New Mexico Mental Health Counselors Association - NMMHCA

New Mexico Mental Health Counselors Association - NMMHCA The NMMHCA is a state chapter of the American Mental Health Counselors Association serving mental health professionals in NM.

This Friday, 9AM-11AM! 2 NBCC Approved CEs...Hope to see you there!___________________________March Training Announcemen...
03/04/2026

This Friday, 9AM-11AM! 2 NBCC Approved CEs...Hope to see you there!
___________________________
March Training Announcement!
🔷 Ethics of Working with Clients Involved in the Legal System
🔹 Presented by: Dr. Leandrea Romero-Lucero, PhD, LPCC, ACS, CSOTS
📍 Virtual - Zoom link sent upon registration
📆 Friday, March 6th, 2026 | 9 AM - 11 AM MST
☑️ 2 NBCC Approved CE
Description:
Working with clients involved in the legal system can pose many challenges for the clinician working with them, especially if there is a lack of clarity of roles, expectations, and goals. This presentation will discuss how those working with clients involved in the legal system can ensure clarity from the beginning of the relationship between them and the appropriate legal system personnel.
Objectives:
1. Analyze the common challenges clinicians encounter when working with clients involved in the legal system, with emphasis on role ambiguity, unclear expectations, and conflicting goals.
2. Demonstrate strategies for establishing clarity of roles and mutual expectations at the onset of the clinician-client-legal system relationship.
3. Evaluate effective communication approaches for collaborating with legal system personnel while maintaining ethical and professional boundaries.

Sign Up Today: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/ethics-of-working-with-clients-involved-in-the-legal-system

Question? Contact nmmhca@gmail.com

Visit our website, become a member, sign up for updates, and see future training dates: https://www.nmmhca.com

This Women’s History Month, we celebrate the women who are leading the change and shaping a sustainable future. From env...
03/03/2026

This Women’s History Month, we celebrate the women who are leading the change and shaping a sustainable future. From environmental advocacy and economic justice to education, innovation, and community resilience, women across generations are building a more equitable and thriving world for all.

Their leadership reminds us that sustainability isn’t just about protecting the planet — it’s about strengthening our communities, expanding opportunity, and creating lasting systems of care and justice.

Theme by the 2026 Women’s History Month theme from the National Women’s History Alliance.

Celebrating !The first week of month is also !March 1–7, 2026 marks National School Social Work Week, an opportunity...
03/03/2026

Celebrating !

The first week of month is also !

March 1–7, 2026 marks National School Social Work Week, an opportunity for schools, districts, communities, and partners to recognize and celebrate the essential role school social workers play in supporting students, families, and school communities.



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March Training Announcement!🔷 Ethics of Working with Clients Involved in the Legal System🔹 Presented by: Dr. Leandrea Ro...
02/25/2026

March Training Announcement!
🔷 Ethics of Working with Clients Involved in the Legal System
🔹 Presented by: Dr. Leandrea Romero-Lucero, PhD, LPCC, ACS, CSOTS
📍 Virtual - Zoom link sent upon registration
📆 Friday, March 6th, 2026 | 9 AM - 11 AM MST
☑️ 2 NBCC Approved CE
Description:
Working with clients involved in the legal system can pose many challenges for the clinician working with them, especially if there is a lack of clarity of roles, expectations, and goals. This presentation will discuss how those working with clients involved in the legal system can ensure clarity from the beginning of the relationship between them and the appropriate legal system personnel.
Objectives:
1. Analyze the common challenges clinicians encounter when working with clients involved in the legal system, with emphasis on role ambiguity, unclear expectations, and conflicting goals.
2. Demonstrate strategies for establishing clarity of roles and mutual expectations at the onset of the clinician-client-legal system relationship.
3. Evaluate effective communication approaches for collaborating with legal system personnel while maintaining ethical and professional boundaries.
Sign Up Today: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/ethics-of-working-with-clients-involved-in-the-legal-system
Question? Contact nmmhca@gmail.com
Visit our website, become a member, sign up for updates, and see future training dates: https://www.nmmhca.com

Join Us Tomorrow! _______February Training Announcement!🔷 Lunch & Learn: Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consul...
02/19/2026

Join Us Tomorrow!
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February Training Announcement!
🔷 Lunch & Learn: Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMHC)
🔹 Presented by: Kassandra Gonzales, LPCC, IMH-E, IECMHC
📍 Virtual - Zoom link sent upon registration
📆 Friday, Feb. 20th, 2026 | 12 PM - 1 PM MST
☑️ 1 NBCC Approved CE
Description:
Presentation will introduce Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMHC), a collaborative, relationship-focused approach to strengthening the caregiver’s ability to promote and enhance children’s social-emotional development. Participants will learn about the significance of IECMHC as a preventative approach within the behavioral health continuum of care.
Objectives:
1. Participants will be able to describe the ethics and practices of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMHC)
2. Participants will develop an understanding of how IECMHC strengthens caregivers’ abilities to promote and enhance children’s social-emotional development.
3. Participants will identify ways in which IECMHC can be integrated into trauma-responsive caregiving to foster secure relationships and positive developmental outcomes.
Sign Up Today: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/0220-lunch-and-learn
Question? Contact nmmhca@gmail.com
Visit our website, become a member, sign up for updates, and see future training dates: https://www.nmmhca.com

📢 Repost from American Mental Health Counselors Association: Updated Call to ActionThe public comment period is open on ...
02/13/2026

📢 Repost from American Mental Health Counselors Association:
Updated Call to Action
The public comment period is open on proposed rules from the U.S. Department of Education, and clinical mental health counselors must make their voices heard.

