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.

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

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
Testing/Measurements
Temperament Therapy
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 for Phase I:

Clinical Supervision... During Phase I.

Administer... the Arno Profile System to 10 individuals.

All National Christian Counselors Association courses are provided as independent home study with written materials with the exception of two courses, Basic Christian Counseling and Testing/Measurements. These two courses are available in both audio cassette and video tape format. All materials are provided for the candidate and no additional books or materials are required.

A brief description of each required course which the National Christian Counselors Association provides for membership and certification follows.

This course will cover, on audio cassette or video tapes, four hours of instruction. The instructor will provide the student with an overview of the "Big Eight" (types of secular counseling and therapeutic methods). In addition, the student will be taught the difference between Christian and secular counseling, goals, techniques, and several other important topics, such as the dangers and pitfalls of counseling.

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.

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.

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

This course is approximately 300 pages in length. The candidate will be provided with general information regrding 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.