Know you're ready before you sit for the NCMHCE.
Practice the NCMHCE — the clinical mental health counseling licensure exam for LPCs and LMHCs — with realistic cases in the current 2022+ format. A readiness number tracks where you actually stand, and a pass guarantee has your back either way.
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NCMHCE
National Clinical Mental Health Counseling Examination
- 240+ case simulations in the current 2022+ format
- Full-length timed mock exams with the real 225-minute clock
- AI case debriefs, 250+ flashcards, and a DSM-5-TR reference
- Readiness score weighted to the five NCMHCE domains
NCE
National Counselor Examination
- Practice by domain, with a rationale after every question
- Timed mock exams built like the real NCE: 200 questions, 3 hrs 45 min
- Questions weighted to NBCC’s six NCE content domains
- Progress and a readiness score tracked by domain
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A real NCMHCE case simulation, start to finish
Watch how a case plays out — read the intake, make the clinical calls, and see your readiness score update.
The exam changed in 2022. Most prep didn't.
Today's NCMHCE hands you the diagnosis and asks what you'd do — assess, plan, intervene, stay in scope. It's a test of clinical decision-making, not a diagnosis quiz.
PassReady Prep cases mirror that. Every decision you make is scored from −2 to +3, so your practice shows more than right or wrong: how close a near-miss was, and when a confident choice would have harmed the client.
Everything you need for the NCMHCE in one place
Practice, reference, and a clear read on your progress — built for the format you'll actually face.
Real clinical simulations
240+ cases in the current 2022+ format of the clinical counseling exam, each built from a real clinical presentation — not repackaged legacy vignettes. The diagnosis is given, just like the exam; your job is the clinical decisions, with weighted scoring that shows how close each choice was.
Debrief with Dr. Claire Moreau
An AI clinical supervisor walks each case back with you — why the keyed answer wins, where the distractors trap you, and the evidence behind it.
Timed mock exams
Full-length exams (11 cases, or 10 on the 2027 format) with a live 225-minute countdown, the 15-minute break after case 5, and section-by-section review and lock — just like the real NCMHCE.
Readiness predictor
One score, weighted by how heavily each domain counts on the NCMHCE, plus spaced repetition that resurfaces what you keep missing. Stop guessing whether you're ready.
250+ flashcards
Spaced-repetition decks across every domain, so high-yield facts move into long-term memory instead of cram-and-forget.
DSM-5-TR quick reference
90+ diagnoses, searchable, with the criteria and codes you need mid-case — no flipping through a manual to confirm a differential.
Also included: clinical decision trees for tricky differentials, printable study sheets, and a study plan built around your exam date and weakest domains.
Practice, get scored, watch readiness climb
A loop that turns every case into a clearer picture of where you stand.
Work a case like the real thing
Read the intake and follow-up sessions, make the clinical calls across each domain, and lock in your answers.
Get scored and debriefed
See your weighted score and domain breakdown, then have Dr. Claire Moreau walk you through what worked and what didn't.
Watch your readiness climb
Your score updates, weak domains surface, and timed mock exams tell you when it's time to book the real one.
Start free. Go deeper when you're ready.
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- All 240+ clinical case simulations
- Readiness score on your results
- Flashcards, decision trees & the full drill set
- DSM-5-TR quick reference
- AI debrief with Dr. Claire Moreau
- Timed mock exams
- Pass guarantee
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- All 240+ case simulations
- AI debrief with Dr. Claire Moreau
- Timed full-length mock exams
- Full readiness predictor
- 250+ flashcards + study plan
- Decision trees & DSM reference
- Pass guarantee
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- All 240+ case simulations
- AI debrief with Dr. Claire Moreau
- Timed full-length mock exams
- Full readiness predictor
- 250+ flashcards + study plan
- Decision trees & DSM reference
- Pass guarantee
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Everything, until you pass. Win either way.
- All 240+ case simulations
- AI debrief with Dr. Claire Moreau
- Timed full-length mock exams
- Full readiness predictor
- 250+ flashcards + study plan
- Decision trees & DSM reference
- Pass guarantee — pass or extend free
- Free CE course on CounselorReady when you pass
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All prices in USD. Half the cost of AATBS. A fraction of what a retake costs.
Clinical reasoning, diagnostic reference & practice for the case-simulation exam — 18 diagnostic families, 3 full-length practice exams, 429 scored questions with complete rationales.
The NCMHCE pass guarantee
You pass, you win. You don't, we've got you.
Your first CE course on CounselorReady — our board-approved CE platform — is on us, so you start your career with credits already in the bank.
Your access is extended at no extra cost so you can keep working cases and walk back in ready.
Find out where you actually stand.
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