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“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. I want to make a single point that’s been bothering me since the MFT Townhall and get it on record. Townhall Comments Psych Board 8-6-24 At that townhall a legitimate request was made to examine one of the licensing fees as being potentially exorbitant. That’s fair enough, and just to make sure there are no misunderstandings about my upcoming thoughts here is the exact text that was submitted: “African Americans are disproportionately over-represented in the criminal justice system, as a result of institutional racism. Because of this disproportionality, the $150 cost disproportionately burdens African…
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Was catching up on reading some reader comments this weekend on one of the online platforms I frequent. One short video of two lost teenage girls who were expressing their political views produced some viewer comments that got my attention, and my input. The first one had to do with the need for mental health care in America and the second was a comment on the state of today’s youth and America’s future. I thought I’d share them with you for what it’s worth. Comment #1 “The mental illness in this country is overflowing the river banks and flooding the streets.” My Reply: Wait until America finds out that 20-30% of the currently licensed mental health counselors are on board…
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“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. At one of the recent townhalls a legitimate request was made to examine one of the licensing fees as being potentially exorbitant. That’s fair enough, and just to make sure there are no misunderstandings about my upcoming thoughts here is the exact text that was submitted: “African Americans are disproportionately over-represented in the criminal justice system, as a result of institutional racism. Because of this disproportionality, the $150 cost disproportionately burdens African Americans, particularly students graduating from Social Work programs at HBCUs.“ What I object to is the unsubstantiated and socially driven reasons that were…
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Below are Phillip’s public comments he made before the LMFT Board on 7-19-24. You’ll find the video version of it here and it begins at about the 26:00 mark. Find Kathleen’s written remarks here. 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. I have 4 major points to make today. 1) The System is Broken The system of systems we have in place to produce our licensed mental health professionals is badly broken. The system includes the accrediting institutions, WPATH, our legacy professional organizations, Big Pharma and Big Food. It includes our universities and our licensing boards all working together to implement a…
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My name is Kathleen Mills, LPC-S and co-founder of the Association for Mental Health Professionals. I think we ALL know and understand that our profession has been hijacked by the social left. Our universities, accrediting institutions and professional organizations are all adopting that ideology and feeding it to you under the guise of “diversity and equality of outcome” which has nothing to do with a scientific approach to determining Generally Accepted Standards of Care. With Clinicians My deep experience in dealing with other clinicians is telling me that: Therapists are becoming very disillusioned with the decline and direction of this profession. Way more than a handful of licensed counselors have told me they’re considering turning in their license and becoming…
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I was watching a new documentary on Netflix a few days ago about a Mexican-American fellow in Los Angeles who was arrested for the murder of an eyewitness to a crime his brother had committed. He didn’t do it and his highly skilled attorney proved it but the evidence was the kind of stuff that only happens in the movies. Be Careful What You Ask For-What If? At the end of the doc his girlfriend was talking about all the “what-ifs” that had they not happened would have seen him receive the death penalty. One of the other characters in the documentary, (a famous guy!) provided a little commentary on the “what if” way of thinking which tied a nice…
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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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