This year, I began the counseling psychology doctoral program at Radford University. Coming into the program, I was trained well enough to work as a counselor as evidenced by the fact that I was able to intern my second year in the Clinical Counseling Master's Program at Radford University and now currently work as a practicum student as well. While I have been under supervision, supervisors have commented on the ability of students coming from the Master's Program to diagnose and counsel clients. Many students coming from the Counselor Education Program have even mentioned to me that they wished they had taken the Psychopathology course we have to take because come out of that class with such great understanding of diagnosis. While in the Master's program, I knew that I would not be license eligible, but I never understood why. The program was changed so that we could be and those of us trained in the Master's Program came out of it with just as much knowledge about counseling as others coming from different programs. Also, with the need for more mental health workers in rural areas, it would make sense to allow more people to become license eligible. For those who oppose, I did not read any valid arguments for why students with a Master's degree in clinical-counseling psychology should not be allowed to be licensed. To me, it seemed that the people responding knew nothing about our program nor how we have been trained. I also felt the arguments were geared toward opposition to change and fearing that the change would cause more difficulty in getting jobs because there might be more competition. Not only were we trained in courses teaching us to counsel and diagnose, we were also trained in assessment: personality and IQ. This allows us to provide assessment services as well as counseling. I have felt extremely competent and prepared for working with clients and have not felt in any way that my education would not be up to par with that of counselor education, etc. For those who have taken the required courses and passed the licensing exam, what reason would there be for not allowing them to be licensed?