To become a licensed Community Counselor in Wisconsin you must complete a graduate degree in professional counseling or an equivalent program approved by the professional counselor section of the examining board. You must complete an application form for licensure. You may have to submit an application for a training certificate if required. You must complete the experience requirement, which at a Master’s level is 3000 hours of post-degree supervised professional counselor practice that includes at least 1000 hours of face-to-face client contact in not less than 2 years. At a doctoral level 1000 hours of post degree supervised professional counselor practice is required. You must successfully complete the Wisconsin Jurisprudene examination. After the examination board reviews your application they then determine your eligibility to take the national exam. Finally you must successfully complete either the NCE (National Counselor Examination for Licensure and Certification) or the CRCE (Certified Rehabilitation Counselor Examination).

For further details go to http://drl.wi.gov/prof/coun/cred.htm.