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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 Visions was created to keep counselors up to date on news about the profession and is availiable to the public as well. We invite you to share your news in the NCC Network, a regular newsletter feature that highlights the accomplishments of National Certified Counselors.
If you have published a book or article, developed or presented a workshop, received an award or other recognition, or achieved any other noteworthy accomplishment as an NCC, consider submitting your news for the NCC Network. We enjoy highlighting all of the wonderful work NCCs are doing!
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Jane Doe, NCC, CCMHC, LPC, of Akron, Ohio, was awarded the 2014 Distinguished Counselor Award from State University. The recipient of this award is chosen from hundreds of candidates after an extensive review by an eight-member committee. Dr. Doe will receive her award at a banquet in her honor on March 16, 2014.
John Doe, NCC, NCSC, CCMHC, LPC, of Deerfield, Illinois, recently published The Counselor Chronicles (Hometown Publisher), in which the author details his 20 years as a school counselor at an inner city public school. This book can be ordered through Amazon.com or directly from the publisher, at www.hometownpublisher.com.
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