Mental Health Counselor License first issued in 2016

481 of Washington’s 12,609 active mental health counselor license credentials — 3.8% of them — were first issued in 2016.

The 2016 intake, and where it stands now

These 481 people were first credentialled as mental health counselor license during 2016 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.

1 of the 481 active credentials in this group carry a disciplinary flag in the Department’s file — 0.2% — and 3 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

481 credentials of this type were first issued in 2016. 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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• Physician And Surgeon License — 2001 487
• Massage Therapist License — 2024 485
• Pharmacist License — 2016 485
• Physician And Surgeon License — 1999 483
• Registered Nurse License — 1989 483
• Registered Nurse License — 1988 480
• Dental Assistant Registration — 2015 478
• Dental Assistant Registration — 2016 478
• Massage Therapist License — 2018 475
• Pharmacist License — 2023 473