Posts by Phillip Crum
The War on Reason-Part 1
In a recent email I used the term, “war on Woke stupidity”. One reader asked me what I meant by that and while I thought that was fairly obvious from prior posts on the topic I responded to his fair and straight-forward question. My reply appears below with some additional material added having had more…
Read MoreThe War on Reason-Part 5
Any era of philosophical thought is played out in at least two stages: the academic arena where ideas are hammered out and refined, and the societal level where they are tested and police cars and careers burn. Part 2 requires that all of the lofty ideas, ivory-tower terms, and academic run-on sentences be distilled into…
Read MoreS.B. 2529 and What It Means to You
There is a proposed bill before the TX Senate to amend Chapter 111 of the Occupations Code (that’s one of the additional 9 Codes BHEC requires you as a licensee to be familiar with, right?) to include all (4) license types under BHEC’s jurisdiction. Here are our first-blush notes on the proposed SB No. 2527.…
Read MoreThe AMHP Annual Conference
We’re already well underway planning the AMHP Annual Conference and I’m confident in saying it will be like no other counseling conference you’ve ever attended. In fact, that’s our stated goal. How Will It Be Different? We see two very specific areas of concern affecting counselors that we want to address in this conference: Navigating…
Read MoreAn Open Invitation
Welcome to the Association for Mental Health Professionals. Kathleen Mills, LPC-S, CEAP and I are creating this institution just for you and this is an open invitation to join us. It’s our effort to provide a home for disenfranchised counselors who do not feel welcome anymore in our long-standing professional associations. We’ll also be providing…
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