TESTING

Applicants must take a standardized examination through the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC), or other certifying organization that meets, at a minimum, the following criteria: The organization must be a national professional mental health organization recognized as setting national standards of clinical competency. The organization must require a standardized examination designed to test his/her understanding of the principals involved in the mental health specialty for which he/she is being certified. The organization must have a code of ethics substantially equivalent to that of the NBCC. The organization must require the minimum of a master's degree in either the counseling or behavioral science field. The applicant should contact the NBCC at (336) 547 - 0607 to obtain an application to take the examination.

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