Nebraska Counseling Association

12/12/2025

Please take note, and stay safe out there!

12/10/2025

Get ready to elevate your skills and knowledge! Join Kristen Rose for this month's FREE CE (Continuing Education) for members, where you'll gain valuable insights and expertise in your field. Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to stay ahead of the curve and take your career to the next level! 📚💡

12/05/2025

Join Kristen Rose for this months FREE CE for members!

12/03/2025

With the end of the year and the holidays right around the corner, get ahead of tax season with practical guidance tailored for counselors at the Preparing Counselors for 2025 Tax Season webinar on Tuesday, Dec. 16, at 3-4 p.m. ET.

Connect with Heard, the Tax Pros for Counselors, to learn how to lower your tax bill, avoid IRS penalties and confidently prepare your finances before year-end.

Register today: https://bit.ly/48rGLaV

11/25/2025

Alicia Caldwell, LIMHP Presents: Redefining Success: Prioritizing Counseling Self-Care and Wellbeing

(Pre-Recorded, Available All Month Long!)

Summary:

In the demanding field of mental health, redefining success means shifting focus from productivity alone to embracing sustainable well-being and self-care. This session explores the importance of counselor self-care as foundational to long-term success and effective client support. Attendees will learn practical, integrative self-care strategies that encompass mental, physical, and relational wellness. By setting realistic boundaries, nurturing resilience, and aligning personal values with professional goals, counselors can enhance their own well-being, improve client outcomes, and lead in creating a culture of mental empowerment. Presented by Alicia Caldwell, MS, LIMHP, licensed therapist, professional speaker, and author of The Journey Back to Self: A Guide to Unlock Your Peace, Power, and Prosperity.

In a profession centered on caring for others, many mental health professionals neglect their own needs until stress or burnout demand attention. This session challenges the traditional definition of success and reframes it through the lens of self-care, sustainability, and holistic well-being.

Objectives:

1. Identify how traditional definitions of success contribute to chronic stress and work-life imbalance among mental health professionals.

2. Explore the diversity of stress and how stressors impact clinicians professionally and personally.

3. Apply a four-part framework to assess and strengthen self-care routines and professional resilience.

This is a pre-recorded presentation, which you will receive access to once you have registered. Information will be sent via your registration email, including the video link, quiz link, and handouts. Please complete the quiz included in your registration email by no later than 5pm on November 30th, 2025 to receive your CE certificate. CE certificates will be sent automatically when you complete and pass the quiz (8/10 correct). You may take the quiz as many times is necessary to pass.

Interested in presenting? Contact us at nca@necounseling.org or complete this form: https://forms.gle/dWXMYAdQJHZaV3Y68

Photo courtesy of Nichole L. Shaver from Nicole's Imaging

11/25/2025

ooooh! this is REALLY helpful for folks looking into licensure in others states! Thank you NBCC!

Navigating licensure requirements in each state can be difficult. That’s why we created our State Board Directory. Find which counseling examination your state requires, how to earn licensure, and contact information for your state board. https://nbcc.org/search/stateboarddirectory

11/25/2025

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Advocate to protect the professional identity of counselors with our latest Voter Voice Action.

The Department of Education has reclassified what is considered a professional degree, which affects federal loan borrowers. Under the reclassification, counseling is no longer considered a professional degree. Counseling students who are first-time borrowers will be capped at less than half of the borrowing amount for professional degrees. We hear your concerns and are in discussion with other counseling organizations about additional action. Join us as we advocate for you, your clients, and the counseling profession.

Our Voter Voice Action Alert provides pre-written advocacy messaging to help you communicate with legislators. Call or email your lawmakers, share this post, and help us spread awareness about this critical issue. https://www.votervoice.net/NBCCGrassroots/Campaigns/131783/Respond

11/25/2025

Advocate to protect the professional identity of counselors with our latest Voter Voice Action.

The Department of Education has reclassified what is considered a professional degree, which affects federal loan borrowers. Under the reclassification, counseling is no longer considered a professional degree. Counseling students who are first-time borrowers will be capped at less than half of the borrowing amount for professional degrees. We hear your concerns and are in discussion with other counseling organizations about additional action. Join us as we advocate for you, your clients, and the counseling profession.

Our Voter Voice Action Alert provides pre-written advocacy messaging to help you communicate with legislators. Call or email your lawmakers, share this post, and help us spread awareness about this critical issue. https://www.votervoice.net/NBCCGrassroots/Campaigns/131783/Respond

11/23/2025

The 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule has been issued. The rule created permanent changes for telemental health and has provisions for integrated health opportunities. Our Government Affairs Department explains what counselors should know at https://www.votervoice.net/NBCCGrassroots/News #/Blog/8238.

11/23/2025

Learn more at https://bit.ly/professional-degree.

11/22/2025

Members!! We MUST take action and engage to protect our field. ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Starting July 1, 2026, as part of provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), the U.S. Department of Education (ED) could begin making significant changes to federal student loan limits. Under these guidelines, non-doctorate counseling programs are considered graduate programs, and therefore capping student borrowing power to $20,500 a year in federal student loans.

ED is required to consider public comments—generally open for at least a 30-day period—before issuing a final rule. ACA will submit formal comments to the Department of Education during the comment period and will be engaging with federal legislators to address this alarming policy shift.

We strongly encourage counselors to advocate for the reversal of these provisions by also submitting comments to the Department of Education once the comment period opens.

Act now: https://bit.ly/3KdfSzn