Authority and scope
Check the license and concern
Choose the actual Georgia credential. Psychologists have their own Board of Examiners. The combined professional counselors, social workers and marriage/family therapists board covers professional and associate counselors, clinical and master social workers, and marriage/family therapists and associates. Behavior analysts and assistant behavior analysts have a separate licensing board. Each checked board links to the same Secretary of State complaint instructions. A separate addiction-counselor credential route was not established; identify any underlying professional license and the certificate issuer.
Supporting guidance: Georgia psychology board ↗Georgia counselor, social-work and MFT board ↗Georgia behavior analyst board ↗
Match the route to the credential
Use the license listed in the practitioner’s records or official license lookup. A psychiatrist is a physician; psychiatric nurses have nursing credentials. Some psychologists have prescribing authority, so medication alone does not identify the licensing board.
Choose the right licensing authority
Psychologists
Psychology board via shared SOS intake.
Open this official route ↗Counselors, social workers and marriage/family therapists
Combined board, including listed associate and master-level credentials.
Open this official route ↗Behavior analysts and assistants
Separate board using the shared SOS intake.
Open this official route ↗Checked steps and filing details to confirm
- Use the official written online complaint route. Supply your contact details, the practitioner’s name, address and license number, a detailed account, and supporting copies.
- Prepare a chronology identifying who provided each service and their credential. Distinguish the individual’s conduct from a treatment center’s policies; a facility or program may need a separate complaint route.
- Patient records are listed as possible evidence, but patient/representative authorization requirements were not established. Ask the board before sending another person’s therapy records.
Supporting guidance: Secretary of State complaint instructions ↗
What this route may not provide
Boards address violations of licensing laws and can discipline a license. They cannot set business fees or settle business fee disputes; repayment is not an assured result. Substantiated unlicensed practice can sometimes lead to a cease-and-desist proceeding or criminal referral.
Supporting guidance: Secretary of State complaint instructions ↗
Do not guess about confidentiality
Boards reserve the right not to process anonymous complaints. Investigations are confidential, with hearing and authorized agency-sharing exceptions. A hearing can reveal your identity. Some resolutions remain private; public consent orders appear on the license record.
Supporting guidance: Secretary of State complaint instructions ↗
Ask promptly about filing time limits
A filing deadline was not established by this check; ask promptly. Disciplinary proceedings can take months; that estimate is not a filing window.
Supporting guidance: Secretary of State complaint instructions ↗
What may happen after filing
The board acknowledges receipt, checks jurisdiction and may investigate. Cases can close or produce disciplinary action. Referral for investigation does not itself establish a violation.
Supporting guidance: Secretary of State complaint instructions ↗
Prepare a reviewable submission
State the concern you want reviewed, give a short chronology and factual consequences, and explain your request. Keep supporting records and follow the receiving authority’s instructions before attaching or sending them.
Sources and scope
Secretary of State complaint instructions ↗
Shared filing, confidentiality, scope limits, process and contact
Source checked: September 19, 2026
Georgia psychology board ↗
Psychology authority and shared complaint link
Source checked: September 19, 2026
Georgia counselor, social-work and MFT board ↗
Covered credentials and shared complaint link
Source checked: September 19, 2026
Georgia behavior analyst board ↗
Behavior analyst and assistant authority and shared complaint link
Source checked: September 19, 2026
Latest guide source check: September 19, 2026. Individual sources retain their own check dates. This records a review of the linked material, not a decision about your case. No clinical or legal reviewer is identified for this guide. Confirm current instructions with the receiving authority.