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		How To Obtain Certification in Biblical Counseling from NANC Using Tapes from IBCD
		Certification Process Call NANC at 317-337-9100 and ask them to send you an application packet, or download one from their website at www.nanc.org. Order the following two courses from IBCD on DVDs, CDs or tapes. See our Resource Catalog for prices and order form. Introduction to Biblical Counseling Course Marriage & Family Counseling Course The rest of your requirements will be done through NANC. These are: two written exams, ten to twenty hours of observation (This can be done with a Biblical counselor in your area, or by viewing videotapes. Call Kurt Larson at NANC for information.) and fifty hours of supervised counseling.
		Suggested Reading NANC does not require you to do the homework for IBCD's courses, but they strongly encourage you to read at least 800-1,000 pages from the following texts. NANC's Suggested Reading List for Counselors in Training: Competent to Counsel, by Jay Adams The Christian Counselor's Manual, by Jay Adams A Theology of Christian Counseling, by Jay Adams The Christian Counselor's Casebook, by Jay Adams Counseling: How to Counsel Biblically, by John MacArthur & Wayne Mack The following issues of The Journal of Biblical Counseling, edited by David Powlison: Depression (I & II) — Vol. 18, No. 2 & No. 3 Counsel Ephesians — Vol.17, No. 2 Sex - Vol. 13, No. 3
		Ordering Books You can purchase books from your local Christian bookstore, or from Timeless Texts at 1-800-814-1045. (Please support Christian bookstores, rather than Amazon.com. They need your business.) The issues of The Journal of Biblical Counseling can be ordered from CCEF at 1-800-318-2186.