Welcome to the new and improved New Mexico Mental Health Counselor Association Yahoo Group. This is a place to post your questions, concerns and thoughts....
If you haven't visited our site please goto: www.NMMHCA.org. Give us your thoughts and help us make this site better. It is here for all of us - not just the...
Good morning, colleagues and friends: I'm going to try to figure out how to do this process, hoping that it will allow me to keep up with what is going on in...
Recently, in the news a kid was burned alive in Florida by other teens. For me this type of torture has taken cruelty to a new level; especially, considering...
Your New Mexico Mental Health Counselor's board has worked hard to try and make this a more interesting, rewarding, educational and professional organization....
I don't know whether others would be interested, but I have found as I made the transition from being a student with tons of support to becoming independently...
I would like to become more familiar with the process of certification of a mental health site providing mental health services in a rural area. With the 2010...
The questions you ask is exactly the purpose of having this organization. One way to get involved, without making a huge commitment is to volunteer for the...
There are several types of programs for Loan Forgiveness. New Mexico is probably more lucky than other places due to the rural areas we live within. Some of...
Volunteering As a former CEO of a very samll non-profit organization and a small business owner, I would have to agree with LaMarr and say that volunteerism is...
Would you be available to come to our next board meeting? It will be held in Cloudcroft the night before the Pat Love conference. Thanks for stepping up and...
It is important for me to understand what you are refrring to. Voluntarism or volunteerism? "Voluntarism" connotes "voluntary participation" whereas...
Where ia Cloudcroft? I am originally from Utah and I don't know much about New Mexico. If you wouldn't mind giving me the actual address and date - I will ask...
Dear Audrey, Â I would be glad to assist; we will be the blind leading the sighted, since I am under-licensed and now that I have passed the NCE and am NCC I...
It seems to me that they both go together and it would be difficult to have one without the other. Once pay is involved then the act of volunteering goes out...
Here is what i know about going into private practice. I just did this last year and am now going through the process again as my practice grows. The first...
In response to my question whether we are talking volunteerism or voluntarism I received the following response from Darwin. I hope his response clears up this...
The National Health Service Corps (NHSC)Loan Repayment Program provides $50,000 (or the outstanding balance of qualifying student loans if it is less than...
Cloudcroft (http://cloudcroft.com/) is small mountain town about four hours South of Albuquerque. It is right outside another small town called Alamogordo. ...
Hello,I'm desperate! I moved to New Mexico straight out of graduate school for counseling last June. I have been trying to get supervision for licensure and...
Dear Dana, Â I came from Utah. Utah does not have the same requirements that New Mexico has that you have to have an employer before you get a license, you...
How many of you counselors and therapists would be interested in a quarterly gathering, a meet and greet so to speak, that would take place at one place or...
LaMarr, I would certainly be interested. Working in a hospital, I don't have much contact with other therapists. Would this be open only to NMMHCA members?...
I am very interested and would enjoy communicating such to most, if not all other agencies in close prximity about such meet and greets - great idea! Â Â Â ...
Count me in, LaMarr!!!! Sent from my iPhone On Jun 23, 2010, at 3:36 PM, "LaMarr" <nmmhca@...> wrote: How many of you counselors and therapists would be...
As far as I'm concerned networking has no boundaries. My background is from Systems training, which is why i feel it important to connect. If we can make...
LaMarr, What can I do to help? Dana Sent from my iPhone On Jun 27, 2010, at 1:33 PM, "LaMarr" <nmmhca@...> wrote: As far as I'm concerned networking has...
Honestly, at this point in time there doesn't appear to be enough interest to make this idea viable. In our division we have over 100 members and less than...