Connecticut licenses independent clinical counselors as the LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor), through the Connecticut Department of Public Health, Practitioner Licensing and Investigations Section. Connecticut has enacted the Counseling Compact but is not issuing privileges yet. Below: what Connecticut asks of a counselor already licensed in another state, and where those applications slow down.
Connecticut LPC License Requirements
The independent clinical license in Connecticut is the LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor).
Exams named for licensure: NCE and NCMHCE.
3,000 hours of post-degree supervised experience for the independent license.
Those hours are completed under the associate credential, the LPCA (Licensed Professional Counselor Associate).
Licensed elsewhere: Endorsement (C.G.S. 20-195dd(c)) is for counselors licensed in a state with substantially similar or higher requirements and no pending discipline. A licensed counselor can also substitute three years of licensed work experience for the 3,000-hour requirement, and DPH has a separate route for anyone who has practiced at least four years under a license elsewhere.
How Much Does a Connecticut LPC License Cost?
We have not published a Connecticut figure yet
We have not verified Connecticut Department of Public Health, Practitioner Licensing and Investigations Section's current schedule, and board fees change between legislative sessions
Board: Connecticut Department of Public Health, Practitioner Licensing and Investigations Section
We handle the Connecticut application end-to-end.
Eligibility screening, document prep, board follow-ups, and tracking — so you don't lose a board meeting cycle to a missing form.
View full pricingWhere Connecticut Applications Get Delayed
There is no separate counseling board; the Department of Public Health licenses counselors directly.
Connecticut renews annually, so it asks for 15 CE hours every year rather than a two-year block.
Supervisor attestations and verifications from other boards take the longest. Request them the week you decide to apply, not the week you file.
Renewing Your Connecticut LPC License
Renewal Cycle
Every year
CE Requirement
15 CE hours per renewal cycle
The Counseling Compact and Connecticut
Connecticut has enacted the Counseling Compact (June 29, 2023), but it is not issuing or accepting privileges yet. Each member state has to finish its own setup, including FBI fingerprint authority, before it goes live. Until it does, practicing in Connecticut takes a full Connecticut license, and holding a Connecticut license does not yet give you a privilege anywhere else.
Addiction counselors in Connecticut
Connecticut credentials addiction counselors as LADC and CAC, through the Connecticut Department of Public Health. That credential is separate from the LPC, and the Counseling Compact does not cover it. DPH issues the Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor license and the certified alcohol and drug counselor credential under C.G.S. ch. 376b. The Connecticut Certification Board also issues IC&RC credentials.
Keeping it current
Connecticut renews the LPC every year, with 15 hours of continuing education per cycle. Licenses renew every year. CE includes 3 hours of ethics and 1 hour of cultural competency each period, plus 2 hours on veterans' mental health in the first period and every six years after. If you hold licenses in several states, each runs its own calendar and its own CE rules, which is most of what our annual compliance service tracks.
Connecticut LPC License FAQ
What is the counselor license called in Connecticut?
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I'm licensed in another state. How do I get licensed in Connecticut?
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Where these facts come from
Checked against primary sources. Boards change rules between sessions, so we confirm the current process again before anything is filed.
- titles, hours, endorsement, annual renewal (C.G.S. 20-195cc, 20-195dd) — checked 2026-10-08
- NCE or NCMHCE — checked 2026-10-08
- 15 CE hours per year — checked 2026-10-08
- four-year route — checked 2026-10-08
- compact under Public Act 23-195, not yet open — checked 2026-10-08
- Public Act 23-195 approved 2023-06-29 — checked 2026-10-08
- no jurisprudence exam — checked 2026-10-08
- addiction counselor credentials — checked 2026-10-08
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