Slide 1 - Welcome
WE ARE MOVING!

The Alabama Board of Examiners in Counseling office is moving. The office will be in transition and staff will not be available on Monday, June 23, 2025 through Wednesday, June 25, 2025. Our new office will be located at 2740 Zelda Road, third floor. The office will open on Thursday, June 26, 2025 at the new location. Our office hours will continue to be 8:30 a.m. through 4:30 p.m. and our telephone number will remain the same at (334) 420-7229. During this transition, please email rather than leave a voice mail as we will not have remote phone access.

Renewal Slide
Alabama Licensed Professional Counselors with Expiration date 7/31/2025
Zoom Meeting Slide
255-X-2-.09. Good Moral Character.

Currentness
This phrase shall mean any individual who is highly regarded in personal character and professional ethics.

Rules Slide
Did you know?

ABEC Administrative Rule 255-X-4-.06 Unresolved Questions Concerning Application.
Should the Board have unresolved questions of competence based upon any part of the screening procedure, it may require any one or all of the following:
(a) Additional academic work;
(b) Additional supervised experience;
(c) Additional references or recommendations;
(d) Clarifications of intent of practice;
(e) Other evidence deemed necessary to satisfy the Board as to the qualifications and/or fitness and competence of the applicant to practice as a counselor.

ABEC Administrative Rule 255-X-4-.06 Unresolved Questions Concerning Application.
Should the Board have unresolved questions of competence based upon any part of the screening procedure, it may require any one or all of the following:
(a) Additional academic work;
(b) Additional supervised experience;
(c) Additional references or recommendations;
(d) Clarifications of intent of practice;
(e) Other evidence deemed necessary to satisfy the Board as to the qualifications and/or fitness and competence of the applicant to practice as a counselor.

ABEC Administrative Rule 255-X-4-.06 Unresolved Questions Concerning Application.
Should the Board have unresolved questions of competence based upon any part of the screening procedure, it may require any one or all of the following:
(a) Additional academic work;
(b) Additional supervised experience;
(c) Additional references or recommendations;
(d) Clarifications of intent of practice;
(e) Other evidence deemed necessary to satisfy the Board as to the qualifications and/or fitness and competence of the applicant to practice as a counselor.

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Effective June 24, 2025 - the office has relocated to 2740 Zelda Road, Third Floor, Montgomery, Alabama 36106.
The new mailing address is 2740 Zelda Road, Box # 5, Montgomery, Alabama 36106

Our next regularly scheduled board meeting is September 19, 2025. Deadline date for all submittals (to be physically received in the office) is September 5, 2025. Post marks are not accepted.

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