We know the license application process is not easy. MaMHCA provides several services to students and new clinicians seeking support in this endeavor. Before requesting our assistance, please do the following:
Complete the National Clinical Mental Health Counselor Exam
For more information, please explore our Licensure Exam Services.
Read the License Application Material Posted on the AMH Website
Many Application qualification and completion questions can be answered by reading the 262CMR section 2 Mass Regulations regarding LMHCs or downloading and beginning to complete the LMHC License Application Guide.
International Graduates should have their transcripts evaluated by WES or ECE before completing the Application. Your transcript must be sent from the graduate program directly to the evaluation service and the final educational evaluation must be sent directly to the Allied Board by the Evaluation service.
The license application is expensive, and it is even more expensive if your application is rejected and you have to reapply. This clinic, offered monthly, teaches you best practices to decrease the chances of application rejection. Do it right. Do it just once.
Check our continuing education calendar for upcoming License Application Clinics.
License Application Counseling
If you have followed all the above steps and still need one-on-one counseling on how to do the application, we’ve got you covered. To meet with one of our experienced trainers to go over your documentation get feedback specific to your experience and application click here: License Application Support Request
MaMHCA is proud of the dedication many of our members have made to give more to the profession.
In recognition of this dedication, MaMHCA is pleased to recognize our next Supervisor of the Month: Marissa Cashman- LMHC, MaACCS, LPC, CPC, LCMHC, LMHC
Over 11 years of trauma-based work including adoption, racism/bigotry harm, grief and loss, single event trauma, childhood abuse and neglect, and complex trauma with IFS and EMDR training with cultural diversity experience have shaped my clinical experience. I have worked with BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ community members since the start of my clinical career.
My supervision approach can
-Provide a warm and supportive space to cultivate therapeutic understanding including case conceptualization
-Help develop innate clinical strengths while fostering space to learn and further build upon new clinical skills
-Guide and navigate complex cases through a trauma-informed lens
-Help gain self-advocacy and collaboration skills with other entities including prescribers and schools
-Establish an understanding of how systemic/racial/generational dynamics affect a client’s case
Supervision through my practice focuses on working with: Post-masters/Pre-licensed LMHC track providers for Contracted supervision, Licensed providers who are in the midst of a career change and setting up a private practice (School Adjustment Counselor/DCF to private practice, for example), or Licensed providers simply looking for support with more complex cases who may be experiencing imposter syndrome or feeling stigma/shame in asking for support.
Approaches used feature a cultural competence/spiritual and religious/anti-systemic oppression lens with a decolonization approach which helps supervisees understand the many layers that can shape and affect their cases and the mental health field as a whole. An understanding of current national and world events is also utilized in helping guide supervisees during times of uncertainty which can heighten burnout and/or compassion fatigue.
If my approach seems like it would be a good fit for you, please feel free to reach out to me with any questions! You deserve to have the right support as you help others heal.
Marissa can be contacted at therapy@marissacashman-lmhc.com