All Episodes
Licensure Lifeline: NCE & NCMHCE Prep Podcast — 83 episodes
More Than a Label — Diagnosis, the DSM-5, and the Clinical Reasoning Every Clinician Needs
Educators Corner: School Counselor to Trauma Therapist, Julie Benson on EMDR, Licensure & Starting Again
Emotions at Maximum Volume — Personality Disorders and the Frameworks Every Clinician Needs
Legal Isn't the Same as Ethical — Supervision Ethics, Dual Relationships, Technology, and Mandatory Reporting for Your Licensing Exam
More Than Technique — The Therapeutic Relationship, Alliance Research, and What Makes Therapy Work
More Than a Hunch — Psychological Assessment, Standardized Testing, and the Diagnostic Framework Your Exam Tests
When the Past Lives in the Present — Trauma, Crisis Intervention, and the Frameworks Your Exam Tests
Correlation Is Not Causation — Research Design, Reliability, Validity, and Ethics Explained
More Than Willpower — Substance Use Disorders, DSM-5 Criteria, Stages of Change, and the Treatment Frameworks That Actually Help
The Bond That Built You — Attachment Theory, Erikson, Piaget, and Human Development for Your Licensing Exam
The Room That Heals Itself — Group Counseling, Yalom's Curative Factors, and Group Stages Explained
The Month That Felt Amazing — Mood Disorders, Bipolar I & II, and MDD Explained
Frank Parsons Walks Into a Factory — Career Development Theory: Holland, Super & Krumboltz
Pride Month Episode: 1973- The Year the DSM Got It Wrong- And Then Fixed It
The Therapist Who Told Couples to Fight More
The Problem Isn't the Person — It's the System
Stop Believing Everything You Think- CBT Tips and Tricks
Exam Prep: Ethics & Law- Confidentiality, Tarasoff & Mandatory Reporting
The Episode About Sex Therapy
The Episode About Personality Disorders Clusters A,B,C
The Episode About Viktor Frankl and Logo Therapy
The Episode About Motivational Interviewing
The Stats Episode: Understanding Statistics for Your Exam
The Episode About Aaron Beck: Let The Intrusive Thinking Begin
The Episode About Rogers: All The Positive Regard You Will Need
The Episode About Freud: Let's Get Freudian Slippery
Clinician Clarity: Diagnosis Edition
DSM Demystified: Foundational Information on the DSM
Grief Unmasked: Understanding Loss, Healing, and Resilience in Therapy
Split, Stuck, or Shut Down? Understanding Dissociative Disorders
The Quiet Cluster: Cluster C Personality Disorders
Focus, Spectrum, and Smarts: Navigating the Big Three for Licensure
Breaking Down Feeding & Eating Disorders: What Every Exam Candidate (and Clinician) Should Know
50 and Still Motivating: The Power of MI in Therapy
From Talk to Tactics: The Art of Treatment Planning
Clingy, Chill or Checked Out? A Look At Attachment Theory
Erikson’s Legacy: Psychosocial Development & Theories That Stick
The 1-Year Anniversary Episode: Learning Styles & DSM-5 Essentials
Developmental Disorders 101: What Shows Up, What Stands Out
Understanding Personality Disorders: The Cluster Breakdown
Know Your Theorists: Who Shows Up on the Test (and Who Doesn’t)
Read Between the Lines: Mastering Vignettes for the Exam
Differential Diagnosis: The First Episode of Many
Interview: Barton Bott From Passthencmhce.com
What the Bobo Doll Taught Us: Bandura’s Impact on Therapy
The Art of Case Conceptualization
Scenario: Samantha, Bipolar I or Bipolar II?
The Power of Family: Exploring Adlerian Therapy’s Core Ideas
What’s Strong, Not What’s Wrong: A Guide to Positive Psychology
Turning Turmoil into Triumph: Crisis Counseling 101
Exploring the Depths: Carl Jung and the Collective Unconscious
Rewiring Trauma: An Introduction to EMDR
Let's Get Meta: Exploring Meta-Analysis
Clingy, Distant, or Just Right: Exploring Adult Attachment Styles
Empowerment in Therapy: A Feminist Approach
Scenario: Sarah, An Ethical Dilemma
Ethically Speaking: Navigating Counseling’s Golden Rules
Assessing the Assessments: Tools That Shape Mental Health
Scenario Maria: Smoke Cessation Through Behavioral Modification
Oh Behave: Let's Take a Look at Behaviorism
Gathering Growth: Yalom’s Group Therapy Explored
The Mind's Armor: A Dive into Defense Mechanisms
Tuning In to Rogers: Unpacking the Human in Humanistic Therapy
From Guesswork to Groundwork: Navigating Research Designs
Mind the Gap: Vygotsky’s Bridge to Cognitive Growth
Blueprints to Success: The Architects of Career Counseling
Shadows and Mirrors: Exploring Transference and Countertransference
Balancing Acts: DBT's Dance of Change and Acceptance
From Thought to Thrive: Exploring Cognitive Behavioral Therapies
Inside the NCMHCE: Previewing the Puzzles You'll Solve
Inside Out: Unpacking Your Inner System with Internal Family Systems
From Nominal to Ratio: Scaling the Heights of Data
Post NCE Debrief: What You Need to Know
In Rogers’ Shoes: Stepping Into Person-Centered Counseling
From Pages to Progress: Narrative Therapy, The Storytelling Cure
Group Counseling Unveiled: Dynamics, Stages, and Influences
Quantify This! Exploring The Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Research Methods
The Bowenian Approach to Family Healing
Robert R. Carkhuff
Sigmund Freud's Id, Ego and Superego
Mean, Median, Mode: What's the Difference, Really?
Harry B. Gelatt: Decision Model for Career Counseling
Motivational Interviewing