Starting a Counseling or Therapy LLC in Massachusetts?

Getting the Actual LLC

There are many online companies that will assist with LLC formation. While working with online companies to obtain an LLC in Massachusetts is one option, many of these companies may or may not take into account the specific laws and regulations that govern LLC’s in Massachusetts. At a minimum, a Massachusetts LLC, if formed through an online company and not through a Massachusetts attorney, should have its forming documents (those filed with the Corporations Division of the Secretary of the Commonwealth in Massachusetts) reviewed by a competent business attorney. Because counseling and therapy are licensed professional services, a therapist’s LLC must also state in its certificate of organization the professional services it will render, attach a certificate from the applicable licensing board (for example, the Board of Registration of Allied Mental Health and Human Services Professions for LMHCs, or the Board of Registration of Social Workers for LICSWs), and maintain the liability insurance required by that board (M.G.L. c.156C, sections 6(c) and 65).

If you choose to use a business attorney to form your LLC for as a therapist for the provision of counseling, group therapy, or any other business services, the costs for forming an LLC are not prohibitive and comparable, in many instances, to those of your average online LLC formation company.