Passing your National Licensing Exam

By 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!


Episode Date
Aftercare Planning
May 08, 2026
Defense Mechanisms: Repression
Apr 30, 2026
2027 NCMHCE Exam Changes PT 2
Mar 25, 2026
2027 NCMHCE Exam Changes
Mar 18, 2026
Bipolar I, Bipolar II and Cyclothymic Disorder
Mar 05, 2026
Ego Syntonic Vs Ego Dystonic
Feb 17, 2026
Family Constellation PT 2
Jan 06, 2026
Family Constellation Therapy PT1
Dec 30, 2025
Attachment Theory
Nov 24, 2025
Finding the Balance: Study Without Burnout
Nov 18, 2025
Choosing the Right Reflections Pt 2
Nov 06, 2025
Choosing The Right Reflection Pt 1.
Oct 31, 2025
Finding time to study
Oct 22, 2025
Untangling Trichotillomania
Oct 19, 2025
Neurodevelopmental PT 3 Learning Disabilities
Oct 14, 2025
Neurodevelopmental PT 2 ADHD
Oct 07, 2025
Neurodevelopment PT 1 ASD
Oct 03, 2025
What if I don't remember?
Sep 30, 2025
The SMART Framework for Therapy Goals
Sep 21, 2025
Avoidant Personality Disorder Vs. Dependent Personality Disorders
Sep 15, 2025
Dissociative Fugue: When People Forget Who They Are
Sep 08, 2025
Nicotine Dependence: The Fagerstrom Test and HONC
Aug 29, 2025
Microskills: Emotional Heightening
Aug 22, 2025
Defense Mechanisms
Aug 15, 2025
Microskills: Reflection of Meaning
Aug 08, 2025
Miroskills: Reflection of Content
Aug 01, 2025
Microskills: Reflection of Emotions
Jul 25, 2025
Microskills: Paraphrasing vs. Summarizing in Counseling Practice
Jul 14, 2025
Microskills: Unconditional Positive Regard
Jul 08, 2025
In Vivo vs In Vitro: What's the Difference?
Jun 30, 2025
Symbolic Experiential Family Therapy
Jun 22, 2025
Decoding the SCID-5
Jun 13, 2025
Child Abuse vs Separation Anxiety
Jun 06, 2025
How Psychodrama Bypasses Cognitive Defenses
May 30, 2025
Personality Development vs. Personality Disorders
May 23, 2025
Gestalt with Rachel
May 15, 2025
Distinguishing OCD from OCPD
May 08, 2025
Defense Mechanisms: 100 Men vs. 1 Gorilla
May 07, 2025
Demystifying Disorders: Dependent Personality Disorder
May 01, 2025
Assessments: Subjective Units of Distress Scale (SUDS)
Apr 29, 2025
Beyond Fight or Flight: Panic Disorder
Apr 22, 2025
Demystifying Disorders: The Nuances of Eating Disorders
Apr 15, 2025
Theory to Therapy: Psychoanalysis vs Psychodynamic Therapy
Apr 08, 2025
Beyond the Dumpster Fire: The Web of Alcohol Use Disorder
Apr 04, 2025
Demystifying Disorders: Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
Mar 28, 2025
What about Safety Plans for the exam?
Mar 21, 2025
Grill and Drill: Transtheoretical Model of Therapy
Mar 18, 2025
Pica: Beyond Dirt and Paint Chips
Mar 10, 2025
Strength-Based Approach
Mar 07, 2025
Therapy to Therapy: Logotherapy
Mar 03, 2025
The Flex-Care Model of Therapy
Feb 25, 2025
Building Support Systems
Jan 25, 2025
Assessments: CAGE Questionnaire
Jan 14, 2025
Demystifying Disorders: Prolonged Grief Disorder
Jan 07, 2025
Demystifying Disorders: ADHD
Jan 03, 2025
Demystifying Disorders: Trichotillomania
Dec 31, 2024
Demystifying Disorders: PTSD
Dec 27, 2024
Demystifying Disorders: Cyclothymic Disorder
Dec 24, 2024
Ethics: FERPA Compliance
Dec 20, 2024
Theory to Therapy: Psychoanalytic Therapy
Dec 17, 2024
Assessments: Addiction Severity Index
Dec 13, 2024
Theory to Therapy: Jungian Psychology
Dec 06, 2024
Short-Term and Long-Term Goals, Part 2
Dec 02, 2024
Short-Term vs. Long-Term Goals, Part 1
Nov 29, 2024
Couples Therapy: The Gottman Method
Nov 25, 2024
What the heck is Choice Theory?
