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Reclaiming Competency in the Mental Health Profession
Let’s talk about reclaiming competency. Twenty-five years ago all 50 states did away with oral exams required to display competency prior to licensure as a mental health counselor. 60% of examinees failed those oral exams. That’s more a statement about how well their academic institutions prepared them for their career than anything having to do…
Read MoreFervent Prayer Is A Wonderful Thing, But…
Sometimes fervent prayer is all we can do. Most of the time action on our part is the other variable in the equation and it’s often put aside in favor on waiting on God to deliver the desired outcome. Spoiler Alert: He’s good with you having what you want but He’s also waiting on you…
Read MoreKelly Kilcoyne MFT Public Comments to the California MFT Board
My Name is Kelly Kilcoyne MFT. I am here to endorse the points made here today by Mr. Rick McCarthy, and to respectfully request the board’s consideration for reinstating the oral examination as a component of the MFT licensure process. Background: Kelly Kilcoyne MFT For thirty-one years, it has been an honor and privilege…
Read MoreRick McCarthy MFT Statement to the California MFT Board
Hello, I’m Rick McCarthy MFT. I am here to respectfully recommend and request the reinstatement of some effective form of the oral exams as an essential component of the licensure process. To Raise the Bar of Competence As a LMFT with nearly 50 years of clinical experience, 28 years of teaching and supervising, and over…
Read MoreThe AMHP Brief Regarding BHECs Request for Opinion About SB14
SB14 from the 88th TX Legislative session outlawed transgender medical procedures for children in the State of Texas. (SB12 from the 89th session dealt with social transitioning, relating to parental rights in public education-the part that happens before we get to the surgery stage). Unfortunately SB14 did not make it clear whether or not the…
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