Your First Steps

Client Resources

Can you explain the meaning of letters that come after a professional’s name?

    All of our counselors, therapists, and coaches are licensed and/or board certified and have degrees in their respective fields.

  • APRN – Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
  • BCC – Board Certified Coach
  • LADC – Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor
  • LIMHP – Licensed Independent Mental Health Practitioner
  • LMHP – Licensed Mental Heal Practitioner
  • ​LP – Licensed Psychologist
  • NCC – National Certified Counselor
  • MA & MS – Master of Arts or Masters of Science advanced academic degrees
  • PhD – Doctorate Degree
  • PLMHP – Provisionally Licensed Mental Health Practitioner
  • PMHNP-BC – Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (Board Certified)
  • Your Story Matters – Let’s Write the Next Chapter Together

    Your story matters- let’s write the next chapter together.