Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CACREP) – Washington

Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC)

Washington requires applicants for this licensure have a master’s in mental health counseling. The core of study must include seven contents from the list below (1) through (17).  At least five of the content area must be in (1) through (8).

• Assessment/diagnosis
• Ethics/law
• Counseling individuals
• Counseling groups
• Counseling couples and families
• Developmental psychology (may be child adolescent, adult or life span)
• Psychopathology/abnormal psychology
• Research and evaluation
• Career development counseling
• Multicultural concerns
• Substance/chemical abuse
• Physiological psychology
• Organizational psychology
• Mental health consultation
• Developmentally disabled people
• Abusive relationships
• Chronically mentally ill

https://doh.wa.gov/sites/default/files/legacy/Documents/Pubs/670036.pdf