The Counseling Certification Program

The cost is be $250 per person (we will discuss the price for married couples). The amount must be paid in full within three months during the Counseling Certification Program. Trainees will attend the weekly meetings, and once they have accumulated 10 course signatures (including a course exam) they will receive their Certification.

The new counselor may continue to attend the weekly courses for up to six (6) months, and has the option to pay for six more months (at the end of that period) for only $150.

Weekly Training and Development Program

Weekly meetings where the new counselor will continue to be trained and equipped for the ministry of counseling. These weekly meetings will include, but not be limited to, the following:

  • Understanding the theory and practice of Belief Therapy.

  • The use of intuition and discernment in Counseling.
    identifying the root problem.

  • Counseling the individual; counseling couples.

  • The use and practice of Biblical and counseling principles.

  • Understanding the Life Pattern Cycle of thinking, feeling, acting, and worldview.

  • The affect of anger in the decisions and behavior of people.

  • Feeding the monster; How to stop enabling bad behavior in one’s self , and learning to promote healthier behavior as well.

  • Dealing with memories; How to redefine and manage them.

  • Setting objectives and goals with the client for a successful counseling experience.

  • Understanding and applying effective interviewing (questioning) skills with the goal of identifying the root problem.

  • Understanding stimuli (those things which “cause” us to react and respond) and how to learn self-discipline and make intentional choices.

  • The art of listening; what they say, what they don’t say, what they emphasize, what they ignore, and their body language.

  • Confrontation; When is it effective, and when might it backfire.

  • Scheduling counseling sessions; what to consider and what to avoid.

  • Learning and understanding the dysfunctions and distortions of the troubled mind, and how the Scriptures teach us to change and resolve them.

  • Counseling married couples; effective and ineffective counseling practices.

  • Counseling traumas; homosexuality; alcohol and drug abuse; financial dilemmas; and many others.

Hands-on Training Opportunities
 

Counselors will have the opportunity to attend and participate in actual counseling sessions to gain experience, self-confidence, and to learn new methods of counseling application.

  • Initially the new counselors will be allowed (by invitation) to attend actual counseling sessions solely to observe.

  • With time, the new counselors will be allowed to participate in the sessions.

  • Finally, the counselors will be allowed to be the primary counselors, while having a more experienced counselor sitting in, and assisting.

During this time, the counselor will receive continued evaluation from the more experienced counselors, with the goal of helping the new counselor correct less effective methods and develop an effective and successful personal counseling style.

Full Faith Based Counselor Certification
 

 After successfully acquiring four course signatures the new counselor will receive a tentative Faith-Based Counselor Certification from NewLife Christian Counseling Ministry, which will allow the following:

  • That the new counselor will be certified to participate in the personal development and training program offered by NewLife.

  • That the new counselor will be authorized to legally attend and participate in actual counseling sessions, as the opportunities present themselves.

  • That the new counselor will be able to be included in discussions of ongoing counseling, due to the required privacy policies of NewLife Christian Counseling Ministry.

Upon completion of the program with a 90% to 100% success rating by the NewLife staff (which includes obtaining the required ten course signatures and completing the course exam) , the new counselor will receive full Faith-Based Counselor Certification from NewLife.

What does our certification mean, and include?

To comply with Texas Law, our certification will mean that the counselor has been ordained and certified by NewLife as a Minister/Counselor, recognizing the new counselor as a bona fide member of the clergy performing his or her ministerial duties as a “functionary of a religious organization” (Texas Rules of Evidence, Rule 505).

The ordination included here will be a limited ordination pertaining to the person’s ministerial function as counselor.
 

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If you have additional questions, please email us at counsel@nccmdallas.com.