Organizational Links

Professional Resources:
 Research
 Mental Health Community
 Couples
 Children
 Sexuality
 Attention Disorders

Regulatory Links

Student and Licensure Preparation Resources

Organizational Links:

AAMFT Home page (www.aamft.org)
Join AAMFT/WAMFT - On-Line application link!

American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists - AASECT (www.aasect.org)

National Association of Social Workers - NASW (www.naswdc.org)

American Counseling Association - ACA (www.counseling.org)

American Psychology Association APA (www.apa.org)

American Psychiatric Association APA (www.psych.org)

American Psychological Society- APS (www.hanover.edu/psych/APS)

American Mental Health Counselors Association (www.amhca.org)

Washington Mental Health Counselors Association (www.wmhca.org)

Washington Counseling Association (www.wcassoc.org)

Washington State Psychological Association (www.wapsych.org)

Washington State Society for Clinical Social Work (http://www.cswf.org/states/washington/washntn.html)

American Association of Pastoral Counselors - AAPC (www.metanoia.org/aapc)

Christian Association for Psychological Studies - (www.caps.net)

The Association for Play Therapy - APT (www.coe.unt.edu/cdhe/cpt/regplay.htm)

National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors - NAADAC (www.naadac.org)

National Board of Certified Counselors - NBCC (www.nbcc.org)

American Association for Therapeutic Humor - AATH (http://ideanurse.com/aath)

Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality - SSSS (www.ssc.wisc.edu/ssss/)

International Association of Counseling Services - IACS (http://mason.gmu.edu/~iacs/)

Professional Resources:

Research:

Behavior OnLine (http://behavior.net)

Dr. John Gohol’s Psych Central - (www.grohol.com)

Social Science Bibliography (www.ship.net/~neilrm/pdmnm565.htm)

ONline Dictionary of Mental Health (www.shef.ac.uk/~psysc/psychotherapy/index.html)

AudioPsych, Online Continuing Education in Mental Health - (www.audiopsych.com)

HealthGate - Medline database (www.healthgate.com)

Psychotherapy Finances and Managed Care Strategies (subscription required) - (www.psyfin.com)

University of Medicine and Dentistry (New Jersey) Managed Care Resources (www.umdnj.edu.edu/others/Managed.html)

Managed Care On-line (subscription required) - (www.mcareol.com)

Massachusetts Medical Society Managed Care Resource Center - (www.massmed.org/physicians/mancare/index.html)

Health Psychology and Rehabilitation Web Site - (www.healthpsych.com/index.html)

Healthcare Association of New York State (Managed Care) - (www.hanys.org/resource/links/mancare.htm)

American Managed Behavioral Healthcare Association - AMBHA (www.ambha.org)

Telemedicine Training Center, East Carolina University School of Medicine - (www.telemed.med.ecu.edu)

National Institutes for Mental Health (www.nimh.nih.gov)

ACP Online - American College of Medicine, Internal Medicine - (www.acponline.org)

Mental Health Net and CHMC Systems - (www.cmhc.com)

Mental Health Infosource - (www.mhsource.com)

Head Injury Hotline- (www.headinjury.com)

Behavioral Science Book Service (www.booksonline.com)

Childs Work Childs Play (www.Childswork.com)

WonderWare, Inc.(www.wonderware.com)

Jossey-Bass Publishers (www.josseybass.com)

Guilford Publishers (www.guilford.com)

Mental Health Care Community:

Workshop Calendar - NW (newsletter subscription)
PO Box 22638, Seattle, WA 98122-0638
Phone: 206-323-3269; Fax: 206-323-3514

BehaveNet®, Inc, the folks who provide the WAMFT web site at cost also publish web sites for psychotherapy and other professional practices. Contact Dr. Berry Edwards at 800-637-1981 or 425-637-1981.

BehaveNet.com’s Clinical Capsules, resource for Terminology of Behavioral Health Care.

List of Washington State Support Organizations (www.behavenet.com/support/sub/wasupport.htm)

List of mental health associations and phone numbers (www.mhnet.org/guide/pro79.htm)

Practice Guideline Coalition (PGC) - (www.unr.edu/psych/pgc)

National Coalition of Mental Health Professionals and Consumers, Inc. (www.execpc.com/~mastery/coalitionMain.html)

Center for Play Therapy at University of North Texas - (www.coe.unt.edu/cdhe/cpt/index.htm)

World Counseling Network (www.counselingnetwork.com)

PsyBC (Psy Broadcasting Corporation); On-line Symposia for Mental Health Professionals - (www.psych.com/)

Prescribing Psychologist’s Register - (www.pprpsych.com)

Divorce Magazine - (http://www.DivorceMagazine.com)

Couples:

Marriage Builders - (www.marriagebuilders.com/)

Couples Play - (www.couples-play.com)

Smart Marriages - (www.smartmarriages.com)

Marriage Partnership (www.marriagepartnership.net)

Fighting for Your Marriage - The Prep Approach - (members.aol.com/prepinc)

Marriage Alive - (www.marriagealive.com/)

Center for Relationship Development - (www.marriagealive.com/crd/index.html)

Parenting:

Northwest Parent - (www.nwparent.com)

Parent News - (www.parent.net)

Parent Time - (www.parenttime.com)

Parent Soup - (www.parentsoup.com)

Positive Parenting (www.positiveparenting.com)

The TV Parental Guidelines - (www.tvguide.org)

The Baby Center - (www.babycenter.com)

The Stork Site - (www.storksite.com)

The StepFamily Foundation (www.stepfamily.org)

FosterKids (www.fosterkids.com)

Foster Family Based Treatment Association - FFTA (www.ffta.org)

KidSource (www.kidsource.com)

Adopting.... Assistance, Information, Support (www.adopting.org)

FatherMag - Online Magazine (www.fathermag.com)

Childtrends - (www.childtrends.org)

American Academy of Pediatrics - (www.pediatrics.org)

Family - (www.family.com)

Whole Family (www.wholefamily.com)

Sexuality:

Institute for Marital and Sexual Therapy - (www.sexualtherapy.com)

On-line Magazine for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Christians (www.whosoever.org)

Healthy Sexuality Magazine (www.healthysexuality.com)

Sex Education - (www.sexed.com)

Sexual Assault Information Page - (www.cs.utk.edu/~bartley/saInfoPage.html)

Attention Disorders:

Attention Deficit Disorder Archive - (www.realtime.net/cyanosis/add/)

ADDult Recovery - (www.signasoft.com/add/)

ChADD - (www.chadd.org)

Regulatory Links:

Washington State Regulatory Board:
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Mental Health Quality Assurance Division
P.O. Box 47869, Olympia WA 98504-7869
Phone: 360-586-8584; Fax: 360-753-0739
WebPage: https://wws2.wa.gov/doh/hpqa-licensing/HPS7/Registered_Counselor/default.htm
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Washington State Department of Health (www.doh.wa.gov/about/about.htm)

Municipal Research & Services Center, Research for Washington Local Governments - search engine

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations - JCAHO (www.jcaho.org/mm_hco.htm)

National Committee for Quality Assurance - NCQA (www.ncqa.org/)