NVLPC is the professional organization for all people in or training to join the counseling profession in Northern Virginia.

Our members consist of LPC's, counseling residents, counseling students, and others who work as mental health professionals in Virginia, Washington D.C., and Maryland.

Our regular breakfast programs each month offer LPC's an easy way to earn CE's, and give all our members time to meet and greet their professional and student peers, and learn something interesting. We also have support for those who are working their way toward licensing.  You have questions, NVLPC Resident Support Groups have answers.

As a counseling student, we were all advised to join a professional association for our own benefit, and for the benefit of our profession.  NVLPC is where you belong. 

Join us!

September 6, 2017

Hello Everyone,

Welcome to our Webpage!  We hope you can find what you need here and continue to check in for information and updates on our breakfast seminars, workshops and networking opportunities.  You can also view our calendar and monthly newsletters, as well as print out your CE certificates after you have attended one of our CE approved events.  If you are a member, be sure to either update your current profile, or if you are a newer member, create your first profile. 

I am honored to serve as President of NVLPC this year and am looking forward to continuing to Enhance, Encourage, Engage and Enlighten or profession as we continue to facilitate excellent seminars, workshops, and networking opportunities for our members, as well as provide guidance to our students and residents.  The NVLPC leadership is very pleased with the variety of outstanding speakers we have scheduled for this year, and we are especially pleased that Dr. Mary Alice Fisher will be joining us once again for our Spring Workshop, which will focus on ethics.

I want to thank everyone who is involved in the NVLPC leadership and also other members who give freely of their time to serve our profession.  If you are interested in helping out or just have questions you need answered, please don’t hesitate to contact us at our NVLPC.org email addresses.  We are always willing to help and serve our members.  We hope you have a great year and look forward to moving forward throughout the year with all of you. 

Sincerely,

Renae C. Smith

President, NVLPC

June 5, 2017

Hello NVLPC members,

Great news from our parent organization, AMHCA, regarding their groundbreaking collaborative efforts with three other major professional counseling organizations to reach consensus on a proposal for a uniform portability plan called the “The National Counselor Licensure Endorsement Process.”  The four organizations – the American Association of State Counseling Boards (AASCB), the Association of Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES), the American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA), and the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) –believe that a uniform licensure endorsement process will:

- Significantly increase public access to qualified care.

- Establish minimum standards for safe practice.

- Reduce administrative burdens for state regulatory boards and licensees.

- Create consistency in licensure standards across state lines.

- Ensure protection of the public and the continued development of the profession.

An overarching goal of the initiative is to move the counseling profession toward unified education standards, exam requirements and years of post-graduate experience. To see the National Counselor Licensure Endorsement Process, please go to http://www.amhca.org/2017portability.

As always, if you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please feel free to contact me or any one of our board members. 

Kindly,

Sandy Molle

NVLPC President