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Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CACREP) – Massachusetts

Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC)

Massachusetts requires that applicants for this licensure have a master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling or a related field with a minimum of 60 semester credit hours or 80 quarter credit hours from an integrated, planned and comprehensive program from a Recognized Educational Institution with the following course requirements.

Course Requirements

Counseling Theory
Human Growth and Development
Psychopathology
Social and Cultural Foundations
Clinical Skills
Group Work
Special Treatment Issues
Appraisal
Research and Evaluation
Professional Orientation
Practicum
Internship

Electives Areas

Graduate Level Courses other than required Graduate Level Courses must be elective Graduate Level Courses which include knowledge and skills in the practice of Mental Health Counseling. Appropriate Graduate Level Courses may include, but are not limited to, any of the content areas listed under 262 CMR 2.05(2)(a)1. through 10., as well as

Best practices for maintaining and terminating counseling and psychotherapy
Consultation skills
Outreach and prevention strategies
Diagnosis and treatment issues
Working with special populations
Professional identity and practice issues, including historical perspectives
Mental health regulations and policy
Management of community mental health programs

Clinical Field Experience Requirements

25 Supervisory Contact Hours of supervision of which

A minimum of ten (10) Supervisory Contact Hours must be Individual Supervision
A minimum of five (5) Supervisory Contact Hours must be Group Supervision with no more than ten supervisees in a group, and
The remaining ten (10) Supervisory Contact Hours may be Individual or Group Supervision

For more information:

https://www.mass.gov/doc/262-cmr-2-requirements-for-licensure-as-a-mental-health-counselor/download