Therapy Disruptors

From Kathleen's email InBox we get this week's topic of discussion. West Coast psychiatrist Dr. Miriam Grossman has led a group of accomplished medical professionals to draft a letter to the APA demanding they recall a recently published book based on the flimsiest of science, if at all. This book is being touted as the go-to book for the transgender community and, well, you can hear the r...

In this episode we talk to another of Kip's life-long contacts (is there no end to this woman's list of friends!?), Matt McGinnis. Matt is a former pastor and a former fire-fighter in the TX panhandle area for over 20 years and has spear-headed a program aimed at teaching front-line responders how to talk to each other about their PTSD-inducing experiences given their inherent reluctance t...

Episode 49-Hormones and Mental Health Look what Kip dragged in! A long-time friend of hers, Dr Christopher Riegel, is a specialist in non-Big-Pharma hormone replacement therapy and its' effects on mental health. This is a fascinating discussion and explains most of the questions about life and its meaning that you've had for the past 20 years. Ok, that may be stretching things a bit but th...

The Behavioral Health Executive Council (the governing body over the TX mental health licensing boards) sent out a survey last month in anticipation of developing their next 5 year plan. I'm sure most states do something similar for budget planning and accountability purposes so join in and have a listen as Kathleen Mills LPC-S and Kip Rodgers LPC-S review their answers to the survey questions...

Ever wish you had someone to help you plan your practice marketing, or implement those practice marketing tasks so you could see clients instead of posting things online? Well now you do. We're announcing our latest partnership with Mary Kate Kohl Marketing out of Dallas, TX. She's a "Big Picture" marketer, is very knowledgeable about the available tools utilized these days and i...

What does it mean to "be happy"? Is being happy really a goal of mental health or an existential outcome of achieving a proper equilibrium of other emotions and thoughts? Are we supposed to be happy all the time or is life really a series of ups and downs that equates to normalcy? Kip's on a roll in this episode because of the wave of parents coming into her office that believe being...

In Episode 45 the gals meet up with Megan Roberts, PA at the McKinney Family Services medical practice in McKinney, TX. Megan not only works with Drs Bryan Procter and Peter McCullough, she has a consulting business to assist both mental health practices and other functional medicine practices expand the scope of their practices into a more holistic approach, and establish their referral network o...

Give Yourself Some Credit and Sleep Better In Episode 44-Give the guy Some Credit, Phillip Crum and Kathleen Mills, LPC-S, CEAP, CIMHP interview Bryan Dillon, President of Impulse Payments by Deluxe, a credit card processing company based in the DFW Metroplex. Impulse is one of AMHP's premiere partners and is the card processor used by both AMHP and Kathleen's counseling group, Life Tree C...

Meet Adam Becker of Empathic. Empathic is a Cadillac EHR system that any mental health counselor can afford. Are you open to improvement in your EHR experience? If you're tired of going with the cheapest option you can find only to discover the product's shortcomings after it's too late ("the allure of "lowest price" wears off long before the sting of a lousy product doe...

In this week's episode Kip Rodgers and I are going to be discussing a topic that's been developing, and not for the better, for over 50 years now: childhood obesity. It's a problem and it's not going away. Compound the issue with an allopathic medical community that seems more willing to aid and abet the issue than tackle it head on and risk offending the payor's feelings and w...

In Episode 42 Kathleen and Kip passionately discuss eating disorders, how the eating disorder industry is approaching the larger topic and the various treatment options being rolled out. If you don't have an opinion about the state of the eating disorder issue you will when you're done listening to this!

You get a two-fer in this episode. Before diving into the outcome of her discussion with the EAP CEO about the ill-advised email she received from an EAP employee run amuck, Kathleen and Kip take a detour and add some thoughts to their eating disorder dialogues.

In this week's episode Kip Rodgers and I talk with Dr Art Copes, a naturopath in Baton Rouge, Louisiana who specializes in the gut-digestion-brain connection. That's right, the brain is connected to your digestive tract and you need to know how and why. While we won't get into that too deeply in this podcast you do need to meet Dr Art Copes and begin your education in this realm of men...

In this week's episode The Sisters take a look at what another conference is promoting and back it up with numbers then talk a bit about a bad survey technique Kathleen has encountered. The Woke community is entitled and out of control.

The annual conference is right around the corner. You'll get 19 total ce hours but FORGET the CE's. You need to be here for the information. 2 days of fire-hose speakers, your food is included, even your Cultural Awareness requirement is covered. If you have any desire to grow your practice in a more holistic direction then this is the place to be. Don't miss it. Don't be, "th...

Couple months back a member introduced Kathleen to Dr Chuck Ruby in the Washington DC area. Chuck has a thriving clinical psychology practice and is also the Executive Director of an organization called ISEPP. This discussion is most encouraging and is worth your time. The ISEPP Organization https://psychintegrity.org/ Dr Chuck Ruby's Website https://www.chuckruby.com/

Maggie Roney is an AMHP member. A very busy AMHP member. She has a full-time counseling practice, is a volunteer for a new, non-Woke EMDR association, and is driving a start-up organization called Valored Cohesion Solutions. To find out what they're proposing to do you'll have to listen to the podcast below! Enjoy.

In this week's episode Kip Rodgers and I talk about the LifeWave product, stem cell regeneration and light therapy. If you subscribe to the idea that the mind is connected to the brain is connected to the rest of the body then you'll be highly interested in how this particular technology might fit into your counseling practice. Find Barbara Larrabee http://www.lifewave.com/barbaralarrabee...

Dr Lee Merritt will be speaking at our conference in October. Get a sneak peek at the firehose of information coming your way! Dr. Lee Merritt's Website https://www.drleemerritt.com/

Episode 32-Intro to Amen Clinics. Kip introduces you to one of the holistic treatment companies she's used in the past and how they might fit in your practice. Amen Clinics https://www.amenclinics.com/

In Episode 31-We're Taking Flak Leroy, the ladies and I take another in-depth look at the woke email in Kip's Inbox to see just what kind of trouble she can get into. This one is a first as a certain woke organization points to a certain minority organization's travel warning for a certain state, then apologizes for the environment in that state then kicks their marketing department in...

Cristina DeLuna is the Board Administrator for the LPC Board for BHEC. If you're an LPC it would be a very good idea to get to know Cristina for a number of reasons that should be very obvious if you hold an LPC license in the State of Texas through BHEC. Just saying. Cristina will be the #2 speaker on Day 1of our 2023 October Conference in Richardson, TX so we thought we'd introduce you t...

What started out as a discussion after the recording turned into an episode about patriotism, the American classroom, and learning styles. Never without a basketful of opinions about any topic these two go on for a good bit about the various learning styles, how we're medicating young boys to sit still instead of running the snot out of 'em on the playgrounds and other insights that are gu...

In this week's episode, #28 in a long series of misdemeanors, we're going to give you a peek behind the curtains into what makes BHEC ED Darrel Spinks tick. Darrel is our Day 1 opening speaker at this year's conference in October and when you attend that event you will get an opportunity to meet him. He's a fascinating, no nonsense guy and we're lucky to have him at the helm of...

Lots of different alternative treatment options but two of the major categories are light and sound. Kathleen and LPC Associate Gina Martin took a trip last weekend to check out EESystems' scalar fields therapy and here's the field report! Terra Quantum Recharge Therapy Facility in Colleyville, TX https://www.terraquantumrecharge.com/ Dr Rose Michael-Developer of Scalar Fields Therapy http...