Public comments are open through March 2.

We’re asking members to take two important actions:
- Submit a public comment during the open comment period
- Contact your Members of Congress using our updated advocacy letters

These rules have real implications for the counseling profession, the mental health workforce, and access to care. Policymakers need to hear directly from those doing the work.

Visit AMHCA updated Call to Action to participate and make your voice count.

Take action now at the link in American Mental Health Counselors Association bio!
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Take action: https://www.amhca.org/advocacy/takeaction

February Training Announcement!🔷 Lunch & Learn: Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMHC)🔹 Presente...
02/03/2026

February Training Announcement!
🔷 Lunch & Learn: Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMHC)
🔹 Presented by: Kassandra Gonzales, LPCC, IMH-E, IECMHC
📍 Virtual - Zoom link sent upon registration
📆 Friday, Feb. 20th, 2026 | 12 PM - 1 PM MST
☑️ 1 NBCC Approved CE
Description:
Presentation will introduce Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMHC), a collaborative, relationship-focused approach to strengthening the caregiver’s ability to promote and enhance children’s social-emotional development. Participants will learn about the significance of IECMHC as a preventative approach within the behavioral health continuum of care.
Objectives:
1. Participants will be able to describe the ethics and practices of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMHC)
2. Participants will develop an understanding of how IECMHC strengthens caregivers’ abilities to promote and enhance children’s social-emotional development.
3. Participants will identify ways in which IECMHC can be integrated into trauma-responsive caregiving to foster secure relationships and positive developmental outcomes.
Sign Up Today: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/0220-lunch-and-learn
Question? Contact nmmhca@gmail.com
Visit our website, become a member, sign up for updates, and see future training dates: https://www.nmmhca.com

February Training Announcement!🔷 Lunch & Learn: Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMHC)🔹 Presente...
02/02/2026

February Training Announcement!
🔷 Lunch & Learn: Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMHC)
🔹 Presented by: Kassandra Gonzales, LPCC, IMH-E, IECMHC
📍 Virtual - Zoom link sent upon registration
📆 Friday, Feb. 20th, 2026 | 12 PM - 1 PM MST
☑️ 1 NBCC Approved CE

Description:
Presentation will introduce Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMHC), a collaborative, relationship-focused approach to strengthening the caregiver’s ability to promote and enhance children’s social-emotional development. Participants will learn about the significance of IECMHC as a preventative approach within the behavioral health continuum of care.

Objectives:
1. Participants will be able to describe the ethics and practices of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMHC)
2. Participants will develop an understanding of how IECMHC strengthens caregivers’ abilities to promote and enhance children’s social-emotional development.
3. Participants will identify ways in which IECMHC can be integrated into trauma-responsive caregiving to foster secure relationships and positive developmental outcomes.

Sign Up Today: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/0220-lunch-and-learn

Question? Contact nmmhca@gmail.com
Visit our website, become a member, sign up for updates, and see future training dates: https://www.nmmhca.com

National School Counseling Week, Feb 2-6, highlights the unique contributions of school counselors within U.S. school sy...
02/02/2026

National School Counseling Week, Feb 2-6, highlights the unique contributions of school counselors within U.S. school systems and their tremendous impact on student success. More than 131,000 school counselors provide students with academic, college/career, and social/emotional development.

This week, we celebrate all school counselors.
Please take a moment to thank your local school counselors!

School counseling programs throughout the U.S. . Learn more at schoolcounselor.org/role

The New Mexico Mental Health Counselors Association (NMMHCA) is proud to join the American School Counselor Association in celebrating school counselors!

NM RDL Update: Meeting for New Mexico Counseling and Therapy Practice BoardNotice is hereby given that the New Mexico Co...
01/23/2026

NM RDL Update: Meeting for New Mexico Counseling and Therapy Practice Board

Notice is hereby given that the New Mexico Counseling and Therapy Practice
Board will convene a regular board meeting followed by a retreat/strategic
planning session. Beginning with the regular board meeting on Thursday,
February 5, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. and the retreat starting on Friday, February 6,
2026, at 10:00 a.m. and again at 1:00 p.m. The board meeting and retreat will
be held at the Regulation and Licensing Department Albuquerque Offices,
located at 5500 San Antonio Dr. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109 in the Sandia
Conference Room.
The New Mexico Counseling and Therapy Practice Board Meeting and Retreat
will also be accessible to the public virtually via Microsoft Teams.

The agenda will be posted and available at least 72 hours before the meeting
on the board’s website. Copies may also be obtained by contacting Roxann
Ortiz at: 505-476-4622 or counseling.board@rld.nm.gov

An individual with a disability who is in need of a reader, amplifier, qualified
sign language interpreter, or other form of auxiliary aid or service to attend or
participate in the board meeting or retreat, contact Roxann Ortiz, Board
Administrator at (505) 476-4622 or counseling.board@rld.nm.gov

Sharing on behalf of Heartsway New Mexico!
01/13/2026

Sharing on behalf of Heartsway New Mexico!

Holiday times are at full swing! Here’s a gentle reminder made by to be kind to ourselves and others this season ⛄️
12/18/2025

Holiday times are at full swing! Here’s a gentle reminder made by to be kind to ourselves and others this season ⛄️

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