MaMHCA - Awards and Scholarships

MaMHCA

Massachusetts Mental Health Counselors Association, Inc.

Available Awards | Haberman-Williams Scholarship | Nomination Guidelines and Forms | Past Award and Scholarship Winners

ANNUAL AWARDS

Mental Health Counselor of the Year Award

The Mental Health Counselor of the Year Award is given in recognition of LMHCs who spend more than half their time providing direct mental health counseling and consultation.

It is intended to recognize LMHCs who provide outstanding mental health counseling services to the Massachusetts public.

Mental Health Counselor Educator of the Year Award

The Mental Health Counselor Educator Award is given to an educator, supervisor, or other academic professional who spends more than half their time on LMHC-focused academic work, such as teaching, training, consultation, supervision, research, or program development.

It is intended to recognize outstanding humanitarian service to graduate students in academia.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) Award

The DEIB Award recognizes an LMHC or mental health organization demonstrating outstanding commitment to fostering inclusive, equitable, and culturally aware environments.

Awardees uphold DEIB and accessibility principles through culturally responsive care, employment practices, addressing systemic barriers, and related efforts.

Professional Service and Leadership Award

This award recognizes a MaMHCA member whose dedication, service, and leadership have strengthened the organization and promoted the goals and mission of MaMHCA or the mental health counseling profession as a whole.

Nomination requirement: A letter of support from a board member submitted on the nominee’s behalf.

Lifetime Achievement Award

The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes an individual with 10+ years of dedication to the mission and vision of MaMHCA and the counseling profession, with consistent and meaningful contributions throughout that time.

Please describe at least two notable contributions of lasting impact to MaMHCA or the LMHC profession in the nomination description.

Nomination requirements: Two additional letters of support submitted by members in good standing.

Mental Health Organization of the Year Award

This award honors organizations that advance the cause of mental health through initiatives such as:

Fostering a culture of good mental health in the workplace
Providing outstanding mental health services to consumers in Massachusetts
Implementing innovative programs with significant public health impact
Creating positive work environments for mental health clinicians
Recognizing and supporting the professionalism of the LMHC workforce

HABERMAN-WILLIAMS SCHOLARSHIP

Haberman-Williams MaMHCA Scholarship

Named in honor of MaMHCA’s founder Berna Haberman and first executive director Midge Williams, this scholarship rewards MaMHCA members currently in graduate school who exemplify the ideal mental health counseling graduate student, as demonstrated by academic performance and commitment to the counseling field.

MaMHCA has awarded 25 scholarships since 2011

Donations to the Scholarship fund can be made here: Haberman-Williams Scholarship Donation; or by members at the time of their membership renewal.

Recipients receive:

A single nonrenewable financial award of $2000.00 for the academic year
A one-year MaMHCA membership
Free admittance to the Annual Conference
Free admittance to a licensure exam clinic
Free admittance to a license application clinic
Free license application support.

NOMINATION GUIDELINES AND FORMS

General Award Guidelines

Any current MaMHCA member may make a nomination for an award.
The LMHC of the year nominee must be a MaMHCA member
Nominators can only nominate one individual or organization for each award annually
Self-nominations are permissible

Scholarship Guidelines

To apply for the scholarship, students must be in their first year of a graduate training program.
Students applying for the scholarship must be able to attend the Annual Conference for that year in its entirety.

Awards Nomination Form

Haberman-Williams Scholarship Forms

Online Scholarship Application Form

Scholarship Guidelines

Printable Scholarship Application Form

PAST AWARD AND SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

Haberman-Williams MaMHCA Scholarship

2024 Olivia Johnson, BU/Wheelock and Lamei Wang, BU Medical/Behavioral Medicine
2023 Yuka Hayashi, Boston College and Vivian Juliao de Oliveira, Boston University
2022 Monique Vacon, Bay Path University and Jason Strzepek, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
2021 Brendan Attridge, Lesley University, and Linda Simmons, UMass Boston
2020 Bridget Lehane, Bridgewater State University
2019 Ragini Jha, Boston College, and Yohana Beraki, Boston University
2018 Ziyu Fang, Lesley University, and Cyriesse Hall, Boston School of Psychoanalysis
2017 Hannah Emerson, UMass Boston, and Alyssa Murphy, Boston University
2016 Denise Galford-Koeppel, Bay Path University, and AJ Guerrero, UMass Boston
2015 Lucie Munroe, Lesley University, and Ruby Stardrum, UMass Boston
2014 Sarah Deschenes, MSPP, and Kendra Knauf, UMass Boston
2013 Erin Fitzgerald, Assumption College, and Venus Taylor, MSPP
2012 Courtenay Carpenter, Assumption College
2011 Christina Hampton, Lesley University

