LPC , LCSW , and LMFT are all basically the same , with some minor differences . Same length of time in school , roughly the same postgraduate supervision required , very similar clinical training , etc . For LPCs , they tend to have the most clinical training for Masterslevel clinicians in my experience . While they do similar work to LCSWs , they don ' t have as much of the case managementsocial work approach and focus more on insession therapy which is funny because as an LPCintern , half of my current job is case management to some extent . Generalist isn ' t a bad description , but not in a way that would limit the efficacy of a counselor . LPCs have a wide range of fields they work in , and often will specialize in different areas .