The AMHP Blog Post Archive
Fixing our accrediting institutions will not be easy but it must be done. One of the key segments in need of repair in The New Counselor Supply Chain is the one dealing with Accrediting Institutions and for the most part they are broken. Their function is to determine which universities are the cream of the crop and merit status as America’s finest academic institutions. What we’re seeing are programs being fueled by DEI initiatives and an anti-Christian bias. Unfortunately this has become a classic case of who’s watching the watchers? Fixing Our Accrediting Institutions President Trump recently signed an Executive Order aimed at removing the stain of DEI ideology form the mission of the accrediting org’s. The EO’s main premise…
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There are at least 6 informed consent opportunities when considering the overall transitioning of a minor. Most of this material we learned form Dr. Melanie Crites-Bachert and she can be heard discussing this in great and graphic detail in Episode 100 of The Therapy Disruptors podcast. Let’s jump in. The 6 Informed Consent Opportunities are: Parental, Social Transitioning, Mental Health Counselors, Hormone Manipulation, Cross-Sex Hormones, Surgical Transition. Let’s look at each stage. Stage #1: Parental Consent Parents are the first and last line of defense when it comes to protecting our children. Our kids are assaulted from multiple angles: through social media, at school, neighborhood contacts, at church and through extracurricular activities. It is the parent’s job to make sure the…
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A common phrase counselors like to utilize in communicating with the public is “evidence-based” but what does it mean? And why is that our go-to identifier? Are we telling Joe Citizen to “follow the science” or “follow the evidence”? Words matter. They matter even more given the current state of our profession and the redefining of words to pursue agendas. So What Does “Evidence-Based” Mean? I’m going to quote from GROK AI since I can do no better in crafting a simple definition: “The term “evidence based” refers to a concept, practice, or claim that is supported by evidence. Evidence can take various forms, such as empirical data, observations, or even anecdotal accounts. The defining characteristic is that there is…
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The BHEC Council met Tuesday Feb 18th. Before we dive into the “what happened” allow me to provide some oversight for anyone who may need it. If you don’t need framework then skip down to “So What Happened?” at the bottom. The Framework for Understanding Events BHEC is a TX Agency. It governs the four mental health licensing boards, LPC, MFT, Psych, and SW. The primary function of those boards is to license new therapists not administer social justice. The BHEC Council is a next-tier board composed of two members from each of the 4 boards just mentioned, one professional and one public member, plus one additional public member appointed by the Governor to run the Council. Their function is…
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My name is Kathleen Mills. I am an LPC-S and co-creator of AMHP, which is a professional organization for those who have been minoritized, by those who fail to recognize, “Conscience Protection Rights”. Our members have told us they join our professional association due to feeling dismissed by their values from their previous organizations. We are blessed by our membership. They are good people, love what they do, and want to be the best therapist they can be to the clientele they selected and serve. Highly Competent to Serve My Target Populations I am a highly competent therapist, and I resent anyone telling me otherwise or redefining the term based on ideology of the day. I don’t hate anyone, and…
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I’m Phillip Crum, co-founder of AMHP. BHEC Council Statement by Phillip Crum The division in our country, in this profession, has reached dangerous levels. The dialogue between counselor groups both online and in person is emotionally-driven and any thought of a civil debate of ideas seems to be out of the question. The threat of physical harm is very real–just visit a few online groups and read the unhinged comments from people who call themselves “professional” mental health counselors. The fact they frequently refer to a group of counselors who don’t agree with them as “outside forces” tells you a lot. Ideology and Unhinged Emotion vs The Constitution This is what happens when, as a nation, ideology and emotion take…
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I’m Kathleen Mills LPC-S and co-creator of AMHP, the Association for Mental Health Professionals. Kathleens LPC Board Comments Jan 2025 Our profession is deeply divided right now thanks almost entirely to our academic output of the last twenty years and there is plenty of evidence to support that. I am a highly competent therapist and I resent anyone telling me otherwise or redefining the term based on an agenda. I am not against diversity as a concept I just happen to believe it should be based on merit not handouts. I don’t hate anyone, and I am tired of being publicly libeled for having different views about my profession of more than 34 years. The BHEC Proposal First, I want…
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I’m Phillip Crum, TX citizen and co-creator of AMHP, the Association for Mental Health Professionals. The Tide is Turning On Tuesday President Trump signed an Executive Order putting a halt to federal funding for any hospital or institution administering puberty blockers, replacement hormone therapy, or still butchering our children in the name of “affirming care”. That nightmare is coming to an end. The DEI initiative is being swept from the military and other national institutions as we speak in favor of a merit-based system and the same is happening at our state level, too. TX passed SB 14 two years ago defining the surgical mutilation of minors under the guise of “affirming care” as child abuse and ordered all hospitals…
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