Fixing Our Accrediting Institutions

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…

Workforce Shortage Numbers

By Phillip Crum

A lot of talk about a workforce shortage and ways to increase the number of licensed therapists. But is there really not enough therapists to go around? Let’s see what the numbers say. The Working Variables 32,000,000-Texas citizens 45,000-Licensed LPC and LMFT’s in Texas 20%-Annual active client rate 4-Average number of appts per active client,…

Where’s My Daddy?

By Phillip Crum

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…

Kathleen’s Public Comments LMFT Board Meeting 7-19-24

By Kathleen Mills LPC-S

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…

Phillips Public Comments at BHEC Council 6-25-24

By Phillip Crum

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…