Become A Member

Become a Member or Renew Your Membership

Types of Memberships

Regular

Membership is open to any person whose primary work-related responsibilities or interest are in the area of mental health counseling or consultation, who holds licensure or is eligible for licensure, as a mental health counselor.

Student

Discount membership for students. Students can be full or part-time students enrolled in a master’s program.

Retired

Open to any IMHCA member who has been a member at least ten years and reaches the age of 62. This membership shall include all association privileges.

Advocate

Open to any person who is interested in and wishes to support the goals and objectives of the Association. May attend meetings of the Association but shall not be entitled to vote and/or hold office. Advocate members are welcome to join any committee to help work towards IMHCA’s mission.

AMHCA Unified

The American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA) is our parent organization, and you receive a discount if you sign up for a combined AMHCA and IMHCA membership. This is only available for the Regular membership (not student or retired). You sign up for a unified membership through the AMHCA website. Choose “Member-Clinical-Unified Dues,” or “Member-Regular-Unified Dues” on the AMHCA membership page.

Paying for your new or renewed membership

You have two options to pay for your membership:

1. Mail a Check

You can mail a check with a brief note of what the payment is for made out to IMHCA, to this address:

Iowa Mental Health Counselors Association
c/o Kristten Buttermore
214 5th Street
Ames, IA 50010

2. Use Paypal to pay online.

If you do not have a Paypal account, you can sign up for a free Paypal account. At this time, we cannot accept online payments for a membership without a Paypal account. This is a more secure way of paying than if we accepted your credit card information directly on our site. We thank you in advance for your understanding and membership.

Automatic renewal payments

Paypal will set up automatic annual renewal payments for your membership. If you want to cancel the automatic renewal, you can do that from your settings in Paypal, or email that request to treasurer@imhca.net.