Nov 22, 2024
Assessments: The Beck Hopelessness Scale
Nov 18, 2024
EAP Confidentiality: Balancing Client Privacy and Reporting Obligations
Oct 29, 2024
Demystifying Disorders: Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Oct 25, 2024
Demystifying Disorders: Adjustment Disorder
Oct 22, 2024
Assessments: The Penn State Worry Questionnaire
Oct 18, 2024
Demystifying Disorders: Understanding Symptoms & Treatment for Panic Disorder
Oct 08, 2024
Assessments: Clinician Administered PTSD Scale for the DSM-5
Sep 20, 2024
Assessments: Beck Anxiety Inventory
Sep 17, 2024
Demystifying Disorders: Avoidant Personality Disorder, Part 2
Sep 13, 2024
Demystifying Disorders: Avoidant Personality Disorder, Part 1
Sep 11, 2024
Demystifying Disorders: Borderline Personality Disorder
Sep 06, 2024
Demystifying Disorders: Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Aug 30, 2024
What do I need to know about the DSM-5-TR Online Assessment Measures?
Aug 27, 2024
Managing Test Anxiety, Part 2
Aug 23, 2024
Managing Test Anxiety, Part 1
Aug 20, 2024
Conquering Test Anxiety: Effective Strategies and Insights
Aug 16, 2024
Theory to Therapy: Contextual Family Therapy, Part 2
Aug 13, 2024
Theory to Therapy: Contextual Family Therapy, Part 1
Aug 09, 2024
Demystifying Disorders: Frotteuristic Disorder
Aug 06, 2024
Defense Mechanisms: Repression vs Suppression
Aug 02, 2024
What's Preventing Me From Passing? Part 3
Jul 30, 2024
What's Preventing Me From Passing? Part 2
Jul 26, 2024
Theory to Therapy: Reality Therapy
Jul 24, 2024
What's Preventing Me From Passing? Part 1
Jul 23, 2024
Exam Differences Between MHC and MFT
Jul 19, 2024
Theory to Therapy: Unlocking Early Relationship Patterns with Object Relations
Jul 16, 2024
MSE: Mood and Affect
Jul 12, 2024
Developmental: Freud vs Erikson
Jul 09, 2024
MSE: Evaluating Cognitive Functioning
Jul 05, 2024
MSE: Thought Process and Content Explained
Jul 02, 2024
Cultural Competency: Tailoring Therapy to Diverse Clients
Jun 28, 2024
Demystifying Disorders: Treating Co-Occurring Disorders
Jun 25, 2024
Defense Mechanisms: Projection vs. Displacement
May 17, 2024
Crisis Case Study: What are the Crisis models?
May 14, 2024
Supervision vs Consultation
May 10, 2024
MSE: Appearance and Behavior
May 07, 2024
Group Therapy: Mastering Techniques for Focused and Connected Sessions
May 03, 2024
Navigating Conflict: Therapeutic Perspectives on Resolution and Neutrality
Apr 02, 2024
Group Therapy: Charting Yalom's Therapeutic Factors
Mar 29, 2024
Career: Navigating the Anticipation and Implementation Model
Mar 26, 2024
Theory to Therapy: Working with Adolescent Clients
Mar 15, 2024
Demystifying Disorders: Diagnosing Substance Use Disorders
Mar 05, 2024
Demystifying Disorders: SAD, GAD, ASD, Oh My!
