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Utah licensing division outlines pathways for internationally trained mental‑health professionals
Summary
Utah’s Division of Professional Licensing explained how internationally trained mental‑health professionals can seek licensure, detailing three license levels, credential‑evaluation requirements, supervised‑experience hour thresholds (3,000 and 4,000 hours), and application steps including background checks and board review.
Xelmira Moret, who works on the international credentials team at the Division of Professional Licensing in Utah’s Department of Commerce, laid out the steps for internationally trained mental‑health professionals to pursue state licensure in a virtual seminar.
Moret said the division regulates roughly 68 professions in Utah and that mental‑health fields regulated include behavioral‑health technicians, behavioral‑health coaches, clinical associate counselors, clinical mental‑health counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychologists, licensed clinical social workers and substance‑use disorder counselors. “Mi nombre es Xelmira Moret y trabajo con la división de licencias profesionales del estado de Utah,” she said when introducing herself.
Why it matters: licensure determines who may legally provide diagnosis and therapy in Utah. Moret explained…
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