Mental Health Counselor License first issued in 2009

194 of Washington’s 12,609 active mental health counselor license credentials — 1.5% of them — were first issued in 2009.

The 2009 intake, and where it stands now

These 194 people were first credentialled as mental health counselor license during 2009 and are still active today. A first-issue year is the closest thing this register has to a start date: it says when the Department first recognised someone in this role, not how long they have worked in health care.

0 of the 194 active credentials in this group carry a disciplinary flag in the Department’s file — 0.0% — and 4 carry one marked pending.

This site publishes that count and no more: never who. The reason is not discretion, it is accuracy — the published file carries a yes/no flag and nothing else: no reason, no date, no case number. Naming someone on the strength of it would publish a suspicion rather than a fact. Every credential counted here is active. Why the line is drawn there.

Do not let the date pass

194 credentials of this type were first issued in 2009. Washington renews most of them on the holder’s birthday, every year or every two years, and continuing-education hours have to be done before that date — not after. Leave your details and we will tell you when yours is close, and pass your request for continuing-education hours to providers who teach for this credential.

We take no commission and we vouch for no training provider. We have no arrangement with any provider today — we are collecting these requests in order to go and find them. What we do with this.

Who they are

This is a slice of a bigger group: all 12,609 mental health counselor license credentials, and what a license is.

Other groups of a similar size

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• Licensed Behavior Analyst — 2024 195
• Osteopathic Physician & Surgeon License — 2019 195
• Surgical Technologist Registration — 2021 195
• Emergency Medical Technician Certification — 2002 194
• Massage Therapist License — 1999 194
• Radiologic Technologist Certification — 2005 194
• Radiologic Technologist Certification — 2010 194
• Occupational Therapist License — 2018 193
• Psychologist License — 2022 193
• Speech Language Pathologist License — 2018 193