UPC is mission is to…

• Equip individuals who want to minister to those who are hurting.
• Enable pastors to counsel members of their congregation who are struggling with depression, marital or relational problems, or who need spiritual guidance.
• Assist individuals who want to become licensed Christian Counselors.
• Develop the leadership skills of managers and those in positions of leadership.

Help parents appreciate and understand the uniqueness of their children.

UPC uses scientific and educational tools to teach the general behavior patterns of each temperament and provides the necessary training/counseling to help individuals obtain a balance life. These tools are mention below:

• Arno Profile System
• Pre-Certification Courses
• Certification Courses
• Board-Certification Courses

The NCCA requires all who are certified or licensed by its Licensing Board of Examiners to do the following things…

• Be credentialed ministers (ordained, licensed or commissioned) whose goal is to evangelize and ease the emotional pain and suffering of humanity.
• Provide their service under the authority of a legally organized local church, a national church organization or a 501(c)(3)
• Complete specialized training provided by the N.C.C.A.
• Complete the minimum requirements for continuing education and annual license renewal.
• Uphold N.C.C.A.’s code of Ethical Standards.

Counselors who have been licensed by the state are held to strict ethical standards, which mandate an individual’s right to be free from religious influence.  The state licensed professional counselor is forbidden to pray, read or refer to the Holy Scriptures, counsel against things such as homosexuality, abortion, etc. Initiating such counsel would be considered unethical by the state.

The N.C.C.A counselors are under the authority of the Church (Body of Christ), are required to share their faith, read the Holy Scriptures, etc.  The fact that N.C.C.A counselors do these things creates a clear distinction.  We are two distinct professions and govern ourselves accordingly.  You cannot “freely” represent Jesus if you are being required under the laws of the state ethics to uphold a person’s right to abortion and homosexuality.

STATE-LICENSE FORBIDS

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• Prayer
• Counsel against homosexuality, abortion, etc.
• Reading or Referring to Holy Scriptures

The Arno Profile System (APS) is an easy-to-learn counseling technique used by thousand of professional counselors and pastors throughout the United States of America and nine foreign countries.

The APS questionnaire, which is administered by the counselor, takes fewer than ten minutes for the counselee to complete.  This questionnaire measures the needs, natural traits, strengths, and weaknesses of the counselee’s temperament.  

The APS report provides the counselor with in-dept information and recommendations of the best way to counsel the counselee.  This system is designed to measure individual uniqueness in three areas:

• Inclusion – The intellect

• Control – The will or will power

• Affection – The emotions

Understanding these areas will enable the qualified counselor to identify the counselee’s temperament problem faster and more accurately.