Shanita Brown Awarded Fellowship from NBCC and Affiliates
Greensboro, NC (PRWEB) July 15, 2014 -- The NBCC Foundation, an affiliate of the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC), recently selected Shanita Brown of Raleigh, NC, for the National Board for Certified Counselors Minority Fellowship Program (NBCC MFP). As an NBCC MFP Fellow, Ms. Brown will receive funding and training to support her education and facilitate her service to underserved minority populations.
The NBCC MFP is made possible by a grant awarded to NBCC by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in August 2012. The Foundation is contracted by NBCC to administer the NBCC MFP, as well as training and collaboration activities, such as webinars, that are open to all National Certified Counselors. The goal of the program is to strengthen the infrastructure that engages diverse individuals in counseling and increases the number of professional counselors providing effective, culturally competent services to underserved populations.
The NBCC MFP will distribute $20,000 education awards to Ms. Brown and the 21 other doctoral-level counseling students selected to receive the fellowship award. Shanita Brown is a doctoral student in the counselor education program at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. Ms. Brown is a National Certified Counselor (NCC) and a licensed professional counselor associate. Her 10 years of experience working in the mental health field include working as a school-based mental health therapist, as a lead clinician with adolescents and adults, and as a contract therapist for public and private agencies. Ms. Brown is also a visiting lecturer for North Carolina State University. As an NBCC MFP Fellow, she hopes to enhance her clinical skills, research domestic violence experiences in the African-American community, and continue counseling, teaching and advocating for diverse underserved populations.
The Foundation plans to open the next NBCC MFP application period in November 2014. To learn more about the NBCC MFP and its fellows, please visit our website.
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About the NBCC Foundation
The NBCC Foundation is the nonprofit affiliate of the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC), based in Greensboro, North Carolina. NBCC is the nation’s premier professional certification board devoted to credentialing counselors who meet standards for the general and specialty practices of professional counseling. Currently, there are more than 52,000 National Certified Counselors (NCCs) in the United States and more than 50 countries. The Foundation’s mission is to leverage the power of counseling by strategically focusing resources for positive change.
Wendy Coe, National Board for Certified Counselors, http://www.nbccf.org/, +1 336-232-0376, [email protected]
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