Why there isn’t an interstate compact for MFTs
Psychology, counseling, and social work have compacts. Why isn't there an interstate compact for MFTs? The post Why there isn’t an interstate compact for MFTs appeared first on Psychotherapy Notes.
View ArticleWho owns the technology companies that serve therapists?
Who owns your favorite EHR, therapist directory, web site developer, CE provider, conference, or exam prep company? Find out: The post Who owns the technology companies that serve therapists? appeared...
View ArticleWhat artificial intelligence can do for your therapy practice right now
As with any new technology, artificial intelligence is drawing concern and skepticism from many therapists. It’s also drawing great enthusiasm from therapists who tend to be early adopters of new...
View ArticleBy not pursuing an interstate compact for MFTs, AAMFT is making a big mistake
In April, I wrote about AAMFT’s decision not to pursue an interstate compact for MFTs. You can see them discuss the issue and their rationale in this video. Their logic came down to two things: 1)...
View ArticlePrologue: A poem for new graduate students
I wrote this poem several years ago, and republish it each fall as a welcome to students beginning their graduate studies in the mental health professions. Every fall, the university where I teach...
View ArticleHow the Social Work Compact works
The Social Work Compact is an interstate compact, or a form of agreement between individual states. If adopted by enough states, it will allow social workers in participating states to apply for a...
View ArticleJournal article: Clinical exams in mental health do not meet testing industry...
Regular readers here know that when it comes to clinical exams for mental health licensure, I’m not a fan. A recent article of mine, published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Mental Health and Clinical...
View ArticleBetterHelp is losing a lot of subscribers
Online therapy platform BetterHelp is rapidly losing its paid subscriber base, according to financial filings from its parent company. The company reports a drop in average monthly paid BetterHelp...
View ArticleWrite a letter to the editor: Drop the ASWB exams
Some problems can have large impacts, and still go unnoticed by the public and policymakers. ASWB’s racist exams for social work licensure are a great example. When people learn of the problems with...
View ArticleA therapist fact check of Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren’t Growing Up
As a licensed therapist, I am not the intended audience for Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren’t Growing Up. It’s written for those who are skeptical of mental health care and even mental health...
View ArticleTo solve mental health provider shortage, states propose loans they call...
Your state needs more mental health providers. Policymakers and professional organizations know this. But legislators are reluctant to take actions that would get more folks licensed. So what can they...
View ArticleTherapy and coaching: Understanding the differences
It’s not unusual for private practice therapists to seek to expand their practices through coaching. Some clients will engage in coaching, but not therapy, because of the stigma they associate with...
View ArticleAI therapy is about to make therapy a lot cheaper
“I’m in L.A. We have a lot of therapists,” Angelle Haney Gullett told the Washington Post in 2022. “So it’s just kind of wild to me that that many people are at capacity.” She had contacted 25...
View ArticleAn AI therapist can’t really do therapy. Many clients will choose it anyway.
It just isn’t the same, I hear over and over, from psychotherapists shrugging away concern over artificial intelligence. An AI therapist can’t really empathize. It can’t truly understand. It can’t...
View ArticleHow human therapists can thrive in a world of AI-based therapy
In the previous two articles on AI-based therapy, I’ve detailed why AI therapists are poised to transform the mental health care industry and why many clients will prefer AI therapists over human ones....
View ArticleASPPB gives up on requiring Psychology licensing boards to use the EPPP Part 2
Last week, the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB) announced that they are pausing plans to require member boards to use the EPPP Part 2 as a condition of Psychologist...
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