Posts 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…

  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…

Free speech, including “religious freedom”, is guaranteed protection from Federal government interference by the first amendment. Religious Freedom includes religious beliefs and associated speech in the practice of one’s religion and spiritual beliefs. Our individual beliefs are protected from harm by other citizens through a concept called, “Conscience Protections”. The Founding Fathers believed that ones’…

At AMHP we totally support the traditional professional approach to understanding and taking into account a client’s specific racial and cultural considerations. We need to be sensitive to the specific issues of the individual on all points. This does not mean, however, that we should be required to affirm a mental illness as normal nor…