Ohio Mental Health Counselors Association

The Ohio Mental Health Counselors Association (OMHCA) provides professional information, education, training, and advocacy for Mental Health Counselors in Ohio. OMHCA is a vital and effective organization in advocating for the provision of a broad range of services to meet the mental health counseling needs of consumers in the Commonwealth.

OMHCA is a state chapter of the American Mental Health Counselors Association.

New Legislation to Cover Mental Health Counseling Under Medicare

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To Provide a system of information exchange for Mental Health Counselors through a website
To provide professional development training that maintains the high standards of the profession
To provide a forum that enables counselors to address the needs of their clients
To provide an alliance with mental health clinicians in various work settings through a coalition of mental health professions
To promote licensing and certification for mental health counselors nationally and to support the Ohio licensing standards
To support legislation and programs favorable to mental health counseling and better health care
To support the efforts of Mental Health Counselors to provide services attendant to their expertise in the marketplace
To promote and advance the profession of mental health counseling

Website with quarterly news updates
Professional Development Workshops for Continuing Education Credit
Professional Development Workshops facilitating the Licensure Process
Annual Meeting at the All Ohio Counselors Conference
Public Policy and Legislative Initiatives
Advocacy for the Mental Health Counseling Profession