Andrew A. Helwig is Professor Emeritus at the University of Colorado Denver and recently retired after 22 years at the university. In 1990, Dr. Helwig wrote the first edition of the Study Guide for the National Counselor Examination and began conducting counselor exam review workshops. He has now conducted over 225 workshops in 17 states and his NCE Study Guide is in its fifth edition.
Live Workshops for the National Counselor Examination and CPCE
The 'live' workshop conducted by Dr. Helwig is one day long -- from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM. He has conducted over 225 during the past 18 years in 17 states with about 4,000 participants.
During the one-day review, Dr, Helwig focuses on four of the eight content areas that counselors struggle with most. These four areas are: Appraisal (tests and measurements), Research and Evaluation (statistics), Professional Orientation and Ethics, and Career Development. These areas have the second, third, fourth and fifth most questions on the National Counselor Examination. He covers the other four areas lightly during the review session as there is simply not enough time to review all eight areas thoroughly.
He also discusses the National Counselor Examination, work domain contexts, scoring procedures, cutoff score determination and test-taking strategies.
As a professor with nearly 30 years of teaching counselor education students, he has taught five of the eight core areas.
All eight content areas and the other material identified is in the Study Guide for the National Counselor Examination which is the basic document during the workshop. The fifth edition (2006) is used. Following payment for a workshop, the Study Guide and a receipt will be mailed to you. Do bring the Study Guide to the workshop.
Most workshops are conducted at a hotel or on a college campus. Dr. Helwig usually does one in March and another in September in Denver and others around the country as universities or counseling associations arrange for them.
The cost of the workshop is $129.95 (or as listed) which includes the $79.95 Study Guide for the National Counselor Examination. Because of travel costs, out-of-state workshops cost more.
Workshop Schedule
The workshop schedule for 2009 has been completed.
Additional workshops will be scheduled for spring 2010. Please check the Workshop Schedule for updates.
To purchase the identical workshop on DVD, please see my National Counselor Examination Workshop DVDs.