Become A Certified Biblical Counselor

Certified Training Center

The First Counseling ministry of First Baptist Church is an ACBC Certified Training Center. You can partner with First Counseling for training, guidance, and help through Phase 1 of the ACBC certification process.

Program Overview

Phase 1

Training

30+ hours of video training (provided by First Counseling and approved by ACBC)
10 hours of counseling observation
1,000 pages of reading from ACBC’s approved reading list (provided by ACBC).
Logs for counseling observation and required reading are available on your ACBC Certification Dashboard.
Personal Growth Project (required by First Counseling)

We’re excited to share an important update: our Phase 1 ACBC Training is now completely free.

We’ve removed the previous program cost because we want to eliminate barriers and make this training as accessible as possible for anyone who wants to grow in biblical counseling.

If this training blesses you and you’d like to help others receive it too, we would love for you to give a voluntary donation—but there is no cost to participate.

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Phase 2

Exams

*Please note that First Counseling provides helpful resources but is not involved in this phase.

24 Theology questions (essay-style answers)
20 Counseling questions (essay-style answers)
Your written testimony and recommendation paperwork are also submitted at this time.

Theology Exam Tutorial Videos

Counseling Exam Tutorial Videos