Position Statements

We believe that there are only two sexes, male and female; that the transgender affirming care issue is a mental health issue with underlying causes that need to be explored, identified, and treated. We do not accept or believe the argument that “inclusion” means we have to accept historically recognized mental illness as a normal…

A common-sense analysis of available numbers leads us to conclude that there is no mental healthcare workforce shortage in TX (LPC and LMFT’s). The “workforce shortage” is not about the number of clinicians or their geographic placement, but is almost entirely about access to current providers. It’s largely about a client’s ability to self-pay, and…

Free speech, including “religious freedom”, is guaranteed protection from Federal government interference by the first amendment. Religious Freedom includes religious beliefs and associated speech in the practice of one’s religion and spiritual beliefs. Our individual beliefs are protected from harm by other citizens through a concept called, “Conscience Protections”. The Founding Fathers believed that ones’…

At AMHP we totally support the traditional professional approach to understanding and taking into account a client’s specific racial and cultural considerations. We need to be sensitive to the specific issues of the individual on all points. This does not mean, however, that we should be required to affirm a mental illness as normal nor…