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Erin M. LeBel, MS, LICSW, Executive Director
Patricia M. Breslin, MSW, LCSW, Associate Executive Director
Allied Mental Health and Human Services Professions encompass the fields of Mental Health Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy, Rehabilitation Counseling and Educational Psychology.
Mental Health Counselors render professional services to individuals, families or groups. They apply principles, methods and theories of counseling and psychotherapeutic techniques to define goals and develop a treatment plan of action aimed towards the prevention, treatment and resolution of mental and emotional dysfunction and intra or interpersonal disorders.
Licensed marriage and family therapists apply principles, methods and therapeutic techniques to individuals, family groups, couples or organizations for the purpose of resolving emotional conflicts, modifying perceptions and behavior, enhancing communication and understanding among all family members and preventing family and individual crises. Individual marriage and family therapists may also engage in psychotherapy of a nonmedical nature with appropriate referrals to psychiatric resources. In addition, professionals engage in research and teaching in the overall field of human development and interpersonal relationships.
Licensed rehabilitation counselors apply principles, methods and therapeutic techniques of the rehabilitation counseling profession such as client assessment, job analysis, vocational assessment, counseling and job development. Rehabilitation counselors work to maximize or restore the capacities of physically or mentally handicapped individuals for self-sufficiency and independent living,(including vocational and social functioning), and to create conditions favorable to this goal. The objectives of rehabilitation counseling are to assist individuals, families or groups; serve an advocacy role with communities or groups toward the provision or implementation of rehabilitation services; and carry out research and teaching in the field of rehabilitation counselor education.
An educational psychologist provides professional services to individuals, groups, organizations or the public. These services include applying psychological principles, methods and procedures in the delivery of services to individuals, groups, families, educational institutions and staff and community agencies for the purpose of promoting mental health and facilitating learning. The services may be preventive, developmental or remedial and include psychological and psychoeducational assessment; therapeutic intervention; program planning and evaluation; research, teaching in the field of educational psychology; and consultation and referral to other psychiatric, psychological, medical and educational resources when necessary.
The Board of Allied Mental Health and Human Services Professions licenses candidates who meet the statutory and regulatory requirements developed for rehabilitation counselors, mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists and educational psychologists.
In carrying out its mission, the Board administers and enforces the regulations related to the educational criterion necessary for a person to be licensed and contracts with test vendors to provide the licensing examinations. Of equal importance, the Board seeks to protect consumers by exercising its authority to discipline those licensed individuals who violate licensing laws and regulations.