Working as a CCC while waiting for CAP registration

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Alberta CAP provisionals: Has anyone had their 5-year provisional registration expire and continued working as a CCC while reapplying?

I am a Registered Provisional Psychologist with CAP and also independently hold an active Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC) designation, and I have since day one. I received my CCC designation before my academic credentials were approved by CAP. In 2021 I asked them about a possible conflict of interest and they said that as long as I'm clear with clients about when I'm working as a Psychologist and when I'm working as a Counsellor. I still have this email.

My five-year provisional period is expiring before I have completed the EPPP requirement. That's a story all on it's own for another day. I am eligible to reapply to CAP's provisional register but there will be a gap between the expiry of my current practice permit and approval of the new one.

I'm trying to determine what happens to my ability to earn a living during that gap.

I understand that without an active CAP practice permit I cannot practise or represent myself as a psychologist/Registered Provisional Psychologist, use the protected title of psychologist, or perform specialized, "restricted activities".

Has anyone in this situation continued providing ordinary, non-restricted counselling in Alberta solely as a CCC, while waiting for CAP provisional re-registration?

If you've been through this:

• Did CAP tell you that you had to stop seeing clients completely?

• Did CAP permit you to continue counselling solely as a CCC?

• Did you obtain legal advice regarding the Health Professions Act and "Mandatory Registration"?

• Did you have to change your website, consent forms, billing, title, documentation, etc. during the gap?

• How long did the reapplication/registration gap actually last?

• Did continuing to practise as a CCC have any effect on your CAP reapplication?

I'm aware that ordinary counselling is currently practised by CCCs in Alberta and that is exactly what I did when I graduated with my master's degree while I was waiting to be registered as a provisional

Thank you — even a DM would be helpful if you'd rather not discuss your registration history publicly.