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Pass Your NCMHCE Exam

Author: Linton Hutchinson, Ph.D., LMHC, NCC

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Getting licensed can open up incredible opportunities, but the exam can seem daunting. Our podcasts make passing more achievable and even fun. Dr Hutchinson and Stacy’s energy and passion for this content will get you motivated and confident. 

We break things down in understandable ways - no stuffiness or complexity and focus on the critical parts you need so your valuable study time counts. You’ll come away feeling like, “I can do this!” Whether it’s nailing down diagnoses, theoretical approaches, or applying ethics in challenging situations, we help you get into a licensed mindset. Knowledge domains we cover in these podcasts include:

Professional Practice and Ethics
Intake, Assessment, & Diagnosis
Areas of Clinical Focus
Treatment Planning
Counseling Skills and Interventions
Core Counseling Attributes
And, of course, the DSM-5-TR. 

If you listen, you might surprise yourself at how much you absorb and enjoy it along the way. Take that first step – you’ll gain confidence and valuable skills and feel confident getting ready for your licensing exam!

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Send us Fan Mail A client tells you they have a plan for tonight and refuses the hospital. That’s the moment the “door” stops being metaphorical, and a lot of clinicians freeze not because they don’t care, but because they never learned the sequence. I’m Eric Twaukman, and I’m walking you through how to execute voluntary and involuntary commitments in a way that holds up clinically, legally, and on the NCMHCE-style questions that hinge on what you do first. We start with the core definitions...
Continuum of Care

Continuum of Care

2026-08-0307:22

Send us Fan Mail Your client keeps bouncing between “fine” and full-blown crisis, and you’re doing solid therapy work, so why isn’t it sticking? We zoom out to the missing piece many clinicians overlook: level of care. When the setting doesn’t match the clinical need, progress can stall, clients can disengage, and everyone ends up frustrated. We walk through the continuum of care as a ladder, from inpatient and intensive services down to outpatient therapy and peer support, with the key idea ...
AI Ethics

AI Ethics

2026-07-1325:33

Send us Fan Mail AI is about to walk into your therapy room wearing a lab coat and a confident tone, and the licensing exam is going to ask whether you’ll believe it. I’m Eric Twaktman, and I’m laying out the real skill behind every AI ethics question: holding on to clinical judgment when an algorithm hands you a neat, orderly recommendation that looks “better” than your own work. We get clear on what counts as AI in counseling, from progress-note drafting and session summaries to chat...
Aftercare Planning

Aftercare Planning

2026-05-0826:07

Send us Fan Mail Discharge is where a lot of plans quietly fail, not because clients “don’t care,” but because we underestimate how fast structure disappears and triggers return. We walk through aftercare planning the way we want you to think on a licensing exam and the way we want you to practice as a therapist: as a clinical process that starts early, stays collaborative, and keeps working after the final session. We unpack a simple four-phase framework (assessment, goal setting, resource ...
Send us Fan Mail Repression is one of those ideas that sounds simple until you try to use it in real life or in the therapy room. We’re talking about the kind of “forgetting” that isn’t forgetting at all: an unconscious, active defense mechanism that hides memories, feelings, and impulses because your mind decides they’re too dangerous to hold. We start by making the key distinctions clear, especially repression vs ordinary forgetting and repression vs suppression. From there, we walk throug...
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