Could Holistic Options Help?

Holistic Approach

The past 10 years, especially the last 3, have made me question every single aspect of our profession, with a particular focus on whether we’re being as effective as we could be with our clients. I’m not seeing it. Could holistic options help? The number of pills my clients are taking is up. The number…

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Who Tracks My CEU’s?

Who Tracks My CEU's

  April 2023 Update: A quick review of the LPC Rulebook late last week revealed the existence of a 2nd “effective date” that 3-4 pair of eyes belonging to some of the most eagle-eyed talent in all of N. Dallas had failed to spot. Essentially, part of the newly minted renewal hour requirements took effect…

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How Do I Get on the Approved Provider List?

Approved Provider List

A friend of mine asked me a number of questions earlier this week about becoming a CE provider here in the state of TX and getting on the Approved Provider list. Thought I’d pass that Q&A session along in the hopeful knowledge that it might help someone else as well. Here we go. How Do…

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What is Therapy?

What is Therapy?

This week a client asked one of my associates, “what’s therapy?” When she told me that my initial thought was, “it’s therapy, what do you mean, “what’s therapy?”. But then I gave it some thought and began to wonder what might prompt such a question from a non-counselor. Like a lot of businesses it’s easy…

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Nirvana via Marxism: We’re Letting This Happen?

Nirvana via Marxism

The woke community uses something I call the 10% rule to achieve their objectives. That rule would have you change a definition ever so slightly in your favor, just a little bit, when no one’s looking. Then let your target audience hear your argument through the filter of their understanding of that old familiar term.…

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