Membership Benefits
Joining and becoming a part of VTMHCA is an important step forward in your career. As a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor in the State of Vermont, you are now among a group of clinicians who value their training and work. Historically, we have been an Association that strives to enhance our identities as mental health professionals in the field. With your membership, you are supporting the efforts of those who have gone before you, those with you now, and those who in the future, will make a difference. Your membership does and will have a significant impact.
Together, we are able to stay the course to promote and advance our profession. With collective energy and influence, we will continue to accomplish our goals. The wonderful aspect of being in Vermont is that we are not alone in our Association. We have the gift of professional alliances with other associations, creating a strong and influential coalition of mental health professionals. Together we work on and promote legislative initiatives, work to keep managed care in check, promote high and quality standards for licensure, and provide conferences and training to maintain licensure so that we may practice our profession in a free and open marketplace.
- Inclusion in the Find A Counselor Directory
- Reduced Insurance Premium throughout CPH Insurance Agency Professional Development Workshops for Continuing Education Credit - discounted tuition
- The VTMHCA Newsletter, published 2 issues annually, based on news & need
- Inclusion in VTMHCA's Membership Directory made available to state agencies, hospitals, clinics, social service providers, and other referral sources
- Legislative Updates, Initiatives and Advocacy regarding issues that pertain to counselors, including parity and vendorship
- Managed Care Information
- Statewide Advocacy for the Mental Health Counseling Profession, and links to the national advocacy effort
- Licensing Information
- Liaison with the VT Mental Health Council
- Information from the national association, the American Mental Health Counselors Association
- Consumer Education and Information
- Outreach to area students of Graduate Programs in Mental Health Counseling and Psychology
Maintenance of the Clinical Mental Health Counselor license requires continuing education and adherence to the Standards of Practice. There is no better way to stay current than to join Vermont Mental Health Counselors Association, your state's professional organization. We are your voice. Join us! It's your choice, it's your profession!
Membership Categories
FULL CLINICAL:
Employed in the delivery of mental health services, or training of mental
health practitioners; holds minimum of a Master’s degree in a mental
health counseling field conferred by an accredited graduate school. All
licensed members are in this category. $100
ASSOCIATE: Rostered psychotherapist working toward licensure; holds Bachelor’s
or Associate’s degree, or unlicensed graduate or professional
in an affiliated field. No voting privileges. $60
STUDENT:
Enrolled as a matriculated student in a Master’s degree program
in counseling/psychology; requires signature of a professor. No
voting privileges. $25
RETIRED:
Retired from practice as a mental health provider; work met description
in above categories. $25
UNIFIED DUES:
Join both AMHCA and VTMHCA and get a 20% reduction in both memberships.
