American Mental Health Counselors Association
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AMHCA Is a Growing Community of 7,000 Clinical Mental Health Counselors

Together, we make a critical impact on the lives of Americans and give a voice to our profession nationwide.

For more than 30 years, AMHCA has served the professional needs of mental health counselors. Some of the benefits of membership help you develop your career as a mental health counselor and save on expenses.
 
Other benefits assist providers in our field by working toward recognition for mental health counselors under Medicare and better treatment of mental health counselors currently recognized by other federal programs and private health care insurance plans. AMHCA is dedicated to your success and the growth of our field. Help us help you expand your professional knowledge, your network of professional peers, and, ultimately, your service to clients.
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Nominate a Worthy Colleague or Chapter for an AMHCA Award

Do you know a great clinical mental health counselor, counselor educator, or mental health counselor who does outstanding work in the community? Nominate a peer, an AMHCA state chapter, or even yourself for a 2013 AMHCA award. The deadline for nominations is May 17, 2013.

AMHCA CEO to Retire

AMHCA has announced that W. Mark Hamilton, Ph.D., its long-serving executive director and CEO, will retire this fall. The AMHCA board has retained JDG Associates to conduct a national executive search to fill the ED/CEO position.

TRICARE Provider Certification Reminder

AMHCA strongly encourages all eligible CMHCs to consider seeking independent provider status under the program during a grandfather period that ends in December 2014.

PDF of complete issue: May 2013

National Mental Health Counseling Week: Annual Observances Emphasize Mental Health and Well-Being

Take a page from AMHCA's project manual and try some of the activities suggested for each day of the week dedicated to your profession—May 6-12, 2013. The annual observance of National Mental Health Counseling Week increases mental health awareness, promotes recognition of AMHCA state chapters and AMHCA, and supports the mental health counseling profession as a whole.

2013 Annual Conference

Comments of AMHCA's keynote speakers and pre-conference workshop presenters on how morals can blind us to good people with different opinions from our own, the importance of evidence-based psychotherapy, changes in the DSM-5, and the ethics of "conditional confidentiality."


July 18-20, 2013:
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