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Is God Calling You To Be A Professional Christian Counselor?
"The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few."
                                   Luke 10:2

Transfer To NCCA

National Christians Counselors Association
Equipping Christians to Counsel the Hurting
World's largest Christian Counselors Training and Licensing Association

SACC Student Transfer Overview

Persons who successfully complete the Creation Therapy course, join the S.A.C.C. and administer the Arno Profile System to a minimum of ten (10) individuals may quality to enter into a program for certification and license in Professional Christian Counseling with the National Christian Counselors Association.

S.A.C.C. members are exempt from taking three of the Phase I courses. This is a savings in tuition of over $600.00.

The NCCA Mission

The National Christian Counselors Association (N.C.C.A.) is a non-profit, professional organization that trains, certifies, and licenses Christian counselors. The Association includes ministers, Christian counselors, testing specialist, medical doctors, attorneys, and educators. The N.C.C.A is the worlds largest Christian Counselor Training and Licensing Association.

We are committed to the Lord Jesus Christ and believe that counseling is in vain, unless it is founded upon and directed by the Word of God.

Our purpose is to help Christians who believe that God has called them into the ministry of counseling. The N.C.C.A. has been faithful to this mission for over twenty years and has assisted thousands of Christians to fulfill their call. We can help you achieve yours.

As a Licensed Christian Counselor You Can Qualify To:

  • Train others to counsel

  • Teach Biblically-based human behavior and problem resolution

  • Start a Christian Counseling Ministry

  • Be Board Certified as a specialist in areas such as:
                    *   Marriage and Family Therapy
                    *   Child and Adolescent Therapy
                    *   Crisis and Abuse Therapy
                    *   Domestic Violence and Intervention Therapy

  • Receive on-going support via networking with other Christian Counselors

Counseling With Proven Success

The Arno Profile System (A.P.S.) is an easy-to-learn counseling technique that has achieved a success rate of over 90%. Thousands of lay counselors, professional counselors and pastors throughout the United States and nine foreign countries are currently using the A.P.S. It will help you identify your counselees' problems faster and more accurately.

Program Levels

N.C.C.A training includes several options ranging from licensing to advanced level programs. If you want to continue your education, you can receive your next degree level (Bachelors, Masters, or Doctorate) in Christian Counseling from one of twelve Christian universities approved by the N.C.C.A. (Note that N.C.C.A.'s licensing and degree programs are approved for education assistance through most large companies, churches, and state rehabilitation departments providing such assistance.)

Frequently Asked Questions

    Can I be licensed as a Christian Counselor without going back to school?

        Yes, you can be licensed. We can also help you qualify for you Bachelors (B.A.), Masters (M.A.), and even your Doctorate (Ph.D.) through one of N.C.C.A.'s 12 participating colleges.

   Can I accept remuneration for counseling?

            Absolutely.

    Do I have to be state licensed to be a counselor?

            No. In fact, we recommend not applying for a state license since the regulations limit your right to provide Faith-based counsel.

    Will I be trained to help those who are hurting?

            Yes. The training enables you to effectively help 92 out of every 100 who seek your counsel.

   Is the training Biblically sound?

            Definitely. The N.C.C.A. ministry is totally devoted to the Lord Jesus Christ and all training is based on the Holy Scriptures.

Benefits of N.C.C.A. Training

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Counselors From Many Walks Of Life
The training adjusts to meet the needs of Christians with different goals, including:

  • Christians who want to be better equipped to minister to those who need counsel

  • Pastors who want to learn how to counsel members of their community who are experiencing problems.

  • Christians who want to be credentialed and enter the field of counseling as a profession.

  • Professional counselors who want to become A.P.S. (Arno Profile System) certified and learn a Biblically based counseling model with proven success.

NCCA Testimony

  • Thousands of N.C.C.A. licensed counselors in practice, worldwide

  • Internationally recognized as the best and most affordable counseling training available.

  • N.C.C.A.'s curriculum is used by over 150 schools

Professional Training

Because of the need for professional training and the need for credentials and diplomas, the N.C.C.A. has developed a training program that includes a therapeutic counseling model for Christian workers, ministers, and professional counselors.

Your credentials will open many doors as you continue in the service of our Lord Jesus Christ. The National Christian Counselors Association provides a variety of memberships, complete with suitable documents designed for framing.

NOTE: License

NOTE: License

The N.C.C.A.'s certification/licensing program is not to be confused with any state licensure. This program is provided for those who are called, by the Lord, into the "Ministry of Counseling" and want to be

"Agent of the Church" rather than "Agent of the State".

Members will resist the perspective that emotes the superiority of our discipline to the negation of other disciplines. It is our desire to present a holistic, cooperative approach with other counseling and mental health professionals.

