Thrive Boston Counseling and Psychotherapy

Post-Masters LMHC Training Program

The LMHC Licensure board for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has strong regulations for what constitutes appropriate experience that qualifies a post-masters degree LMHC candidate for licensure.

The following information is presented to give basic information on what is required by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Board of Licensure, as well as to demonstrate how Thrive Boston Counseling may meet Board of Licensure requirements.

Note: For an exhaustive description of all pre-masters and post-masters requirements for LMHC licensure, please visit the Mass.Gov website, Division of Professional Licensure, section 262 CMR 2.00: Requirements For Licensure As a Mental Health Counselor. For your convenience, a link to that webpage is available here: http://www.mass.gov

Please Note: In an effort to best describe the Thrive Boston Counseling post-masters LMHC Training Program, some text from the MA Board of Licensure Website was used.

Post-master’s Hours

To qualify for LMHC licensure in MA, applicants must complete a minimum of two years of full-time (or equivalent part-time) post-master's degree supervised clinical field experience in mental health counseling, providing direct/face-to-face client contact with individuals, groups, or families.

Total Hours required = 3,360

Direct Client Contact Hours Required = 960

Note: a maximum of 250 hours of the required 960 contact hours may be group client contact experience.

Supervision Requirements

Total Supervision Hours Required = 130

Individual Supervision Hours Required = minimum of 75

Note: Supervision must include a minimum of one hour of supervision for every 16 client contact hours.

Second Note: Supervisors must meet specific requirements including 5 years full-time (or part-time equivalent) post-masters counseling experience, and be a licensed mental health provider in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (also, a certain number of supervision hours must be by an LMHC).

Third Note: The supervisor must be a staff member of the site who is an approved supervisor or must be a contracted supervisor who has entered into a written agreement with the individual and the site to provide supervision either on or off site.
   

Clinical Field Experience Sites

According to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts LMHC Board of Licensure, “Clinical field experience sites for pre and post masters field experience training include public and private health and mental health institutions that have integrated programs for the delivery of clinical mental health counseling, and have established provisions for appropriate supervision.

Note: Neither individual nor group private practice experience will be accepted as a qualifying clinical field experience.”

Also, a provision for emergency contact must be in place for all work placement settings. The emergency contact individual DOES NOT replace the requirement for an approved supervisor.

Thrive Boston Counseling Post-Masters LMHC Training Program

Thrive Boston Counseling meets the required standards of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, described above. As an operating counseling center in the City of Cambridge, we are a private mental health institution with an integrated program for the delivery of clinical mental health counseling.

In addition, we have established provisions for post-masters LMHC applicants who are employees of Thrive Boston Counseling to receive appropriate supervision (a minimum of one hour of supervision for every 16 hours of direct client care, as well as emergency contact provisions) by an approved supervisor who is a Thrive Boston Counseling staff member, or an approved supervisor contracted to provide professional supervision.

Thirdly, Thrive Boston Counseling (Thrive Counseling LLC) is a legal corporate entity and individuals—specifically in this instance, post-masters LMHC candidates—working for Thrive Boston Counseling are not in private practice, nor are they in a group private practice. Private practice is defined as “The practice of a profession independently and not as an employee.” Persons working for Thrive Boston Counseling are hired employees of Thrive Boston Counseling Center.

Thrive Boston Counseling strives not just to provide an LMHC training program that meets minimum Massachusetts standards, Thrive Boston Counseling strives to provide experience and training that is unprecedented by other institutions in Massachusetts. 

NOTE: Thrive Counseling LLC offers this program in good faith, with the best of their understanding and interpretation of the regulations set fourth by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts LMHC Licensure Board. Applicants should do their due diligence in confirming that this program meets the qualifications necessary for their post-masters expereince for LMHC licensure. 

Acceptance into our program is competitive, and the training is intensive. Potential applicants may tenure their questions or resume to ThriveBoston@gmail.com

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