Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)

The Department of Psychology in the School of Education and Behavioral Sciences offers the academic requirements for certification as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in the State of Oklahoma.  The LPC certification, which is issued by the Oklahoma State Department of Health, requires:

1.  A Master's degree in counseling or a mental health related graduate degree deemed substantially content-equivalent;

2.  At least 60 credit hours of graduate counseling-related course work with specific requirements for content areas;

3.  Submission of an application and application fees to the Oklahoma State Department of Health;

4.  Successful completion of a certification examination; and

5.  3000 hours or 3 years of supervised experience to begin after submission and approval of your application for licensure.

Licensure requirements can be met through the completion of courses offered at Cameron University.

A small number of scholarships are available for enrolled graduate students.  Forms may be found online at http://www.cameron.edu/graduate. Please see Claudia Edwards, the Graduate Advisor, in Nance Boyer 1015 for more information.


LPC Academic Requirements

Some courses have prerequisites which must be met prior to enrollment.  All students must be admitted to graduate studies prior to enrollment. Please contact the Graduate Advisor, Claudia Edwards, at 580-581-7929 or cedwards@cameron.edu to enroll in graduate courses.

Part I - Core Requirements (27 or more hours)

1. Human Growth and Development (at least one, three-hour course)
   
   • PSY 5203 Human Development
     
     
2. Abnormal Human Behavior (at least one, three-hour course)
   
   • PSY 5363 Psychopathology
     
     
3. Appraisal/Assessment Techniques: (at least two, three-hour courses)
   
   • PSY 5333 Assessment in Marriage and Family
   • PSY 5513 Assessment in Personality
   • PSY 5523 Assessment in Intelligence
     
     
4. Counseling Theories / Methods (at least two, three-hour courses )
   
   • PSY 5433 Counseling Theories
   • PSY 5703 Individual and Group Counseling
   • PSY 2023 Basic Counseling
     
     
5. Professional Orientation / Ethics (at least one, three-hour course)
   
   • PSY 5003 Ethical Principles in Counseling, Assessment, and Research
     
     
6. Research (at least one, three-hour course)
   • PSY 5013 Research Methods in the Behavioral Science
     
     
7. Practicum (at least 300 clock hours and a minimum of 3 credit hours) Note: Practicum at Cameron is 150 clock hours; thus, two practicum courses must be completed. Practicum courses can be repeated.
   
   • PSY 5893 Practicum in Marriage and Family Therapy
   • PSY 5743 Clinical Practicum
     
     

 Part II - Knowledge Areas (at least 5 courses of 3 hours each)

1. Group Dynamics
   
   • PSY 5213 Group Dynamics
     
     
2. Life Style and Career Development
   
   • PSY 5253 Career Counseling and Lifestyle Development
     
     
3. Social and Cultural Foundations
   
   • PSY 5383 Multicultural Psychology
   • PSY 5583 Advanced Social Psychology
     
     
4. Personality Theories
   
   • PSY 5243 Advanced Psychology of Personality
     
     
5. Crisis Intervention
   
   • PSY 5073 Crisis Intervention
     
     
6. Marriage / Family Counseling
   
   • PSY 5343 Marriage and Family Counseling
     
     
7. Psychopharmacology
   
   • PSY 5453 Psychopharmacology
     
     
8. Other areas
   (May include addictions counseling, rehabilitation counseling, human sexuality, counseling with children and adolescents, or consultation)
   
   • PSY 5023 Special Topics
     
     

 Part III - Additional courses to reach the 60 hours required.

May be completed by taking courses from the above areas or counseling related courses listed below:

• PSY 5053 Introduction to Statistics
• PSY 5063 Advanced Statistics in the Behavioral Sciences
• PSY 5113 Behavioral Management
• PSY 5353 Theoretical Foundations of Marriage and Family
• PSY 5313 Psychology of Interpersonal Communication
• PSY 5323 Theoretical Foundations of Marriage and Family
• PSY 5353 Theories of Marriage and Family Therapies
• PSY 5413 Advanced Human Cognition
• PSY 5473 Advanced Physiological Psychology