Counseling requirements / Virginia
Virginia counseling continuing education requirements
What the Virginia Board of Counseling asks of a licensed counselor at renewal.
Verified Read on October 11, 2026
Read from the board’s own source. What follows was read on October 11, 2026 in the sources named on this page. Rules change, and the board decides: confirm before you rely on it.
LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor
| Requirement | Amount |
|---|---|
| Total continuing competency hours each cycle | 20 continuing competency hours |
| Ethics, standards of practice or laws governing behavioral science professions in Virginia Within the total. | 2 hours |
| Renewal cycle | Every year |
| Hours are due | June 30, every year |
- A professional counselor licensed by examination is exempt at the first renewal after initial licensure.
- Up to 2 of the 20 hours may be met by unpaid counseling services to low-income people through a local health department or free clinic: one hour credited for every three hours of service.
- Somebody holding more than one license from this board completes the hours once, not once for each license.
- A resident in counseling attests each year to 3 hours in ethics, standards of practice or the laws governing behavioral science professions in Virginia.
- Who decides
- Virginia Board of Counseling
- Profession
- Counseling
- Licenses on this page
- LPC
- Read on
- October 11, 2026
- Sources
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- 18VAC115-20-105, Continued competency requirements for renewal of a license 18VAC115-20-105
- 18VAC115-20-100, Licensure renewal 18VAC115-20-100
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