We in NYMHCA are so pleased that regional chapters are forming around the state! There is a very great need for clinical counselors to have places to meet, network, continue their education and even to mentor students coming into the profession!
You must be a NYMHCA member in good standing in order to become a member of a regional chapter. If there is no chapter near where you live, contact us to learn how you can start one!
Northeastern New York Interest Group
This chapter needs new leaders! For information contact the coordinator Amy Weir at: imamyjamie@aol.com
Capital Region Chapter Contact Person: Donna Lochner
Contact Donna at: lochnd@aol.com; 518-456-7030
Debbie Arundale is our Regional Chapter Coordinator! Debbie's job is to work with all the chapter leadership. If you have a question about
our regional chapters or would like to start one, email her at: DebCCMHC@aol.com or call her at: O. 631-661-8649.
Central Region Chapter Coordinator: Harmony Ayers - Friedlander
Thousand Islands Interest Group - Coordinator - Leon Dickinson. Contact Leon at: leon@twcny.rr.com
Long Island Chapter Coordinator: Geri D'Alessio. Email her at: gerid@optonline.net
- It is possible that this chapter might have to be divided into Nassau and Suffolk County Chapters if there is a great number of counselors interested in participating.
Buffalo/Niagara Chapters Coordinators: Victoria Palmisano. Email her at: vep@buffalo.edu.This members of this chapter include counselors who live and work in and around Buffalo.
Greater Rochester Area Chapter Coordinator: Nancy Harris. Email her at: nancyeharris@gmail.com
Metro NY Chapter Co-Chairs: Lisa Jaeger, laj1@nyu.edu (917) 545-4920; and Sandra Kupprat, Sandra.Kupprat@nyu.edu, (917) 405-9294
- This chapter will cover all of the 5 boroughs of NYC.
Hudson Valley Interest Group - Coordinator - Yvonne Poley
New groups of counselors coming together to form a chapter are calledInterest Groups. An interest group can stay at that level, or over time evolve into a chartered chapter.