Feb 23, 2024
Demystifying Disorders: Co-Occurring Disorders
Feb 02, 2024
Demystifying Disorders: Antisocial Personality Disorder
Jan 26, 2024
Group Therapy: Tuckman's Stages
Jan 05, 2024
Skinner
Dec 29, 2023
Theory to Therapy: Narrative Therapy
Dec 26, 2023
Theory to Therapy: Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
Dec 22, 2023
Theory to Therapy: Cognitive Distortions
Dec 19, 2023
Theory to Therapy: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Social Anxiety
Dec 15, 2023
Career: Super's Developmental Theory
Dec 12, 2023
Demystifying Disorders: Oppositional Defiant and Conduct Disorder in Children
Dec 08, 2023
Demystifying Disorders: Hoarding Disorder
Dec 01, 2023
Career: Roe's Fields and Levels Matrix
Nov 28, 2023
Demystifying Disorders: Excoriation Disorder
Nov 24, 2023
50. Demystifying Disorders: Prolonged Grief Disorder and Uncomplicated Bereavement
Nov 21, 2023
Development: Piaget's Stages of Development
Nov 17, 2023
Demystifying Disorders: Understanding PTSD, Acute Stress, and Adjustment Disorders
Nov 14, 2023
Group Therapy: Corey's Stages of Group Development
Nov 10, 2023
46. Theory to Therapy: TransTheoretical Model of Change
Nov 06, 2023
Theory to Therapy: Logotherapy vs Gestalt Therapy
Oct 31, 2023
Demystifying Disorders: Bulimia vs Anorexia
Oct 27, 2023
Theory to Therapy: Psychoanalysis
Oct 23, 2023
40. Microskills: Summarization
Oct 17, 2023
Theory to Therapy: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Oct 13, 2023
Career: Holland
Oct 09, 2023
Study Smarter: Interleaving
Oct 06, 2023
Theory to Therapy: Tackling Exam Anxiety through Gestalt Therapy
Oct 03, 2023
Theory to Therapy: Emotionally Focused Therapy
Sep 29, 2023
Microskills: Self-Disclosure in Therapy
Sep 25, 2023
Theory to Therapy: Transactional Analysis
Sep 22, 2023
Theory to therapy: Adlerian Therapy
Sep 18, 2023
Microskills: The Art of Validation and Normalization
Sep 15, 2023
30. Microskills: Clarifying Feelings
Sep 11, 2023
Study Smarter: Mnemonics and More
Sep 08, 2023
Developmental: Piaget
Sep 04, 2023
Theory to Therapy: Psychoanalytic Therapy for Specific Phobia
Sep 01, 2023
Microskills: Confrontation
Aug 28, 2023
Microskills: Therapeutic Silence
Aug 25, 2023
Study Smarter - Active Study Strategies
Aug 21, 2023
Study Smarter: The Journey to Mind Mapping
Aug 18, 2023
Study Smarter - Applying Spaced Repetition
Aug 14, 2023
Microskills: The Role of Paraphrasing and Reframing
Aug 11, 2023
20. Microskills: Empathy vs Reflection of Feeling vs Reflection of Meaning
Aug 07, 2023
Theory to Therapy - Solution Focused Therapy
Aug 04, 2023
Study Smarter - Using Multiple Senses
Jul 31, 2023
DBT Techniques
Jul 05, 2023
Study Smarter - The Art of Chunking
Jul 04, 2023
10. Study Smarter - Your Study Environment
Jun 30, 2023
When CBT Doesn't Fit: Exploring Alternative Therapies
Jun 22, 2023
Conquering the NCMHCE: 4 Strategies for Staying Motivated and On Track
Jun 21, 2023
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Techniques
Jun 18, 2023
Person Centered Therapy Techniques
Jun 12, 2023
Motivational Interviewing Techniques
Jun 11, 2023
Gestalt Techniques
Jun 07, 2023
Psychotic Disorders- organic or non-organic?
Jun 01, 2023
1. Kohlberg Stages of Moral Development
May 26, 2023
Barriers to Counseling
May 05, 2022