Soad Tabrizi is a licensed mental health counselor in the Golden State of California. She is a tireless warrior for the reclamation of the counseling profession and the reinstatement of common sense and subjective American values. And she has some thoughts. Oh, and the Show Notes this week are incredibly rich in information so carve out some time to review them.
Show Notes
AMHP's Annual Conference Information
The Austin BBQ Club

Impulse Payments Credit Card Programs
Conservative Counselors Website
Genspect Article
UT Research Article
Link to UT Research Abstract
SimpliWell.org
Soad's Dr. Phil Show Appearance
Soad's SubStack Link

The TX Legislature meets once every two years for 120 days to consider bills addressing almost anything you can think of, including bills affecting the mental health industry. BHEC's Darrel Spinks tracks a lot of them, especially if they have anything to do with BHEC, and that's what we're talking with him about today. If we know about this stuff ahead of time, WE can address it. But you have to allocate time and make the effort to at least track along with us. And Darrel's a lot of fun to boot!
Show Notes
AMHP's Annual Conference Information
The Austin BBQ Club
Empathic EHR Program Landing Page

Texas Legislature Online
Texas Scorecard

The very first cobblestone in the road to becoming a professional mental health counselor is the American Family Unit. Without a healthy family unit model a society cannot function and so this is where the journey begins. Our go-to guy for marriage and family topics is, of course, Rick McCarthy MFT out of Southern California. Rick's a 40+ year veteran of marriage and family work and is the embodiment of wisdom so this was an easy pick when Kathleen and I decided to tackle the topic of not only reclaiming the right to shape the family unit, but how to go about doing that. We ran a little long with this one so, if you're an AMHP member you get an hour and a half ce credit for this one (if you listen to it on the AMHP website, fo course). Make sure you pick up a copy of Rock's new book. Link's in the Show Notes!
Show Notes
AMHP's Annual Conference Information
The Austin BBQ Club
Impulse Payments Credit Card Programs
Rick McCarthy's Sub-Stack Account
Rick McCarthy's lates Book
(link coming soon!)

Time for another roundtable discussion with Kathleen, Kip, and Phillip. On the agenda is the gutting of the DEI initiative in the TX Mental Health professions' ce/license renewal process, a wack-job survey from a PhD candidate at a nearby university, and some other topics, all of which will help arm you for those impropmtu discussions at the water-cooler.
AMHP's Annual Conference Information
The Austin BBQ Club
Empathic EHR Program Landing Page
TWU's Doctoral Program in Mental Health Counseling
White House Website-Presidential Actions
CASS Report

Dr. Melanie Crites-Bachert is a surgeon specializing in pelvic reconstruction. Ever wonder why no surgeons are speaking up about the transgender surgeries? Once you marry the reality of these horrific surgeries with the idea that you can match the physical reality to the mental delusion, any shred of doubt you may have had about the veracity of this entire movement will be voided. Listen to this interview then go watch the documentary, "What Is A Doctor?". Link in the Show Notes.
Show Notes
AMHP's Annual Conference Information
The Austin BBQ Club
Impulse Payments Credit Card Programs

Documentary: "What Is A Doctor?"
CASS Report

Wholistic treatment approach begins with The Four Pillars: Food, Water, Sleep, and Exercise. Once those components are under control then additional treatment options for the Body-Mind-Spirit may be considered. In this episode we're going to have a discussion with Kathleen's longtime guru of alternative treatment options, CJ Bredsen.

Pamela Garfield-Jaeger LCSW wrote the handbook for parents and counselors on Gender Distress and we talked her into sitting with us for an hour. The best General to lead a fight is one who has actually been outside of the counseling session room and in the trenches and Pamela does indeed qualify! If you feel the professional need to learn more about the trans topic to help your clients, or just stay informed then buy her book, follow her on social media and listen to this interview.
AMHP's Annual Conference Information
The Austin BBQ Club
Impulse Payments Credit Card Programs
Article: The Inauguration is Coming and Therapists are Freaking Out
Pamela Garfield-Jaeger's Website
Pamela Garfield-Jaeger's SubStack Site
Pam's Instagram: @TheTruthfulTherapist
Pam's Twitter/X: @TruthfulTherapist

You've decided to augment your therapy practice with a wholistic approach. Congratulations! Your next step is to incorporate that approach into your overall intake process. This discussion walks through the intake processes for both Kathleen and Kip and details what they've done to incorporate the wholistic flavor into that process, including through at least that very first session. This should help you a lot!
Show Notes
AMHP's Annual Conference Information
The Austin BBQ Club
Impulse Payments Credit Card Programs
Kathleen Mills LPC-S Website
Kip Rodgers LPC-S Website

We've gathered three of the brightest counseling minds in all of N. Texas to share with you what we believe the top trends and events will be for 2025. But not just any predictions, specifically those that will affect the mental health industry for better or for worse. See how our predictions line up with your best thinking!

Lot of things about the counseling profession don't make sense including a supposed workforce shortage and declining payouts to counselors. The vertical consolidation of the healthcare industry explains most of it. In this interview with Sean Shahkarami we're going to do a deep dive of the difference between vertical consolidation and the decentralization of an industry. And it has everything to do with the counseling profession.
Show Notes
AMHP's Annual Conference Information
The Austin BBQ Club
Impulse Payments Credit Card Programs
Learn More About Sean's Marketing Program