
• Pass fingerprint background check

• This form is completed by the appropriate faculty/administration member of your counseling program and returned to you for inclusion in your application.
• Jurisprudence Examination Completion Certificate – You must take the Jurisprudence Exam prior to submitting your application for license.  Please note, the exam must be completed no earlier than six months prior to submission of your application.  Upon completion of the exam you will be issued a certificate.
• Supervisory Agreement Form – This form is the agreement between you and your board approved supervisor.  It must be completed by you and signed by both you and your supervisor.  Both you and your supervisor will need to maintain a copy of this form for the duration of your supervision.

Military Service Members, Veterans, and their Spouses – If you or your spouse have qualifying military service, please complete the Military Supplemental Form.

Additional Documents that must come in from 3rd Parties (cannot be uploaded with app):

NCE/NCMHCE Scores – If you took the NCE/NCMHCE outside of Texas, please contact  to request a copy of your scores be sent to our office. If you need to schedule an exam, please contact NBCC as the state licensing board does not administer or schedule the exam. You may register at: https://www.nbcc.org/licensure/examregistration.

National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) self-query report – Please request a self-query from the NPDB.  This will be mailed to you by the NPDB.  You will need to mail us the unopened self-query.  Information on NPDB self-query is found here.

Fingerprinting – Upon submission of your application you will be sent information on getting fingerprinted.  The fingerprinting is done electronically and locations all over the country. There is a fee paid to the fingerprint facility. Typically, it takes approximately 15 minutes to complete the process of getting fingerprinted.

Official Transcripts – The board requires submission of official transcripts.  These cannot be uploaded with your application.  Instead, they must be submitted directly to the board.  The board prefers electronic submission but will accept hardcopy transcripts.

Electronic transcripts should be emailed to: transcripts@bhec.texas.gov

Hardcopy transcripts should be mailed to:

BHEC LPC Transcripts

1801 Congress Ave, Ste. 7.300

Austin, TX  78701

RULE §681.91: LPC Associate License

(a) The Council may issue an LPC Associate license to an applicant who has:

(1) filed all application forms and paid all applicable fees;

(2) met all of the academic requirements for licensure;

(3) completed the required examinations with the requisite score as described in 681.72(a)(3) and (a)(4) of this title (relating to Required Application Materials);

(4) entered into a supervisory agreement with a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor (LPC-S); and

(5) not completed the supervised experience described in §681.92 of this title (relating to Experience Requirements (Internship)).

(b) An LPC Associate must comply with all provisions of the Act and Council rules.

(c) To practice counseling in Texas, a person must obtain an LPC Associate license before the person begins an internship or continues an internship. Hours obtained by an unlicensed person in any setting will not count toward the supervised experience requirements.

(d) An LPC Associate may practice counseling only as part of his or her internship and only under the supervision of a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor (LPC-S). The LPC Associate shall not engage in independent practice.

(e) An LPC Associate may have no more than two (2) Council-approved LPC supervisors at any given time.

(f) An LPC Associate must maintain their LPC Associate license during his or her supervised experience.

(g) An LPC Associate license will expire 60 months from the date of issuance.

(h) An LPC Associate who does not complete the required supervised experience hours during the 60-month time period must reapply for licensure.

(i) An LPC Associate must continue to be supervised after completion of the 3,000 hours of supervised experience and until the LPC Associate receives his or her LPC license. Supervision is complete upon the LPC Associate receiving the LPC license.

(j) The possession, access, retention, control, maintenance, and destruction of client records is the responsibility of the person or entity that employs or contracts with the LPC Associate, or in those cases where the LPC Associate is self-employed, the responsibility of the LPC-Associate.

(k) An LPC Associate must not employ a supervisor but may compensate the supervisor for time spent in supervision if the supervision is not a part of the supervisor's responsibilities as a paid employee of an agency, institution, clinic, or other business entity.

(l) All billing documents for services provided by an LPC Associate must reflect the LPC Associate holds an LPC Associate license and is under supervision.

(m) The LPC Associate must not represent himself or herself as an independent practitioner. The LPC Associate's name must be followed by a statement such as "supervised by (name of supervisor)" or a statement of similar effect, together with the name of the supervisor. This disclosure must appear on all marketing materials, billing documents, and practice related forms and documents where the LPC Associate's name appears, including websites and intake documents.

 RULE §681.93: Supervisor Requirements 

(a) A supervisor must keep a written record of each supervisory session in the file for the LPC Associate.

(1) The supervisory written record must contain:

(A) a signed and dated copy of the Council's supervisory agreement form for each of the LPC Associate's supervisors;

(B) a copy of the LPC Associate's online license verification noting the dates of issuance and expiration;

(C) fees and record of payment;

(D) the date of each supervisory session;

(E) a record of an LPC Associate's leave of one month or more, documenting the supervisor's approval and signed by both the LPC Associate and the supervisor;

(F) a record of any concerns the supervisor discussed with the LPC Associate, including a written remediation plan as prescribed in subsection (e) of this section; and

(G) a record of acknowledgement that the supervisee is self-employed, if applicable.

(2) The supervisor must provide a copy of all records to the LPC Associate upon request.

(b) Both the LPC-Associate and the supervising LPC-S are fully responsible for the professional counseling activities of the LPC-Associate. The LPC- S may be subject to disciplinary action for violations that relate only to the professional practice of counseling committed by the LPC-Associate which the LPC-S knew about or due to the oversight nature of the supervisory relationship should have known about.

(1) Supervisors must review all provisions of the Act and Council rules in this chapter during supervision.

(2) The supervisor must ensure the LPC Associate is aware of and adheres to all provisions of the Act and Council rules.

(c) The supervisor must avoid any relationship that impairs the supervisor's objective, professional judgment.

(1) The supervisor may not be related to the LPC Associate within the second degree of affinity or within the third degree of consanguinity.

(2) The supervisor may not be an employee of his or her LPC Associate.

(d) The supervisor must submit to the Council accurate documentation of the LPC Associate's supervised experience within 30 days of the end of supervision or the completion of the LPC Associate's required hours, whichever comes first.

(e) If a supervisor determines the LPC Associate may not have the counseling skills or competence to practice professional counseling under an LPC license, the supervisor will develop and implement a written plan for remediation of the LPC Associate, which must be reviewed and signed by the LPC Associate and maintained as part of the LPC Associate's file.

(f) The supervisor must ensure the supervised counseling experience of the LPC Associate were earned:

(1) after the LPC Associate license was issued; and

(2) in not less than 18 months of supervised counseling experience.

(g) A supervisor whose license has expired is no longer an approved supervisor and:

(1) must immediately inform all LPC Associates under his or her supervision and assist the LPC Associates in finding alternate supervisors; and

(2) must refund all supervisory fees for supervision after the expiration of the supervisor status.

(3) Hours accumulated under the person's supervision after the date of license expiration may not count as acceptable hours.

(h) Upon execution of a Council order for probated suspension, suspension, or revocation of the LPC license with supervisor status, the supervisor status is revoked. A licensee whose supervisor status is revoked:

(1) must immediately inform all LPC Associates under his or her supervision and assist the LPC Associates in finding alternate supervisors; and

(2) must refund all supervisory fees for supervision after the date the supervisor status is revoked; and

(3) hours accumulated under the person's supervision after the date of license expiration may not count as acceptable hours.

(i) Supervision of an LPC Associate without having Council approved supervisor status is grounds for disciplinary action