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DIPLOMATE STATUS

Certified Forensic Mental Health Evaluator

Upon satisfactory completion of the written and oral examination, the licensed professional counselor candidate will be awarded a certificate suitable for framing.

The Diplomate status certificate attests to the fact that the recipient has met the necessary standards by the NBFE, and its peers, to act with a high degree of professional competence as a forensic mental health evaluator.



Approval

The National Board of Forensic Evaluators is Approved by the Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy & Mental Health Counseling as a Provider of Continuing Education. Provider Number BAP-492

Approval and Endorsement

NBFE is the only forensic mental health counselors credentialing body recognized and endorsed by the American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA).

The American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA) have agreed to partner with NBFE's credentialing process as well as to endorse the credentialing of forensic mental health evaluators, workshops and homestudies for its national members. For those members who become NBFE credentialed as a forensic mental health evaluator, NBFE will grant 1.5 CEU's (15 Contact Hours) towards State license renewal.

NBFE's homestudy are approved nationally by the National Board for Certified Counselors, Inc. NBFE is an NBCC Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP). Our provider number is: 6189

Our advisory board consists of licensed marriage & family therapists, attorneys, licensed mental health counselors, forensic mental health evaluators, licensed social workers, licensed psychologists, certified assessors by the Department of Children & Families, clergy, physicians, and certified hypnotherapists.