Becoming a member of the New York Mental Health Counselors Association shows your commitment and support to the advancement, promotion, and protection of the mental health counseling profession. As a member, you will be a part of a community of professionals,
students, and supporters who recognize the importance of mental health counseling and mental health counselors. Membership Benefits
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT | - Discounted registration fees for professional development programming
- Free CE of the Month produced by The NYMHCA Institute
- Tracking tools to organize continuing education certificates and credits
- NYMHCA's Career Center: post job openings and search resumes for potential candidates
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- Professional representation and advocacy provided by a registered lobbyist
- Involvement in legislative efforts in New York to advance and protect mental health counselors
- Opportunities to participate in advocacy efforts and meet with government representatives
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COMMUNITY
| - Regional chapters providing opportunities for networking, learning, and referrals
- Partnerships with community based organizations to allow for greater involvement and representation
- Committees and task forces to address needs of diverse populations and groups
- Member directory to connect with fellow members for networking and referrals
- myNYMHCA online community to share resources, support, and ideas with fellow members
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- Newsletters and Alerts: stay informed of NYMHCA's efforts and be alerted of important information affecting mental health counseling
- Public awareness campaigns to promote and educate the community on mental health counseling and mental health counselors
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 MEMBERS ONLY SAVINGS | - Discounts on practice tools, such as accounting, VoIP, EHR, and other tools
- Discounted premiums for professional liability insurance, provided by American Professional Agency
- Student members have access to FREE professional liability insurance.
- An ever-growing collection of member discounts and savings.
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NYMHCA is consistently expanding our collection of benefits for our members. We welcome our members to reach out to us and suggest or request benefits that we might add to increase the value of your membership. Membership Tiers*Choose from the annual membership types below.
STUDENT
$50-75
Annual Dues
For graduate and doctoral level students who are not yet license eligible. | |
NEW PROFESSIONAL
$80-105
Annual Dues
Recent graduates and professionals who are not yet licensed. | |
PROFESSIONAL
$130-155
Annual Dues
Licensed counselors and counselor educators. | |
RETIRED
$60-85
Annual Dues
Recognizing the contributions of counselors who have retired and want to stay involved.
(Member must not be working in mental health field to qualify.) | |
ASSOCIATE
$45
Annual Dues
Non-clinical professionals who support the mission of NYMHCA and promotion of mental health counseling. | | | | | | | | | |
All memberships will automatically renew on an annual basis. The card on file will be automatically charged on the renewal date. Auto-renewal may be deactivated by signing into the member profile.
Memberships are non-refundable and non-transferable.
*All members must abide by the AMHCA Code of Ethics Looking for organizational memberships or our Graduate Program Partnerships? Visit our Organizational Memberships page for more information.
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