Owner of Paths to Recovery Mental Health Counseling named to NYMHCA board

BALDWINSVILLE, N.Y. — Tracy Carmody, executive director and owner of Paths to Recovery Mental Health Counseling, PLLC, has been named to the board of directors for the New York Mental Health Counselors Association (NYMHCA). 

She will also serve as chair of the association’s membership committee. Carmody’s term will run from 2023-2025. In this role, she will leverage her network, experience, and passion for moving the mental-health counseling profession forward in New York, according to a Paths to Recovery press release.

NYMHCA is the only statewide professional membership association dedicated solely to representing mental-health counselors licensed in New York state. Membership includes students in approved programs, limited permit holders, counselor educators, and licensed and registered mental-health counselors.

Paths to Recovery Mental Health Counseling is located in Baldwinsville and Syracuse and offers services throughout New York state.

“I am excited to take on this new role. It is my goal to enhance mental health services in the state and embracing a community over competition mindset, removing barriers for clients accessing care, while simultaneously advocating for improving compensation and insurance company reimbursements for practitioners,” Carmody said in the release.

Carmody graduated from Clarkson University in 2004 and Syracuse University in 2007. She began working in the mental-health industry in 2003 and in 2011, established her private practice. Carmody is board-certified and specializes in the treatment of addiction and co-occurring mental-health disorders, trauma, and obsessive-compulsive disorder, working with individuals to address addiction and behavioral-health concerns. 

In May 2020, she formed Paths to Recovery Mental Health Counseling.