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Professional counseling means that specialty which utilizes counseling techniques based on principles, methods, and procedures of counseling that assist people in identifying and resolving personal, social, vocational, interpersonal and intrapersonal concerns; utilizes counseling and psychotherapy to evaluate, treat and recommend a course of treatment for emotional and mental problems and conditions, whether cognitive, behavioral, or affective; provided that the counselor shall have training and experience working with people with mental illness, mental retardation, or substance abuse; administers and interprets educational and vocational assessment instruments and other tests which the professional counselor is qualified to employ by virtue of education, training, and experience; utilizes information and community resources and goal setting for personal, social, or vocational development; utilizes functional assessment and vocational planning and guidance for persons requesting assistance in adjustment to a disability or handicapping condition; utilizes referral for persons who request counseling services; and utilizes and interprets counseling.
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