LPC Board

What LPC Board does

The Louisiana State Board of Licensed Professional Counselors (LPC Board) is an unclassified state regulatory agency established in 1987 under the Mental Health Counselor Licensing Act. Headquartered in Baton Rouge at 11410 Lake Sherwood Ave North Suite A, the Board holds exclusive statutory authority over the licensure, renewal, supervision, and discipline of professional counselors and marriage and family therapists in Louisiana. It administers six license categories — LPC, PLPC, LPC-S, LMFT, PLMFT, LMFT-S — and serves roughly 9,197 active licensees, supplemented by an out-of-state telehealth registration track for clinicians serving Louisiana clients through the Counseling Compact.

The Board's core operational platform is a web-based licensing portal that provides an Online Dashboard for self-service application, renewal, and credential management, backed by a Zendesk-powered helpdesk for technical support and YouTube-hosted video tutorials for onboarding. Additional products include a public Licensee Search database, a paid Verification of Licensure service, downloadable digital forms, and published board meeting agendas and minutes. The platform is built on standard government web infrastructure rather than proprietary technology, with WCAG 2.1 Level AA accessibility compliance and a designated accessibility coordinator. A lean administrative staff of fewer than 10 employees handles credentialing, renewals, telehealth applications, and disciplinary casework.

Revenue is generated entirely through licensing fees set by state regulation. Initial application fees range from $100 to $300 depending on license type, biennial renewals run $85 to $170, and supplementary charges include late fees, supervisor designations, verification requests, and document copies. The go-to-market model is direct-to-consumer in a statutory sense: Louisiana law compels every practicing LPC and LMFT to interact with the Board. Distribution is primarily self-serve through the online portal, with limited in-person support at the Baton Rouge office and periodic board meetings for application review and disciplinary decisions. Marketing is limited to licensee communications, public meeting transparency, and partnerships such as the Counseling Compact Commission, on which the Board's former Executive Director Jamie Doming served as Chair from October 2022 to April 2025.

Name

LPC Board

Legal name

Louisiana State Board of Licensed Professional Counselors

Website

https://lpcboard.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Louisiana State Board of Licensed Professional Counselors is a state regulatory agency that licenses, regulates, and disciplines professional counselors and marriage and family therapists in Louisiana, serving roughly 9,197 licensees through a web-based portal and Counseling Compact registration.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Licensing Regulation

NAICS

Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors (92615), Professional Organizations (81392)

SIC

Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare Licensing, Accreditation & Credentialing Boards (HLAJACAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Behavioral Health & Counseling (Social Work, Psychology, Substance Use CE) (EDAAALAD)

Keywords

• Professional licensing regulation
• Mental health licensing
• License renewal services
• Professional credentialing
• Continuing education compliance

Headquarters

HQ city

Baton Rouge

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Licensure Application Fees: Fees charged for initial licensure applications including LPC ($200), LMFT ($200), provisional licenses ($100-$150), and out-of-state licenses ($300)
2. License Renewal Fees: Recurring biennial renewal fees: LPC/LMFT ($170), PLPC/PLMFT ($85), supervisor designations ($50-$100)
3. Late Fees and Miscellaneous Charges: Late renewal fees ($28-$60), duplicate licenses ($50), file copies ($25), document copies ($1/page), verification fees ($18)

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

LPC Board is a Louisiana state regulatory agency that issues, renews, and disciplines professional licenses for Licensed Professional Counselors (LPC), provisional counselors (PLPC), LPC-Supervisors, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFT), provisional LMFTs, and LMFT-Supervisors. Core services include initial license application processing, biennial license renewal with continuing education tracking, out-of-state telehealth registration via the Counseling Compact, public licensee search verification, and disciplinary oversight, delivered primarily through an online dashboard portal headquartered in Baton Rouge.

Product overview

LPC Board (Louisiana State Board of Licensed Professional Counselors) operates a web-based licensing and regulatory platform for mental health professionals. The core offering consists of an Online Dashboard that enables licensees to apply for, renew, and manage licenses (LPC, PLPC, LPC-S, LMFT, PLMFT, LMFT-S, LMFT-SC), along with supporting services including Out-of-State Telehealth Registration for interstate practice via the Counseling Compact, a Licensee Search for public verification, paid Verification of Licensure services, Board Meeting Management with archival minutes, a Digital Forms Library, and Video Tutorials hosted on YouTube. The platform focuses on credentialing workflows, continuing education tracking, and regulatory compliance rather than clinical or therapeutic products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Online Licensee Dashboard

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Counseling Compact CommissioncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2022Multi-state agreement allowing eligible licensed professional counselors to provide services in other member states. LPC Board participates in the Counseling Compact, with former Executive Director Jamie Doming serving as Chair of the Commission from October 2022 to April 2025. Out-of-state LPCs and LMFTs can apply for compact privileges through the Board's portal.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• American Counseling Association (ACA): National professional organization representing professional counselors across the U.S. Provides standards, advocacy, and continuing-education resources relevant to LPC Board's licensees and the CE hours the Board mandates.
• National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC): National credentialing body for counselors offering the NCC credential that interacts with state licensing boards like LPC Board. National-level counterpart setting standards referenced by state boards and licensees.
• Counseling Compact Commission: Interstate compact organization LPC Board actively participates in as a Commission member. Provides the multi-state practice framework that extends LPC Board's regulatory scope beyond Louisiana and hosts the compact privilege application workflow.
• American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT): National professional association for MFTs that sets standards and advocates for the profession LPC Board regulates. National counterpart shaping the professional landscape that LPC Board's MFT licensees operate within.

Direct peers

• California Board of Behavioral Sciences: California state agency licensing LMFTs, LCSWs, Professional Clinical Counselors, and educational psychologists. Closely aligned to LPC Board's regulation of MFTs and counselors, and the largest analogous board by licensee population.
• Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling: Florida state board licensing MFTs, clinical social workers, and mental health counselors. Highly comparable scope to LPC Board's regulation of counseling and MFT professions in its state.
• Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council: Texas state regulator that licenses and regulates professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, social workers, and psychologists. Directly comparable to LPC Board as a state-level behavioral-health licensing authority with overlapping scope, fee structure, and licensee-search function.
• New York State Office of Mental Health: New York state agency with regulatory authority over mental-health practitioners including counselors and MFTs. Comparable state-level regulatory mission and operational scale over the mental-health professions.

Others

• Louisiana Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (LAMFT): Louisiana state professional association for MFTs that LPC Board's MFTAC advises. Represents the professional community the Board regulates and provides complementary non-regulatory services such as advocacy and conferences.
• Louisiana Counseling Association (LCA): Louisiana state chapter of the American Counseling Association that represents LPCs and counselors. Adjacent professional membership organization working alongside LPC Board on counseling profession matters in the state.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/la-licensed-professional-counselors

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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