Can a Licensed Professional Counselor transfer a license to Texas as a military spouse?
Not through the compact — Texas is not currently a Counseling compact member. A military-spouse Licensed Professional Counselor relies on VAEIA 2022 / 50 U.S.C. § 4025a, which requires Texas to recognize a valid out-of-state license upon relocation for military orders.
Your counseling licensing board in Texas
A military spouse who holds a counseling license in good standing with a similar scope of practice in another jurisdiction may practice in Texas without obtaining a Texas license while the service member is stationed in the state, under Council Rule 882.61 implementing Texas Occupations Code Chapter 55.
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For licensed professional counselors (LPC, LMHC, LCMHC). Member-state license is recognized in all other member states; military spouses can use home-state license in any compact state.
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