*= S.A.C.C. Code of Ethical Standards Manual
Standards For Inter-Professional Relationships
Page 8

Accreditation

The N.C.C.A. is fully accredited by:

Accrediting Commission International (Comprehensive Accredited Member)
National Private Schools Association Group

Requirements

Clinical Membership is offered to non-ordained individuals who are involved in counseling and recognize the need for developing some basic, but vital counseling skills. Professional Clinical Membership is offered only to an ordained, licensed or commissioned clergy person. Evidence of credentials must be provided to the N.C.C.A. Board of Examiners.

Requirements:

The required training provides the lay person and clergy person with skills which can be used in both telephone hotline-crisis counseling and contact counseling. In order to obtain certification as a Certified Temperament Counselor; and your Clinical or Professional Clinical Membership, you will be required to successfully complete the following courses:

  • Basic Christian Counseling
  • Temperament Theory - SACC Members Exempt
  • Testing/Measurements - SACC Members Exempt
  • Temperament Therapy - SACC Members Exempt
  • Christian Psychology and Counseling

The above courses are taken at home. The time element involved is approximately 120 clock hours. This depends on your own personal academic skills.

Additional Requirements:

  • Clinical Supervision: A supervisor's fee of $150 must be paid to the assigned Clinical Supervisor.
  • Administer... the Arno Profile System to 10 individuals. (SACC members will have already completed this requirement.)

Basic Course Outline

Basic Christian Counseling

Author - Richard G. Arno, Ph.D.

This course will cover the difference between Christian and secular counseling, goals, techniques, and several other important topics, such as the dangers and pitfalls of counseling.

Course Requirements:
1. Approximately 10 clock hours
2. Maximum time limit four weeks
3. Pass a proctored final exam

Temperament Theory

Author - Richard G. Arno, Ph.D.

SACC Members Exempt

This course is approximately 250 pages in length. The candidate will be provided with an in-depth background of the theory of temperament and provided with the scientific and biblical basis for this theory. This course introduces a fifth temperament and the behavioral patterns of each temperament.

Course Requirements:
1. Approximately 30 clock hours
2. Maximum time limit twelve weeks
3. Pass two proctored exams

Testing/Measurements

Author - Richard G. Arno Ph.D.

SACC Members Exempt

This course is provided on a one-hour audio or video cassette. The instructor will introduce the student to the primary tests used by the N.C.C.A. Samples of "Jane Doe" reports will be provided for the student's review and each student is provided with a "start-up" packet of testing materials.

After reviewing the training tape, the student is required to complete a personal temperament questionnaire and return it, along with a Verification Statement, to the N.C.C.A. for a free evaluation. Upon receipt of these two instruments, the N.C.C.A. will permit the candidate to begin using the N.C.C.A.'s testing service.

Course Requirements:
1. Approximately 3 clock hours
2. Maximum time limit four weeks
3. Complete and submit a personal temperament questionnaire
4. Submit Verification Statement

Temperament Therapy

Author - Richard G. Arno Ph.D.

SACC Members Exempt

This course is approximately 360 pages in length. The candidate will be taught how to apply the theory of temperament in a clinical setting.

Course Requirements:
1. Approximately 30 clock hours
2. Maximum time limit twelve weeks
3. Pass two proctored exams

Christian Psychology and Counseling

Authors - Terry D. King, Ph.D., Debra L. King, Ph.D.
Richard G. Arno, Ph.D., & Phyllis J. Arno, Ph.D.

This course is approximately 300 pages in length. The candidate will be provided with general information regarding basic theories concerning historical systems of psychology, counseling, biblical theories of counseling and the utilization of N.C.C.A.'s counseling model, Temperament Theory.

Course Requirements:

1. Approximately 45 clock hours
2. Maximum time limit sixteen weeks
3. Pass two proctored exams

Pastoral or Christian Counselor
Certification and License
Certification and License

After completing the first part of the program, obtaining your Certified Temperament Counselor certificate and becoming a member, you may elect to continue your training. To qualify for certification or license as a Pastoral Counselor or as a Christian Counselor, three (3) additional courses are required.

  • Mastering Pastoral Counseling Utilizing Temperament

  • Temperament Case Studies

  • Codependence

Course information


Mastering Pastoral Counseling Utilizing Temperament
Authors - Rev. John W. Lutton, M.A.,
Richard G. Arno, Ph.D., & Phyllis J. Arno, Ph.D.

This course is approximately 225 pages in length. The candidate will be provided with specific information regarding stress, anger and guilt with the emphasis on the need to develop family relationships. This course utilizes the N.C.C.A.'s counseling model, Temperament Therapy.

Course Requirements:
1. Approximately 36 clock hours
2. Maximum time limit fourteen weeks
3. Pass one proctored exam

Temperament Case Studies
Compiled by Phyllis J. Arno, Ph.D.

This course is approximately 154 pages in length. The candidate will learn first hand the counseling model with which the N.C.C.A. members and graduates counsel. These case studies utilize the counseling model taught by the N.C.C.A. and they also incorporate other testing instruments with this model.

Course Requirements:
1. Approximately 35 clock hours
2 . Maximum time limit 12 weeks
3. Pass one proctored exam

Codependency
Author - Jean M. LaCour, Ph.D.

