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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.  

NBFE's Executive Director, Dr. Aaron Norton, created a decision tool to help mental health professionals implement practice guidelines offered by national associations with respect to clients using medical cannabis in treatment, leading to interviews published in April 2022 and August 2022.  Click on the links below for more information:

Bray, B. (2022, April). The impact of legalized marijuana on professional counseling. Counseling Today, 64(10), 28-34.

Karlis, N. (2022, August 11). Yes, marijuana can be addictive — but it's not like other addictive drugs. Here's why. Salon.

The NBFE Board of Directors would like to honor our most outstanding and generous members. Today, we want to recognize the contributions of Dr. Tommy Black.  Dr. Black serves as the Chair of the Policies and Procedures Committee of NBFE and is a distinguished forensic evaluator with expertise in the following specialized forensic evaluation categories:

·  Child Abuse and Neglect 

·  Child Custody/Parenting 

·  Competence to Stand Trial 

·  Criminal Responsibility 

·  Disability 

·  Domestic Abuse/Violence 

·  Harassment and Discrimination 

·  Juvenile Justice 

·  Personal Injury 

·  Sexual Violence 

·  Substance Abuse/Addiction 

·  Suicidal Risk Assessment 

·  Violent Risk Assessment 

·  Workplace Violence  

Dr. Black was first certified as a CFMHE in September 2005. Since then, he has been a contributor and a benefactor supporting NBFE with his testing acumen and his well of knowledge in the forensic arena.  Dr. Black has conducted a plethora of “on demand” webinars, providing our webinar attendees with outstanding forensic mental health information as well as producing revenue to aid in NBFE’s continuing educational programs.  

 

Recently, he and Dr. Aaron Norton, NBFE’s Executive Director, and Valentino, our Administrative Assistant, have teamed up to update Phase I of our “Testing for Forensic Populations” training, which has enhanced our revenue stream, allowing us to continue providing quality training and certification for mental health professionals specializing in forensic evaluation.

Additionally, Dr. Black has volunteered on numerous occasions for professional advocacy work, protecting the rights of all appropriately trained forensic mental health professionals to conduct forensic evaluations for the courts, administer and interpret psychological tests, and serve as expert witnesses in courts.  For example, Dr. Black and NBFE’s Executive Director are testifying for a senate committee hearing on whether counselors should access to psychological testing in response to a psychological association’s efforts to prevent counselors from fair and equal access.

On the behalf of the NBFE Board of Directors, we thank you, Dr. Black!

On 6/3/22, Dr. Beverly Smith, President of the American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA), interviewed Dr. Aaron Norton, Executive Director of the National Board of Forensic Evaluators (NBFE), for AMHCA's "Perspectives" Vodcast on the topic of appropriately trained counselors specializing in forensic mental health evaluation.  Click here to watch the full video.

Counselor, a peer-reviewed professional magazine for addiction and behavioral health professionals, published an article authored by NBFE's President, Vice President, and Executive Director providing guidelines clinicians can use when clients present with medical cannabis use in mental health and substance use treatment settings.  Click here to read the full article, provided with permission from Counselor Magazine.