Rick McCarthy’s Public Comments 2-20-26

Rick McCarthy’s Public Comments Good afternoon, my name is Rick McCarthy, LMFT, a former Subject Matter Expert and Oral Examiner for this Board. In 2003 this Board discontinued the oral examination, and California eliminated its only direct method for assessing applied competence at the point of independent licensure for LMFTs. This is the pivotal motivation…

Kathleen Mills Public Comments-LPC Board Meeting 1-30-26

By Kathleen Mills LPC-S

Kathleen Mills Public Comments Watch the recording of the LPC Meeting here. Public comments are at the beginning of the meeting. I’m Kathleen Mills LPC-Supervisor and co-founder of AMHP. Ken Paxton’s office still has not handed down an opinion yet per BHEC’s request as to whether or not BHEC licensees are to be considered, “health…

Phillips Public Comments-LPC Board Meeting 1-30-26

By Phillip Crum

Watch the recorded LPC Board Meeting here. Public comments are at the beginning. Phillips Public Comments My name is Phillip Crum, Joe Citizen, and I am a co-founder of AMHP. I’ve been thinking about what I wanted to say today for over a month and I thought given the current lack of 3-alarm issues, I’d…

Why Counselors Should Vote in the Primaries

By Phillip Crum

Going to talk about why counselors should vote in the primaries but before I dive into this topic let me answer the one burning question that I always ask myself before creating content for this organization: What does this have to do with the mental health field? As it turns out, a lot! The people…

Reclaiming Competency in the Mental Health Profession

By Phillip Crum

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…