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As part of Medicare Mental Health Week, NBCC has connected with our board certified counselors to help craft messages urging our representatives to pass the Mental Health Access Improvement Act, which would recognize mental health counselors and marriage and family therapists as covered Medicare providers.
The newest CACREP grant recipient to achieve CACREP accreditation is Freed-Hardeman University in Henderson, Tennessee. Applications for the 2020–2021 grant opened on March 6, 2020, and the application cycle will close on April 3, 2020.
Licensure portability is a challenge for many counselors wanting to expand their area of practice. Erik Mansager, PhD, NCC, CCMHC, MAC, LCPC, CADP, has met the challenge and is now practicing and using his NBCC credentials overseas.
A year after NBCC launched the updated Counselor Find search platform, thousands of board certified counselors have taken advantage of this benefit, allowing counselors to enter their practice contact information, and making it easier for potential clients to connect with them directly.
NBCC, as part of the Medicare Mental Health Workforce Coalition (MMHWC), is working to strengthen advocacy efforts for the Mental Health Access Improvement Act, which would recognize mental health counselors and marriage and family therapists as covered Medicare providers and allow them to bill Medicare for counseling services.
With over 600 NBCC Foundation Alumni Fellows and Scholars working each day to expand mental health services in their own neighborhoods, making connections is more important than ever!
In late 2019, NBCC and the African Union Southern Africa Regional Office (AU-SARO) jointly sponsored a conference titled Conference on Improvement of Mental Health Services in SADC and COMESA Regions.
Meet NBCC and Affiliates’ IT Director, Melanie Wilkerson. Melanie explains why she came out of retirement, her love of murder mystery novels, and her hero, Steve Wozniak.
Every year NBCC receives dozens of board certified counselors who show continued dedication to advancement and learning by requesting a voluntary audit. We reached out to 2019’s successful audit participants to ask about their motivation to earn such a high number of continuing education clock hours.
NBCC is a proud sponsor of the Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education, and has represented the discipline of counseling at this forum since 2012. NBCC was recently asked to take part in a workshop titled "The Social Determinants of Mental Health."
Meet our spunky Cash Receipts Analyst, Lori Young, who thought her first day on the job was an April Fool's joke. Lori details her humorous transition to NBCC and her role ensuring accuracy related to receiving and processing transactions for NBCC and Affiliates.
The National Board for Certified Counselors, Inc. and Affiliates announces the filling of four new permanent Vice President positions: Callie Marino, Tammi Lee, Isabel Gomez, and Sidney Grant.
Telemental health care is a rapidly growing service. The Board Certified-TeleMental Health Provider credential was designed to help mental health professionals navigate this type of service delivery.
We have a conversation with Dr. Nicole Stargell, NCC, BC-TMH, about her experiences with telemental health, her thoughts about this service, and how she sees it advancing in the years to come.
NBCC and Affiliates welcomes its new Chief Operations Officer (COO), Rebecca Amburn. She is a familiar face to NBCC and Affiliates, as she has served for the past three years on the CCE Board of Directors. Familiarity with our organization and business operations will be extremely beneficial as she transitions into the position of COO.
NBCC was a Platinum Sponsor for the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) Conference in Seattle, Washington, held Oct. 10–13, 2019.
David Marcincavage, the Intellectual Property Coordinator at NBCC and Affiliates, discusses his journey to North Carolina and his role working with trademarks and copyrights.
The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) has proposed rules that would drastically affect the counseling profession in the state. The proposed rule changes repeal nearly the entire scope of practice for Licensed Professional Counselors (LPCs). NBCC has been working with stakeholders to actively oppose these changes.
NBCC and Affiliates welcomes Dr. Monalisa McGee, NCC, MAC, LPC, LMHP, CPC, LMHC, to the 2019-20 Board of Directors of the National Board for Certified Counselors.
LaGrange College and Norfolk State University are the 2019–20 recipients of the NBCC and Affiliates Grant for Initial CACREP Accreditation. The individual $9,000 grants assist the universities as they work through phases of applying for CACREP accreditation.
Rachel Siehs, NCC, LMHC, finds her most rewarding work in counseling adolescents and young adults—often journeying with them through crises. Siehs never imagined she would face her own crisis at the age of 27, in the form of Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
NBCC continues to provide new tools for board certified counselors to distinguish themselves and increase their visibility in the pool of mental health professionals.
The Professional Counselor (TPC), NBCC’s peer-reviewed, open-access online journal, has won an APEX Award for Publication Excellence for the seventh consecutive year. This year, TPC won a Grand Award, signifying its status in the top 100 of 1,300 publications judged by APEX.
Andreea Tiganus, an Ethics Coordinator with NBCC’s Credentialing and Quality Assurance division, discusses her love of family and the law, as well as adjusting to life in the U.S. after arriving from Romania in 2014.
Under a partnership with TheAwardGroup, NBCC is creating a simple, quick way for board certified counselors to obtain the free certificate they gain upon certification or recertification.
LaTonya Summers, PhD, NCC, MAC, LCAS, LPCS, understands the struggle to be authentic in the workplace. She initiated a new research study with a goal of better understanding African-American women's perceptions about upward mobility, career compromise, and natural hair bias in the workplace.
The European Board for Certified Counselors (EBCC), incorporated in 2010, has made great strides in promoting the value of counseling overseas and in increasing mental health awareness and support.
Board certified counselors now have access via ProCounselor to continuing education (CE) documents that date from before a certificant’s five-year renewal cycle.
This month’s NBCC Visions reveals a streamlined design that we hope our board certified counselors find both attractive and useful—especially those using mobile devices, who now comprise more than 50% of our readers.
Isbah Ali Farzan, a psychometrician with the Center for Credentialing & Education, discusses how she joined NBCC and Affiliates and what a psychometrician does in a profession dependent on the assessment process.
Board certified counselors report that their digital badges, a program initiated by NBCC a year ago, have been what one called "a phenomenal tool." Learn how digital badges can help you, and how to download yours if you haven't yet done so.
The NBCC Foundation's 2019 Bridging the Gap Symposium led an exploration of the physical representations of Atlanta’s civil rights legacy and the continued effects of systemic racism and other trauma that are deeply felt by millions of people every day.
Christopher Townsend, PhD, NCC, LPC, LCAS, CCS, never envisioned himself graduating from college, let alone being called a doctor. His path out of the projects of High Point, North Carolina, led to a life work of helping those less fortunate obtain mental health care.
The Professional Counselor (TPC) has conferred its annual scholarship awards—one Dissertation Excellence Award and two Outstanding Scholar Awards—recognizing the most noteworthy articles published in NBCC's peer-reviewed, open-access electronic journal.
Mary Alice Olsan, Director of NBCC's Government & Legislative Affairs Department, discusses how NBCC helps state boards and agencies protect the public and support the counseling profession.
“Living in a world that is just a connection away, I know that people can find whatever they need with just a stroke on a keyboard,” says Mississippi-based Straughter, DPC, NCC, LPC, who has been a counselor for nearly 20 years. “
Tammi Lee, Interim Vice President of CCE and Business Services & Partnerships, discusses her role overseeing state agency services, contracted management services, business development, government and legislative affairs, and international business services.
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