This course is approximately 160 pages in length. The candidate will be provided with specialized training regarding codependency which incorporates the counseling model taught by the N.C.C.A.

Course Requirements:
1. Approximately 35 clock hours
2 . Maximum time limit 12 weeks
3. One proctored exam

The N.C.C.A.'s Licensing Board of Examiners offers training for several certification and licensure categories. The category for which you qualify will depend on your educational background and experience.

When you successfully complete Phase I and Phase II, you will receive your membership certificate as a Professional Clinical Member and:

You may receive a: If you hold a:
Certified Pastoral Counselor
Licensed Pastoral Counselor
Licensed Clinical Pastoral Counselor
Licensed Clinical Pastoral Counselor-Advanced Certification		 No degree held
Bachelor's Degree
Master's Degree
Doctorate


Or, after successful completion of the requirements, you may elect to apply for Licensed Clinical Christian Counselor Certificate, if this best describes your ministry.

The above courses are taken at home. The time element involved is approximately 110 clock hours. This depends on your own personal academic skills.

Additional requirements:

  • Clinical Supervision: Administer an additional 15 Arno Profiles (total of 25).

  • Clergy status .... One must be ordained, licensed or a commissioned Minister of Counseling in order to enroll in the program. The N.C.C.A. can provide several possibilities for your consideration.

  • Continuing Education Units (CEU's) required to maintain your certificate (annually)... The N.C.C.A. provides C.E.U. courses at a fee of $150 each. Each course is valued at six (6) C.E.U.'s. Therefore, renewal requires two (2) courses per year. C.E.U.'s may also be obtained through other sources including documented self-study and then transferred to the N.C.C.A. for a nominal administration fee of $20.00 per year.

Advanced Training

You may also elect to take specific continuing education courses and become N.C.C.A. Board Certified as a specialist in any of the following areas of expertise:

I. Integrated Marriage and Family Therapy


Course Name
Marriage & Family Counseling
Integrated Temperament Couple Therapy
Pre-Marriage Counseling with Temperament
The Father-Daughter Connection

II. Child and Adolescent Therapy


Course Name
Counseling Families
Counseling and Children
Counseling and Self-Esteem
Counseling and the Search for Meaning

III. Substance Abuse and Addiction Therapy


Course Name
Counseling for Substance Abuse & Addiction
Counseling Adult Children of Alcoholism
Counseling the Problems of Self-Control
Counseling Those with Eating Disorders

IV. Sexual Therapy


Course Name
Counseling for Sexual Disorders
Counseling and Homosexuality
Counseling for Problems of Self-Control
Counseling for Unplanned Pregnancy and Infertility

V. Death and Grief Therapy


Course Name
Counseling the Sick and Terminally Ill
Counseling the Anger
Counseling the Depressed
Counseling Families and Children with Disabilities

VI. Cognitive Therapy and Ethics


Course Name
Cognitive Therapy Techniques
Life's Answers through Counseling with God
Quality, Ethics, and Legal Issues in Christian Counseling
Innovative Approaches in Counseling

VII. Crisis and Abuse Therapy


Course Name
Counseling for Family Violence and Abuse
Counseling in Times of Crisis
Counseling for Anger
Counseling the Depressed

VIII. Domestic Violence and Intervention


Course Name
Temperament Case Studies
Counseling for Substance Abuse and Addiction
Counseling for Problems of Self-Control
Counseling Families
Counseling and Self-Esteem

 

N.C.C.A. Affiliated Universities / Seminaries

Again, if you are working toward a degree, the matriculation and transfer fees for a degree must be paid after all requirements have been fulfilled. The matriculation and transfer fees for a B.A. degree $1,200.00 and the fees for an M.A. degree are $1,500.00. This fee is for the awarding of the college degree and is not included in N.C.C.A.’s course tuition/standard fees.

  • Andersonville Baptist Seminary - M.C.C. / D.C.C.

  • Calvary Theological Seminary (GA) - M.Min / D.Ed

  • Calvary Theological Seminary - (LA) - A.A. / B.A.

  • Chesapeake Bible College & Seminary -
    M.C.C. / D.P.C. / D.C.C.

  • Cornerstone University - M.A. / Ph.D

  • Faith Theological Seminary - M.A. / Ph.D.

  • Family Bible Institute, College and Seminary - B.A. / M.A. Ph.D

  • International Theological Seminary - B.A. / M.A. / Ph.D

  • Jacksonville Theological Seminary - M.A. / Ph.D.

  • Logos Christian College and Graduate School - M.A. / Ph.D.

  • Southeastern Theological Seminary - M.A. / Ph.D.

  • Vision Christian Bible College & Seminary - M.A. / Ph.D.

NOTE: When advertising as a specialist in a particular area, some states may require the word Christian to protect the states legal titles.

For example: 
N.C.C.A. Board Certified in Christian Family Therapy

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