LMHC of the Year

2020 Lisa St. Laurent, LMHC
2018 April Middleton, LMHC and Susan Jones, LMHC
2016 Dorothea (Thea) Farrell, LMHC
2015 Evan Schinell, LMHC
2013 Lucy Borodkin, LMHC

Mental Health Counselor Educator of the Year Award Recipients

2021 Stacey Pimentel, LMHC, and Jenn Hurley, LMHC
2019 Deborah McMakin, Framingham State University
2018 The MaMHCA Licensure Support Committee: Jami Osborne, Julie Smith, Patricia Lotterman, Berna Haberman, Veneita Burden
2017 Azara Santiago Rivera, Merrimack College
2016 David McCallister, LMHC
2014 Joseph R. Weeks, LMHC, Bridgewater University
2008 Patrice Miller, Salem State College
2005 Susan Gere, Lesley University
2003 Derek Parr, Springfield College
2001 Bonnie Bullard, Professional Training Institute
2001 Linda Lawless, Professional Training Institute
2000 John Carew, Cambridge College
1999 Robert Read, Salem State College
1994 Mary Ann Gawalek, Lesley College

President’s Award

2020 Ariel Axelrod, LMHC
2019 Stacey Pimentel, LMHC
2018 Richard Nahigian, Esq.
2017 Samantha Dutra, LMHC, and Keri-Ann Wagner, LMHC
2016 John Ciervo, LMHC

MaMHCA Community Service Award Recipients

2018 Sgt. Andrew Holmstead, Duxbury Police Department
2015 Gloucester Police Department and Chief Leonard Campenallo
2014 U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren
2013 Mariagnese Cattaneo, PhD, LMHC
2011 Mariagnese Cattaneo, PhD, LMHC
2009 Ronald Wozniak, LMHC, and Jill Ritchie, LMHC
2007 Ruth Balser, State Representative
2006 Berna Haberman, in honor of MaMHCA’s 25th Anniversary, and Denis Dupuis, In honor of MaMHCA’s 25th Anniversary
2005 Mary Ann Hanley, LMHC Representative on Board of Allied Mental Health and Human Services Professions, and Richard Goodman, LMHC Representative on Board of Allied Mental Health and Human Services Professions
2004 Veneita Burden, License Support Committee Chair
2002 Alice LaBonte Hsu, MaMHCA Representative to Red Cross Disaster Relief, 9/11 responder
2001 Mary Ann Hanley, LMHC Representative on Board of Allied Mental Health and Human Services Professions, and Richard Goodman, LMHC Representative on Board of Allied Mental Health and Human Services Professions
1999 David Favreau, Membership-Scholarship Donor
1998 Tory Gates/WJIB
1997 Sen. Charles Traviglini, Chair, Human Services Committee, and Berna Haberman, MaMHCA Founder

Special Lifetime Achievement Recognition

2021 Deborah (Debby) Bergstrom

Lifetime Achievement Award

2020 John Carew, and Deborah (Debby) Bergstrom
2019 David McAllister, LMHC
2017 Linda Lawless, LMHC
2016 Donna Keane, LMHC
2015 Christine McNiff, LMHC, Past President 2006-2007
2013 Ronald Wozniak, SJ, LMHC
2011 Lucy Borodkin

Mental Health Organization/Agency of the Year

2019 Wayside Youth and Family Support, Inc.
2017 Elevate Counseling Services, Inc.
2016 Gandara, Inc.
2015 The Door is Open Counseling Center, Joyce Dolberg Rowe, LMHC, Director
2013 Gosnold on Cape Cod, Raymond Tomasi, CEO, and Angela Sheppard, Program Director, Emerson House
2011 Gosnold on Cape Cod, Raymond Tomasi, CEO, Gosnold, Inc.
2000 William Taylor, Advocates, Inc.

Service Appreciation Award

2013 Jamie Lynn Ross, Principal, Fat Cat Design

Professional Service and Leadership Award

2021 Elinor Janvrin, LMHC
2020 Jami Osborne, LMHC
2019 Jennifer Hurley, LMHC

Legislator of the Year

2020 Sen. Julian Cyr
2019 Reps. Josh Cutler and Kathleen LaNatra

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