SUCCESSFULLY PREPARING
FOR THE NCE EXAM
Grad School Coaching
Jeanne Stanley, Ph.D.
www.gradschoolcoaching.com
NBCC Exam Types by State
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
D.C.
Florida
Georgia
Guam
Idaho
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
NCE
NCE
NCE
NCE/ NCMHCE
NCE
NCE/ NCMHCE
NCE
NCE
NCMHCE
NCE
see website
NCE
NCMHCE
NCE/ NCMHCE
NCE/ NCMHCE
NCE/ NCMHCE
NCE
NCE
NCE
NCE or EMAC
NCMHCE
NCE
NCE
NCE
(click here for info per State)
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
NCE
NCE/ NCMHCE
NCE/ NCMHCE
NCMHCE
NCE
NCE/ NCMHCE
NCMHCE
NCE
NCE/ NCMHCE
NCE
NCE
NCE
see website
NCMHCE
NCE/NCMHCE
NCE/ NCMHCE
NCE
NCE/ NCMHCE
NCE and NCMHCE
NCMHCE
NCE/ NCMHCE
NCE
NCE
NCE
Other States Licensure Professional
Counseling Information
For questions about the
LPC in your State, visit the
following Website that
Lists each State's Websites
The NCE Exam – Keep in Mind
Click below to read the “Candidate
Handbook for State Credentialing”
(Highly Recommended)
NBCC Overview Handbook for
the NCE Exam
Note: It link above does not work, please copy and past the following link into
your web browser: http://www.nbcc.org/Assets/Exam/handbooks/NCE.pdf
8 Core Areas
(Content – What Doing)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Human Growth and Development
Social and Cultural Foundations
Helping Relationships
Group Work
Career and Lifestyle Development
Appraisal
Research & Program Evaluation
Professional Orientation & Ethics
5 Work Behavior Areas
(Context – How Doing)
1.
Fundamentals of Counseling
2.
Assessment & Career Counseling
3.
Group Counseling
4.
Programmatic & Clinical Intervention
5.
Professional Practice Issues
Studying for the NCE
Assessing Your Knowledge Base
Link to an unofficial NCE
Practice Exam
NOTE: You may print a PDF copy or save the
practice exam above in Google docs
NCE Study Prep Matrix Planner
WORK BEHAVIORS (How Doing)
CORE AREAS
(What Doing)
Human Growth &
Development
Social & Cultural Foundations
Helping Relationships
Group Work
Career & Lifestyle
Development
Appraisal
Research & Program
Evaluation
Professional Orientation &
Ethics
Fundamentals of
Counseling
Assessment
& Career
Counseling
Group
Counseling
Programmatic &
Clinical
Intervention
Professional
Practice Issues
Study Material Links
CLICK ON LINKS BELOW TO GO
DIRECTLY TO SITES

Study Books, CD’s, MP3’s
NOTE: On the left of the webpage, click “Clients
Preparing for NCE Exam”

App = Quiz Questions

App = Flashcards

Condensed Outlines =
Counseling Exam Testing TidBits
NCE Test Taking Strategies
1. Read the question in its ENTIRETY
2. Avoid “filling in the blanks” in your mind
3. Try to formulate an answer BEFORE looking at the choices
- cover the choices
- find an answer that is closest to your answer
4. There is not a set pattern to answers choices on exams
5. Careful not to fall for the distractors answers
6. Use of + - ?
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