§ 25-23.6-8.5-3 — Educational requirements

Indiana § 25-23.6-8.5-3

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 25: PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
• Art. 23.6: BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND HUMAN
• Ch. 8.5: Mental Health Counselor Licensure

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An applicant as a mental health counselor
under section 1 of this chapter or a mental health counselor associate
under section 1.5 of this chapter must complete the following
educational requirements:
(1) Graduate course work in counseling that must include either
a master's degree or a doctor's degree in counseling. The graduate
course work must include the following content areas:
(A) Human growth and development.
(B) Social and cultural foundations of counseling.
(C) Helping relationship, including counseling theory and
practice.
(D) Group dynamics, processes, counseling, and consultation.
(E) Lifestyle and career development.
(F) Assessment and appraisal of individuals.
(G) Research and program evaluation.
(H) Professional orientation and ethics.
(I) Foundations of mental health counseling.
(J) Contextual dimensions of mental health counseling.
(K) Knowledge and skills for the practice of mental health
counseling and psychotherapy.
(L) Clinical instruction.
(2) Not less than one (1) supervised clinical practicum, internship,
or field experience in a counseling setting, which must include a
minimum of seven hundred (700) clock hours consisting of one
(1) practicum of one hundred (100) hours, and one (1) internship
of six hundred (600) hours with at least sixty-six (66) hours of
face to face supervision. This requirement may be met by a
supervised practice experience that took place away from an
eligible postsecondary educational institution but that is certified
by an official of the eligible postsecondary educational institution
as being equivalent to a clinical mental health graduate level
practicum or internship program at an institution accredited by an
accrediting agency approved by the United States Department of
Education or the Association of Universities and Colleges of
Canada.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.147-1997, SEC.71. Amended by P.L.2-2007, SEC.342; P.L.84-2010, SEC.62; P.L.160-2018, SEC.4; P.L.149-2022, SEC.7.