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Mission
The National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) is the nation's premier professional certification board devoted to credentialing counselors who meet standards for the general and specialty practices of professional counseling.
History of NBCC
Thomas Clawson, Ed.D.
President and CEOThe National Board for Certified Counselors, Inc. and Affiliates (NBCC), an independent not-for-profit credentialing body for counselors, was incorporated in 1982 to establish and monitor a national certification system, to identify those counselors who have voluntarily sought and obtained certification, and to maintain a register of those counselors.
NBCC's certification program recognizes counselors who have met predetermined standards in their training, experience, and performance on the National Counselor Examination for Licensure and Certification (NCE), the most portable credentialing examination in counseling. NBCC has approximately 42,000 certified counselors. These counselors live and work in the US and over 50 countries. Our examinations are used by more than 48 states, the District of Columbia, and Guam to credential counselors on a state level.
NBCC was initially created after the work of a committee of the American Counseling Association (ACA). The committee created NBCC to be an independent credentialing body. NBCC and ACA have strong historical ties and work together to further the profession of counseling. However, the two organizations are completely separate entities with different goals.
•ACA concentrates on membership association activities such as conferences, professional development, publications, and government relations.
•NBCC focuses on promoting quality counseling through certification. In addition, NBCC promotes professional counseling to private and government organizations.
NBCC's flagship credential is the National Certified Counselor (NCC). NBCC also offers specialty certification in several areas:
•School counseling - The National Certified School Counselor (NCSC)
•Clinical mental health counseling - The Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselor (CCMHC)
•Addictions counseling - The Master Addictions Counselor (MAC)
The NCC is a prerequisite or co-requisite for the specialty credentials.
NBCC's Accreditation
The National Board for Certified Counselors is accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA), the accrediting body for the National Organization for Competency Assurance (NOCA). NOCA is the leader in setting quality standards for credentialing organizations.
For confirmation of this accreditation, as well as descriptions of the services and missions of NOCA and NCCA, please feel free to visit NOCA's website at www.noca.org.
Statistics on NCCs
Statistical information based on active certificants as of 12/30/2008
NCC
CCMHC
NCCC
NCGC
NCSC
MAC
43960
1088
540
148
2287
642
NCC - National Certified Counselor
CCMHC - Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselor
MAC - Master Addictions Counselor
NCCC - National Certified Career Counselor
NCGC - National Certified Gerontological Counselor
NCSC - National Certified School Counselor
Benefits of Becoming an NCC
National certification can be a continuing source of career enhancement and pride for you as a counseling professional.
What the NCC Credential Does for You
•Generates client referrals for you through CounselorFind, NBCC's referral service linking potential clients to nearby NCCs.
•Travels with you when you relocate in or outside the US.
•Keeps you in touch with current professional credentialing issues and events through The National Certified Counselor, NBCC's newsletter.
•Advances your professional accountability and visibility.
•Ensures a national standard developed by counselors, not legislators.
•Supports the rights of NCCs to use testing instruments in practice through NBCC’s participation in the National Fair Access Coalition on Testing (FACT).
•Offers, through Lockton Affinity, liability insurance to NCCs at bargain rates.
•Allows online access to verification of national certification through the NBCC Registry.
