 TITLE: Can Credit Counseling Hurt Your Credit? CONTENT: Check Your Credit Score During the Credit Counseling Process\n------------------------------------------------------------\nBecause credit counseling can have an impact on your credit, it's important to check your score regularly to understand how certain actions impact it and determine what you can do to improve it.\nAlso, consider checking your credit report before and during the credit counseling process. This can help you pinpoint areas you need to address, and can also help you identify potentially incorrect or fraudulent information on your reports. If you find something, you can dispute it with the credit reporting agencies to have it corrected or removed. Depending on the situation, this could help your credit score. END