Guam licenses independent clinical counselors as the LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor), through the Guam Board of Allied Health Examiners, Health Professional Licensing Office, Department of Public Health and Social Services. Guam is not a Counseling Compact member. Below: what Guam asks of a counselor already licensed in another state, and where those applications slow down.
Guam LPC License Requirements
The independent clinical license in Guam is the LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor).
Guam also issues the LMHC (separate independent license: 60 semester-hour degree and both the NCE and NCMHCE (10 GCA § 121302)), so confirm which tier your work and your payers require.
Exams named for licensure: NCE and NCMHCE. The LPC requires the NCE (10 GCA § 121301(b)(1)(C)); the LMHC requires both the NCE and the NCMHCE (§ 121302(b)(1)(C)).
3,000 hours of post-degree supervised experience for the independent license.
Licensed elsewhere: A current, valid counselor license from a U.S. state, territory or approved foreign country that the Board deems substantially equivalent qualifies for the Guam LPC, decided case by case (§ 121301(b)(3)). The LMHC route also requires a passed NCMHCE.
How Much Does a Guam LPC License Cost?
We have not published a Guam figure yet
We have not verified Guam Board of Allied Health Examiners, Health Professional Licensing Office, Department of Public Health and Social Services's current schedule, and board fees change between legislative sessions
We handle the Guam 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.
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The 3,000 post-graduate hours must include at least 1,500 hours of face-to-face treatment and 100 hours of supervision (§ 121301(b)(1)(B)).
Every applicant must document Board-approved training of at least 6 hours of professional ethics, 3 hours of culturally competent counseling with Micronesian communities in Guam and 1 hour of mandated reporting; there is no written jurisprudence exam.
Guam is not a Counseling Compact member.
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 Guam LPC License
Renewal Cycle
Every 2 years
CE Requirement
40 CE hours per renewal cycle
The Counseling Compact and Guam
Guam is not a Counseling Compact member, so there is no privilege-to-practice route here. Practicing with clients located in Guam takes a Guam license, through endorsement where the state offers it or a full application where it does not.
Keeping it current
Guam renews the LPC every 2 years, with 40 hours of continuing education per cycle. 40 contact hours per two-year period directly related to professional counseling, plus Board-prescribed CE in early childhood development and literacy (§ 121301(f), amended by P.L. 38-049, 2025-08-19). 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.
Guam LPC License FAQ
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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.
- 10 GCA §§ 121301-121302 (Compiler of Laws, 2026-06-10): titles, intern licenses, exams, hours, endorsement, renewal CE — checked 2026-10-08
- 10 GCA § 12803: Board of Allied Health Examiners includes LPC and LMHC members — checked 2026-10-08
- board page and address (blocks WebFetch; read with curl) — checked 2026-10-08
- board name and URL — checked 2026-10-08
- not a Compact member — checked 2026-10-08
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