How Can I Get Involved?

You’ve thought about it before; “how can I get involved?”. Most of us probably think becoming involved, becoming an advocate, means taking to the streets holding signs and chanting slogans. Well, you can do that if that’s your thing but it can be much simpler than that. But before we get into the advocacy options…

Phillips Public Comments Jan 2025

By Phillip Crum

I’m Phillip Crum, TX citizen and co-creator of AMHP, the Association for Mental Health Professionals. Phillips Public Comments Jan 2025 At this very moment the Texas Medical Board, the TMB, is trying to take the medical license of Dr. Mary Talley Bowden. Her crime, her ethical infraction, was to speak up in favor of Covid…

On Replacing Humans With AI

By Kathleen Mills LPC-S

I decided to pen something on replacing humans with AI because it’s obviously a very hot topic and I think we need to slow down a lot before we act. I am not anti-technology and my jury is still out on the topic of the applications of AI in the mental health field. I do…

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,…

Understanding the Workforce Shortage

By Phillip Crum

We anticipate the mental health crisis in America, and access to mental health providers, will worsen in the foreseeable future (3-5 years) until key systemic and economic issues have been righted. But understanding the workforce shortage and what that really means is key to developing a practical solution rather than one that simply appeases an…