NCE Study Guide

Boundaries Under Pressure: Dual Relationships, Crossings, and Violations on the NCE

This 28-day meditation series is now available on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/collection/1729024].  It is designed to prepare you for the National Counselor Examination (NCE) in a way that is both effective and deeply calming. Each session blends counseling content review with gentle, imagery-based meditation, supported by theta-state audio techniques that promote memory retention, focus, and relaxation. Across the modules, you’ll journey through the full scope of NCE material: ethics, confidentiality, supervision, multicultural competence, and technology in counseling; intake, assessment, diagnosis, and clinical documentation; major mental health disorders, trauma, addiction, special populations, and systemic influences; treatment planning, theoretical models, cultural considerations, and collaboration; and the core of practice—counseling skills, microskills, the therapeutic process, and counselor self-development. Each meditation helps anchor knowledge while reducing anxiety, transforming study into a practice of presence and resilience. Here, learning is not rushed—it is integrated, with warmth, safety, and compassion guiding every step. Join the community → patreon.com/NCEStudyGuide [https://www.patreon.com/NCEStudyGuide?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator] 🎧 Like what you hear? ➡️ Give the show a 5-star rating—it really helps others find these resources. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ [https://patreon.com/NCEStudyGuide?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink]

Know Your Lane: Scope of Practice & Professional Identity on the NCE

This 28-day meditation series is now available on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/collection/1729024].  It is designed to prepare you for the National Counselor Examination (NCE) in a way that is both effective and deeply calming. Each session blends counseling content review with gentle, imagery-based meditation, supported by theta-state audio techniques that promote memory retention, focus, and relaxation. Across the modules, you’ll journey through the full scope of NCE material: ethics, confidentiality, supervision, multicultural competence, and technology in counseling; intake, assessment, diagnosis, and clinical documentation; major mental health disorders, trauma, addiction, special populations, and systemic influences; treatment planning, theoretical models, cultural considerations, and collaboration; and the core of practice—counseling skills, microskills, the therapeutic process, and counselor self-development. Each meditation helps anchor knowledge while reducing anxiety, transforming study into a practice of presence and resilience. Here, learning is not rushed—it is integrated, with warmth, safety, and compassion guiding every step. Join the community → patreon.com/NCEStudyGuide [https://www.patreon.com/NCEStudyGuide?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator] 🎧 Like what you hear? ➡️ Give the show a 5-star rating—it really helps others find these resources. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ [https://patreon.com/NCEStudyGuide?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink]

Confidentiality Secrets: What the NCE REALLY Expects You to Know

This 28-day meditation series is now available on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/collection/1729024].  It is designed to prepare you for the National Counselor Examination (NCE) in a way that is both effective and deeply calming. Each session blends counseling content review with gentle, imagery-based meditation, supported by theta-state audio techniques that promote memory retention, focus, and relaxation. Across the modules, you’ll journey through the full scope of NCE material: ethics, confidentiality, supervision, multicultural competence, and technology in counseling; intake, assessment, diagnosis, and clinical documentation; major mental health disorders, trauma, addiction, special populations, and systemic influences; treatment planning, theoretical models, cultural considerations, and collaboration; and the core of practice—counseling skills, microskills, the therapeutic process, and counselor self-development. Each meditation helps anchor knowledge while reducing anxiety, transforming study into a practice of presence and resilience. Here, learning is not rushed—it is integrated, with warmth, safety, and compassion guiding every step. Join the community → patreon.com/NCEStudyGuide [https://www.patreon.com/NCEStudyGuide?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator] 🎧 Like what you hear? ➡️ Give the show a 5-star rating—it really helps others find these resources. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ [https://patreon.com/NCEStudyGuide?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink]

The Ethics Blueprint: How the ACA Code Can Make or Break Your NCE Score

This 28-day meditation series is now available on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/collection/1729024].  It is designed to prepare you for the National Counselor Examination (NCE) in a way that is both effective and deeply calming. Each session blends counseling content review with gentle, imagery-based meditation, supported by theta-state audio techniques that promote memory retention, focus, and relaxation. Across the modules, you’ll journey through the full scope of NCE material: ethics, confidentiality, supervision, multicultural competence, and technology in counseling; intake, assessment, diagnosis, and clinical documentation; major mental health disorders, trauma, addiction, special populations, and systemic influences; treatment planning, theoretical models, cultural considerations, and collaboration; and the core of practice—counseling skills, microskills, the therapeutic process, and counselor self-development. Each meditation helps anchor knowledge while reducing anxiety, transforming study into a practice of presence and resilience. Here, learning is not rushed—it is integrated, with warmth, safety, and compassion guiding every step. Join the community → patreon.com/NCEStudyGuide [https://www.patreon.com/NCEStudyGuide?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator] 🎧 Like what you hear? ➡️ Give the show a 5-star rating—it really helps others find these resources. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ [https://patreon.com/NCEStudyGuide?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink]

ChatGPT Atlas Launch and Mental Health

News-Inspired Case Studies is a new series from Glenn Ostlund and the NCE StudyGuide Podcast. Each episode begins with a current news story and unfolds like a counseling case study — exploring how real-world events ripple through the human nervous system, emotions, and behavior. Created for both NCE preparation and ongoing professional development, this series bridges counseling theory, neuroscience, and culture to show how the world outside our therapy rooms shapes what happens inside them. These episodes are also part of Glenn’s own continuing education — what he calls his AI puppet show — where tools like ChatGPT and Notebook LM help research, organize, and synthesize ideas into layered, soul-centered learning experiences. Whether you’re studying for the National Counselor Exam or seeking to deepen your clinical understanding, News-Inspired Case Study offers a timely, integrative, and thought-provoking way to stay grounded, informed, and inspired. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ [https://patreon.com/NCEStudyGuide?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink]