National Board for Certified Counselors, Inc. (NBCC) · Current as of October 18, 2026: NBCC NCMHCE Content Outline, revised October 8, 2025; blueprint finalized in 2021 from the June 2019 job analysis. Corroborated by the State Licensure Candidate Handbook revised November 20, 2025. The separately published examination specifications effective July 1, 2027 are forthcoming and are not the blueprint used for this guide. The assigned workbook label matches the official examination identity.

This original 20-question sample covers selected topics across the outline. It does not reproduce official exam questions or cover every tested topic.

• NBCC: National Clinical Mental Health Counseling Examination
• NCMHCE Content Outline, revised October 8, 2025
• NCMHCE Candidate Handbook for State Licensure, revised November 20, 2025
• NCMHCE Examination Specifications, effective July 1, 2027
• NBCC Code of Ethics, revised August 24, 2023
• ACA 2014 Code of Ethics
• HHS: Obtaining informed consent
• HHS: Does HIPAA provide extra protections for mental health information?
• HHS: Creating an emergency plan for telebehavioral health
• NIMH: Adult Outpatient Brief Suicide Safety Assessment Guide
• NIMH: Depression
• NIMH: Bipolar Disorder
• NIMH: Generalized Anxiety Disorder: What You Need to Know
• NIMH: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
• NIMH: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
• American Psychiatric Association: Cultural Formulation Interview
• VA: Evidence-Based Treatment
• VA National Center for PTSD: Overview of Psychotherapy for PTSD
• VA National Center for PTSD: Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD
• MINT: Understanding Motivational Interviewing
• Centre for Clinical Interventions: Stepping Out of Social Anxiety, Module 3—Overcoming Avoidance