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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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Chances are you think you need more website traffic. And you probably do! Most people default to the idea that they “need more SEO”. No, what you need is more traffic. Why Don’t I Need More SEO? SEO is just making sure the environment that envelopes your website is properly structured and sending the right mating signals to Google and all his friends. Assuming you have the proper local seo measures already in place on your website, and you’ve completed your business profile with Google and your Top 10 directories, the only thing “more SEO” will get you is a lighter wallet. So How Do I Get More Traffic? How do you catch more fish? Put more bait in the…
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One of many things you can do as a counselor to help right the ship that is our profession is the act of bullet-proofing your website. Make your positions known so that your site visitors who are trying to determine your belief system can do so with ease. One of the things you can do is craft “your story” so it paints a good picture of who you are. This is not a bio or a list of your accomplishments, it’s your “why”. (People don’t care about your cat’s name or your favorite cookie. They want to know if YOU are going to be a good fit for them and their specific issues. They want to know you as a…
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