Welcome to PAMHCA!

President's Welcome:

Welcome to PAMHCA (The Pennsylvania Mental Health Counselor Association) – and to our new website! PAMHCA’s mission is to help members be better informed about issues related to licensure, and legislative, ethical and professional issues that affect you as counselors and students and the clients with whom you work. PAMHCA was reactivated in January, 2006 and re-energized by a new Board of Directors. We’re here to move the field of counseling forward!

The Board:

PAMHCA’s membership elected a new Board of Directors in 2006:

President - Mary Ann Baron, MGPGP, LPC, NCC
President-Elect - John Flynn, D. Min., MA (in counseling) NCC, LPC (in PA, PC 2581), LMHC (in FL, MH 7100)
Past President - Ed Badeau, MA, NCC, CAC, LPC
Treasurer - Nicki Covey, MS
Public Policy and Legislative Committee Chairperson - Nicki Covey, MS
Secretary - John Flynn, D. Min., MA (in counseling) NCC, LPC (in PA, PC 2581), LMHC (in FL, MH 7100)
Membership and Ethics Committee Chairperson - Nicki Covey, MS
Board Member at Large - Minna Davis, MA, LPC

A Busy Year:

The past year has been very busy, and we have accomplished a great deal:

• Elected a new Board of Directors.
• Updated our membership list.
• Held regional meetings in PA. with members to get feedback for our mission.
• Revised PAMHCA by-laws which were approved by PCA Executive Board.
• Affiliation and collaboration with AMHCA (American Mental Health Counselors Association; ACA (American Counseling Association); PCA (Pennsylvania Counseling Association); and PACP (Pennsylvania Alliance of Counseling Professionals).
• PAMHCA was represented at the PCA annual conference in October, 2006.
• Nicki Covey our treasurer received PCA's Gradate Student of the Year Award for 2006.
• Revised membership dues and membership data made available on the PCA website.
• Opened a bank account for PAMHCA.
• Wrote and received funds for a grant from ACA for our Treasurer to attend the ACA Legislative Institute in Feb., 2007 to become effective legislative advocates for Pennsylvania Counselors at the state and federal levels. A quarterly. publication titled: Mental Health Imitative was instituted by our treasurer.
• Revised the membership form and began an intensive membership drive to increase membership and develop internships with graduate students in Pennsylvania.
• Developed a web-site for members.
• Planning on finding a presenter for CEU credits for members staring in the Fall, 2007.
• Preparing outreaches to the media for Mental Health Week May 7-13th.