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MaMHCA’s 2023 Annual Conference on Working with Neurodiverse Clients is behind us. MaMHCA wants to thank all the members who joined us for our first in-person event since 2019.  Our President’s Reception on Friday night saw folks networking, munching, and engaging in a few playful moments, while raising almost $500 for the Haberman-Williams Scholarship Fund.

Saturday’s conference was filled with great workshops, wonderful networking among the 140 attendees, and good information from our sponsors.  While it was a lot of work, we also had fun, especially with a fantastic raffle with offerings for therapists to use with clients, or for themselves.  The raffle raised nearly $500 for the Haberman-Williams Scholarship fund!

The Conference Committee deserves kudos for a wonderful event. Our team has already begun planning for next year’s conference, topic, date and location to be revealed as soon as we sort that out.  In the meantime, join MaMHCA at any of our virtual workshops throughout the rest of 2023.

Katie Thomas/Fundraising, Aleeya Ensign/Web Communications, Joe Weeks/Public Policy & Legislation, Jami Osborne/President & Professional Development Director, Midge Williams/Executive Director, Berna Haberman/President Emeritus, Venita Qualls/President Elect, Evan Schinell/Special Grants, Ariel Axelrod/Home Study, Quinn Hayes/Secretary

Missing: Jenn Hurley/Membership & Special Projects, Christine Cassidy/Treasurer, France Neff/DEI, David Mc Allister/Scholarship, John Ciervo/Past President

Early Bird Registration is now closed for the MaMHCA Annual Conference "Working with Neurodiverse Client", but there is still time to secure your spot!

Sign up today to attend a full day of 6 CEUs on a variety of aspects of Neurodiversity, to participate in a raffle, and to get the latest information on policy changes that impact LMHCs. Join us on Friday evening for the President's reception, all proceeds go to the Haberman-Williams Scholarship Fund.

The Allied Board of Mental Health and Human Services has opened LMHC renewals as of October 2, 2023. If you have not yet done so, you must link your old DPL license to the new portal, then proceed to renew.  Directions are clear and easy to follow.

Note! You must upload a headshot/passport type photo to complete the renewal process.

You do not have to upload CEU certificates, but should save them for at least the next 2 cycles, a total of 6 years.

MHC and MFT enrollment likely to begin in November

CMS has just posted a new “Medicare Enrollment for Providers and Suppliers” page with a special section under “News and Additional Resources” entitled “New Provider Type: Marriage and Family Therapists (MFTs) and Mental Health Counselors (MHCs).” You can find the new posting on Marriage and Family Therapist and Mental Health Counselor Enrollment materials at: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/enrollment-renewal/providers-suppliers/chain-ownership-system-pecos

See the full MS Release

Come check out our new job board! Here members can post and apply to employment opportunities on one easy to use site. The job board can be found on our Members Only page. New advertisers receive 10% off their first post with the code: NEW_POSTER. For any questions related to the new job board, please email Aleeya Ensign at aensign@mamhca.org.

Back by popular demand: our virtual private practice networking event will be held October 13th from 12pm-1:30pm. Join us for a lunchtime meet and greet with LMHC members in private practice from all over the state. Registration is online and free for members. Please bring the following in anticipation of sharing: information about you and your practice (of course!), what information YOU are looking for (a resource, referral partners, peer consultation groups, etc.) and please bring: ONE recommendation for a resource for your peers! This could be a prescriber that you recommend, a training you have enjoyed relating to private practice, an organization that provides great groups for a population, etc. We will compile a list of resources in the chat for everyone to share.

You may find more information about the event here on our events page: Private Practice Members Networking Event. If you have any questions, you may contact Jenn Hurley at jhurley@mamhca.org.

Come join us for our 2023 Annual Conference: Working with Neurodiverse Clients! Early-Bird registration closes September 27th.

As you know, MaMHCA hosts an annual conference every fall. (This year it is in person in Marlborough - see more about the conference here: https://www.mamhca.org/annual-conference.) During this event, we have the wonderful opportunity to distribute awards to deserving Mental Health Counselors for a variety of categories - Mental Health Counselor of the Year, Counselor Educator of the Year, even a Mental Health Organization of the Year, to name a few. It is always our hope that colleagues in the field will nominate their peers so that the unnoticed, fantastic professionals that we do not know come to our attention. Awards nominations are open NOW for review for the 2023 conference in October! Please review the awards descriptions here: https://www.mamhca.org/awards-and-scholarships and consider nominating a peer today!

Back by popular demand: our FREE fall networking event for MaMHCA members in private practice will return. Last year, we had a wonderful time hosting this virtual “speed networking” activity in which members in private practice could share information about their practice, popular resources others have used and market their skills to their MaMHCA colleagues. Join us-virtually-again for a Friday afternoon of sharing about yourself and your practice. This October date will be released soon! If you would like to join the Private Practice team in organizing the event and other private practice membership programs, please contact Jenn Hurley, LMHC at jhurley@mamhca.org to find out more about volunteering.

Join us this fall for our LMHC Licensing Exam Prep Classes! Each standalone workshop is designed to provide you with the information you need to pass the NCMHCE. Materials and format have been recently revised to address the changes in structure of the new NCMHCE. Sign up through our Continuing Education Calendar.

Dates:

September 10, 2023 (Sunday) from 9AM to 5:30PM 

October 22, 2023 (Sunday) from 9AM to 5:30PM 

November 12, 2023 (Sunday) from 9AM to 5:30PM 

December 3, 2023 (Sunday) from 9AM to 5:30PM