According to the American Counseling Association, Counselors Practice Only Within

According to the American Counseling Association, counselors practice only within the boundaries of their competence, based on:

A) their knowledge, skills, and practices in the following areas: foundations, diversity and politics, assessment, research and evaluation, and diagnosis.
B) psychology does not currently have methods to readily or reliably assess the performance of professional functions.
C) peer review boards or other appropriate bodies.
D) their education and training, supervised experience, state and national professional credentials, and appropriate professional experience.