The American Biblical Counseling Association
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Certification Requirements

Additional Training

The certification process builds upon the foundational training course. It involves reviewing core material, discussing complex scenarios, and completing an additional advanced training module. This module is dedicated to navigating some of the most challenging topics in counseling, including:

  • Anxiety and Depression
  • Abuse Recovery
  • Addictions
  • Crisis Counseling
  • Reordering Mental Healthcare
  • Self-Harm
  • Suicidal Ideation

Records Review

To ensure the highest quality of care, you will be required to submit counseling notes for review. This process allows us to verify:

  • Alignment with out training model and best standards.
  • Your practical application of training and utilization of our model in client sessions.

Meetings Review

To demonstrate the comprehensive nature of your developing skills, you will be required to submit recorded counseling sessions. These recordings will be reviewed to assess:

  • Your effectiveness in guiding clients through their various life struggles.
  • Your real-time application of the training.
  • Your implementation of our counseling model.
  • Your adherence to best counseling standards.

Personal and Group Consultations

Effective counseling requires a healthy balance of compassion and truth, along with both personal self-awareness and collaborative wisdom. Therefore, we require case consultation oversight, held in both individual and group formats. This time is dedicated to two critical functions:

  • Case Consultation: Diving into specific cases from your clientele to practically and thoroughly work through scenarios, learn from your peers, and gain guidance on issues as they arise.
  • Personal Growth: Providing a space to work through any personal challenges you face in your role as a counselor.

Readings and Essays

Continuous learning is essential for excellence in counseling. As a Certified Clinically Informed Biblical Counselor (CCIBC), you must be able to critically filter information, interpret it correctly, and apply it for your clients in a way that is biblically, therapeutically, and practically sound. Therefore, this requirement involves reading and writing about key psychological, philosophical, and biblical resources.

Presentation

The final step of this certification course is a capstone presentation to your cohort. You will present on a specific area you have studied, highlighting insights from your personal and spiritual growth on the topic. This presentation is designed to educate, challenge, and foster growth for both you and your peers.