California Passes Counselor Licensure Law

On October 11, 2009, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Senate Bill 788 into law, thereby establishing licensure requirements for counselors and making California the 50th U.S. state to license counselors.This important legislation amends the California Business and Professions Code, which already includes marriage and family therapists and clinical social workers, and identifies the Board of Behavioral Sciences as the state regulatory agency responsible for the licensure of counselors. The governor’s signature is the culmination of a lengthy effort to establish a licensure law for counselors in California. More...

NBCC Launches Free Online Journal

The National Board for Certified Counselors, Inc. and Affiliates (NBCC) announces the launching of The Professional Counselor: Research and Practice (TPC). TPC is an official journal of NBCC and is dedicated to publishing research, practical techniques, innovations in counseling and commentary on professional practice and helping as a facilitation process. NBCC’s goal for this free journal is to create an exciting online resource for the counseling profession that appeals to the more than 44,000 NCCs around the world and also speaks to counselor educators, practitioners, graduate students, researchers, supervisors and the general public. More...

Early Credentialing — Why it Benefits Your Students

For counselor educators in the 21st century, and in the "new economy," it can often be a challenge to help students understand the benefit of spending money and effort on applying for the NCC while they are still in school. Today’s students are often more pragmatic than emotional in their professional decision making.They deserve an answer to the question they often ask: "What’s in it for me?" More...

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