NBCC CSI Booklet

Counseling is a professional relationship that empowers diverse individuals, families, and groups to accomplish mental health, wellness, education, and career goals. Often, client concerns include family or other relationship matters, grief, and stress. In some cases, concerns may be specific to a mental illness. Professional counselors must successfully complete a graduate degree program in counseling that includes a practicum and clinical internship in which skills and techniques are developed and honed under supervision. Counselors Professional Counseling Definitions