How Can I Get Involved?

You’ve thought about it before; “how can I get involved?”. Most of us probably think becoming involved, becoming an advocate, means taking to the streets holding signs and chanting slogans. Well, you can do that if that’s your thing but it can be much simpler than that. But before we get into the advocacy options…

Kathleens Public Comments Jan 2025

By Kathleen Mills LPC-S

I’m Kathleen Mills LPC-S and co-creator of AMHP, the Association for Mental Health Professionals. Our profession is deeply divided right now thanks almost entirely to our academic output of the last twenty years. Competent grad students are leaving and changing their career paths because they don’t want to put up with the abuse they’re taking…

On Replacing Humans With AI

By Kathleen Mills LPC-S

I decided to pen something on replacing humans with AI because it’s obviously a very hot topic and I think we need to slow down a lot before we act. I am not anti-technology and my jury is still out on the topic of the applications of AI in the mental health field. I do…

Our Position on The Transgender GAC Issue

By Kathleen Mills LPC-S

We believe that there are only two sexes, male and female; that the transgender affirming care issue is a mental health issue with underlying causes that need to be explored, identified, and treated. We believe that grown adults are entitled to determine their own course of action on this topic but we in no way…

Our Position on the Workforce Shortage

By Kathleen Mills LPC-S

A common-sense analysis of available population and licensee numbers leads us to conclude that there is no mental healthcare workforce shortage in TX (LPC and LMFT’s). The current perceived “shortage” stems from two major thought platforms. First, the odd manner in which the citizen:counselor ratios are calculated by the state guarantees a weak platform…