“…Obtaining a master's degree adds the term specialist , whereas a doctorate degree adds doctor in front of their title. Although both TPCGA and TPA encourage graduate study to practice with those titles, there is no law requiring advanced degrees to become a professional counselor or psychologist (Godelek & Kayar, ; TPCGA, ). Also, there are significant disagreements between MONE, TPCGA, and TPA related to what title should be used to communicate the professional status of counselor: TPCGA uses psychological counselor (TPCGA, ), TPA uses counselor (Godelek & Kayar, ), and MONE uses guidance teacher (MONE, ).…”