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Several weeks ago we posed a simple question in the shortest blog post we’ve ever done and told you we’d get back to you on that. We asked you if you knew which profession’s members were being asked to give up their personal beliefs in order to continue practicing? Before we give you our answer let’s set the table. Where is This Coming From? Right now academia largely calls the shots in the professions that require two or more degrees. Associated bed-fellows like the accrediting groups, WPATH, the legacy professional organizations and licensing boards are filled with willing participants who dutifully carry out whatever talking points and agenda items academia decides your profession and your personal career path need to…
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The movie, Captain Phillips, is about the politics of counseling. Actually, it’s about the hijacking of a cargo ship by Somali pirates but I’ll make the connection in a minute. In an early scene the crew has just survived an aborted attempt by incompetent pirates to catch and board the ship. The rattled crew is huddled in a breakroom where one of them tells the Captain, “they’ll be back”, to which Phillips reassuringly responds that if that occurs then “we’ll deal with it as we just did” and all will be fine. “Not My Job” Doesn’t Work With Captains or Pirates The crewmember says that he’s a union guy and didn’t sign on “to be the Navy” and is quickly…
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The Austin BBQ Club headed south in I-35 last week to present their public comments in-person to the BHEC Council. These are Phillip’s comments. “My name is Phillip Crum, and I am here in my dual capacities as Joe Citizen and co-founder of the Association for Mental Health Professionals. On Council Accountability We need more Council members like John Bielamowicz of the Psych Board, who apparently doesn’t mind asking the hard questions and dealing with friction to achieve the desired outcome. That’s the type of cross-board accountability the Council process needs. The Council only works as intended when professional members from one board hold members from the other boards accountable; when the public members question and hold the professional members…
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Last week the Austin BBQ Club drove to Austin to present our comments to the Council in person. These are Kathleen’s remarks. “My name is Kathleen Mills, LPC-S. I am also a co-founder of the Association For Mental Health Professionals. On Your Licensees’ Self-Regulation In the last 12 months ONLY 110 complaints survived the initial BHEC Staff review and went on to some form of disciplinary action. “How well are licensees policing their own activities?”. The answer is “less than one-sixth of one percent of 70,000 counselors received an official reprimand from the penalty matrix”. That means counselors are doing a pretty DAMN good job of self-policing. On the Quadrennial Review We will be submitting to the Quadrennial Review Committee…
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We just finished recording a podcast with professor Chuck Romig which we will be releasing in a few weeks. He brought up so many insights on the state of our industry specifically, that I found myself listening to the finished recording 3-4 times this weekend. It’s almost 90 minutes in length so that’s quite a time commitment. It’s so good that I wanted to pose a single question for you to mull over for the next few weeks until we publish it. Here we go: Do You Know the Answer? “Name ONE job or profession in which the related professional organization(s) are demanding that the practitioners in all 50 states subordinate their moral and religious beliefs, and their constitutional rights,…
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Given all the gadgets in our lives today and our clients’ attachment to them, ever wonder who’s eavesdropping on your sessions? Who’s Eavesdropping on Your Sessions? Have you ever had a conversation with someone in your home and about an hour or two later you started seeing ads on your laptop for exactly what you were talking about? I have. It’s creepy and more common than you think. It’s because your smart phones, your smart TV’s, your Google Alexa and other devices are all “listening” to your conversations. What you talk about informs the marketing file these people keep on you and in turn tells their various partner ad-platforms what you might be interested in. Yes, Virginia, that’s really a…
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On June 7 of 2024, The Austin BBQ Club from the AMHP organization, made the trek to Austin in the wee hours of the morning to make our public comments in person. The post below is the message delivered by Phillip Crum and may be viewed in its entirety in this video. The public comments begin at approximately the 1 hour and 54 minute mark. Kathleen’s comments are also in the same video and may be read in this post. Phillips Public Comments LPC Board Meeting My name is Phillip Crum, co-founder of the Association for Mental Health Professionals. Over-Regulation and the Quadrennial Review We’ve just entered Phase 2 of the Quadrennial Review process. I would like to urge the…
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On June 7 of 2024, The Austin BBQ Club from the AMHP organization, made the trek to Austin in the wee hours of the morning to make our public comments in person. The post below is the message delivered by Kathleen Mills LPC-S and may be viewed in its entirety in this video. The public comments begin at approximately the 1 hour and 54 minute mark. Phillip’s comments are also in the same video and may be read in this post. Kathleen’s Public Comments LPC Board Meeting My name is Kathleen Mills, LPC-S. I am also a co-founder of the Association For Mental Health Professionals. On BHEC’s Positive Improvement Things have dramatically improved since the inception of BHEC almost 4…
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