Dr. Aaron Norton, executive director of NBFE, chimes in on the use of artificial intelligence in counseling and psychotherapy as the cover story of the American Mental Health Counselors Association's "The Advocate Magazine."  Read the article here.

Equipping Counselors to Become Forensic Mental Health Evaluators.pdf

Parents Magazine.pdf

Laws related to emotional support animal (ESA) letters have evolved since NBFE published its first article published in December 2018.  Get updated by reading our article published in the Winter 2022 issue of the American Mental Health Counselors Association's The Advocate Magazine. 

Read the article online or download a PDF.

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Dr. Norman Hoffman, President and Founder of NBFE, wrote an article entitled "First Person Singular: What Can We do to Stop the Growth of Mass Shootings?" published in AMHCA's The Advocate Magazine in August 2015.  Given recent events such as the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, we are reposting this article.  Click here to read it.    

Counseling Today, the official magazine of the American Counseling Association, published an article today authored by NBFE's Executive Director, Dr. Aaron Norton, providing mental health professionals with an update on changes in the newest edition of the American Psychiatric Association's DSM-5-TR.  Click here to read it. 

NBFE's Executive Director and researchers from the University of South Florida and New York University published findings on the relationship between the political ideologies of clinical mental health counselors and their perceptions and treatment decisions related to client firearm storage at home in Psychotherapy and Politics International.  Access the full article here.