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Board of Counseling
 
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Regulations Governing the Practice of Professional Counseling [18 VAC 115 ‑ 20]
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On this Action: 
Reduction of residency requirements
 
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CLOSED     Opened on 11/3/2025 and Ended on 12/3/2025

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17 comments
Comment Title Commenter
Please clarify definition of "preceding" application Mary Brown  12/1/25  9:06 pm
Supervision hours considerations Dr. Steve Johnson  11/26/25  4:11 pm
Agreeing with Dr. David Mikkelson's concerns Mary Brown  11/24/25  8:48 pm
Addendum to Previous Comment - In Support of Reduced Residency Requirements Roman Ciulla, Student at Virginia Tech  11/24/25  5:33 pm
In Support of Reduced Residency Requirements Roman Ciulla, Student at Virginia Tech  11/24/25  5:11 pm
Internship Hours Rollover Anonymous (237936)  11/23/25  3:38 pm
Timing of changes and concerns with supervision ration Dr. Henry Bruns  11/21/25  7:24 am
Reinforcing Dr. David Mikkelson's concerns Marianne Shirilla, Synergy Counseling, LLC  11/20/25  3:50 pm
Supervision Hours Ratio Concern Matthew Hammond  11/20/25  3:31 pm
Echoing Dr. David Mikkelson's concerns Rachel B O'Neal, Hill City Counseling & Consulting  11/20/25  3:02 pm
New Supervision Ratios Requied to Avoid Extending Residency Dr. David P. Mikkelson  11/14/25  6:20 am
For those paying for supervision Anonymous (237607)  11/11/25  11:38 am
No Increase in hours required for licensure Allison  11/8/25  2:22 pm
Change in Supervision hours Heather W, Dalton  11/6/25  10:08 am
Reduction in hours or an increase in hours? Alexis Thompson  11/6/25  7:13 am
Presented as a reduction in hours but functionally, it adds supervision, cost, and complexity. Amy Bullins  11/4/25  1:21 pm
Reduce total supervision hours or keep 20 hours internship supervision included. Andrew Peddy  11/3/25  1:47 pm


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