Continuing Education Home Study Program  

2 Home Study Options:

• Read a Book                 

• Suggest a Book

Read a Book

MaMHCA has approved a variety of books on mental health topics for continuing education credit. See our catalog of books below.

All you need to do is read the book (easily ordered through our web site link to Amazon.com) and pass the short answer test that MaMHCA provides.

Tests are available from MaMHCA electronically or by hard copy. Upon completion of your test with a score of 75% correct answers, you will receive documentation of your CE credit in the mail. You have one year upon receipt of your test to receive credit.

Costs: MaMHCA is charging ONLY $12.00 per CE credit. This is 25% LESS THAN the going rate for most Home Study Programs. Also, please note that the cost is for CEs only and does not include cost of the book(s).

To Order a Home Study Book and Test follow these simple steps:

1.   Order your book through Amazon* by clicking on the book title on the Home Study Book Order Page or obtain the book on your own. *Ordering through Amazon via our website link helps to support your professional association!

2.   Order your CE Test online.

3.   Submit your CE Test: Send the completed CE test to the MaMHCA office  for scoring. You will receive your CE certificate in the mail. 

Mail to:   MaMHCA, 17 Cocasset Street, Foxboro, MA 02035 

Suggest a Book 

MaMHCA invites members to earn Continuing Education Hours by submitting a book they believe would be a valuable resource to other LMHCs, to be included in the Book Home Study Program.

All you need to do is read a book, and follow this four-step process:

1. Submit  book title and topic to MaMHCA for approval.  Download the submission form.
2. Create a short-answer test with a minimum of 30 multiple choice and/or True/False questions.
3. Send your Test Questions and a copy of the Book to MaMHCA.
4. Receive Your CEs  - Once we receive your book and review and approve your test questions, you will receive a CE certificate for the same number of CE hours (usually 10 CEs) that are assigned to the book/test for the LMHC consumers.

MaMHCA Continuing Education Book Catalog

• Confidentiality, Privileged Communication & Privacy is approved for 3 CEs. The cost of the test is $40.00.   

• The Mental Health Counselor’s Clinical Practice Companion (Bullard, Lawless, Williams) is approved for 20 CEs. The cost of the test is $250.00

The following books are approved for 10 CEs. The cost of the Test is $130.00

• Collaborative Therapy with Multi-Stressed Families, Second Edition (Guilford Family Therapy Series)(Madsen)
• Beyond the Professional Will - The Mental Health Professional's Guide to Creating a Plan of Action for Continuity of Care and Transfer of Records (Haberman)
• The Abandoned Child Within (Asper)
• Alzheimer's Disease (Cohen)
• Children of the Self-Absorbed: A Grown-Up's Guide to Getting Over Narcissistic Parents (Brown)
• Clinical Supervision Made Easy: The 3-Step Method, 1e (van Ooijen)
• Finding Serenity in the Age of Anxiety (Gerzon)
• How Can I Forgive You?: The Courage to Forgive, the Freedom Not To (Spring)
• Internal Family Systems Therapy (The Guilford Family Therapy) (Schwartz)
• Invisible Heroes: Survivors of Trauma and How They Heal (Naparstek)
• Managing Anger (O’Neill)
• Psychiatric Interviewing: The Art of Understanding (Shea)
• Rhythms of Recovery: Trauma, Nature, and the Body (Korn)
• Right-Brained Children in a Left-Brained World: Unlocking the Potential of Your ADD Child (Freed & Parsons)
• The Gift of Our Compulsions: A Revolutionary Approach to Self-Acceptance and Healing (O’Malley)
• The Gift of Therapy (Yalom)
• The Ancestral Mind : Reclaim the Power (Jacobs)
• Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life (Forward)
• Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror (Herman)
• Trapped in the Mirror: Adult Children of Narcissists in their Struggle for Self (Golomb)
• Weight Wisdom: Affirmations to Free You from Food and Body Concerns (Kingsbury & Williams)
• How to Build and Market Your Mental Health Practice (Lawless)(Category II CE)
• How to Get Referrals: The Mental Health Professional's Guide to Strategic Marketing (Lawless & Wright)(Category II CE)
• The Practical Art of Suicide Assessment: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals and Substance Abuse Counselors (Shea)
• Transforming the Difficult Child: The Nurtured Heart Approach (Glasser & Eastley)
• Boundaries and Relationships: Knowing, Protecting and Enjoying the Self (Whitfield)
• Encountering the Sacred in Psychotherapy (Griffith et al)
• Panic Attacks Workbook: A Guided Program for Beating the Panic Trick (Carbonell)
• The Jekyll and Hyde Syndrome: What to Do If Someone in Your Life Has a Dual Personality - or If You Do (Engel)
• Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death (Yalom)
• Wisdom for Separated Parents: Rearranging Around the Children to Keep Kinship Strong (Osborne)