A pair of recent court rulings have declared therapy to be speech, not conduct. That could have major impacts on licensure.

Last week, the Association of Marital and Family Therapy Boards (AMFTRB) emailed hundreds of examinees who failed the National MFT Exam between January and March of this year. The examinees were told they would have their re-testing fees refunded. I believe it was our advocacy that made that happen. Here's the story.

How much information do you need to answer exam questions correctly? In some cases -- not all, but some -- you can get a question correct just with your knowledge of the profession, without needing to know anything from the specific vignette in front…

When you see exam questions based on models of therapy, knowing the model well can help you eliminate some wrong answer options. But it often can't get you all of the way to the correct answer. For that, you'll need to align your knowledge with your…

California's elder abuse reporting form misquotes a key statute. Following the form could lead a therapist to report when they shouldn't.

Sometime in February or March, AMFTRB made major revisions to the National MFT Exam outline. Why weren't the changes announced?

Therapy referrals may be on the decline for many therapists. Here are three possible reasons why, with solutions for each.

Are fewer people seeking out therapy? Good nationwide data is hard to come by, but we have some signals. Online therapy provider BetterHelp reports a dwindling subscriber base, down about 20% from its peak two years ago, even as they continue to spend millions of dollars on advertising. And anecdotally, we’re hearing lots of individual therapists report that they’re struggling to bring in new clients over the last few months.

Some policies aimed at reducing unwanted behavior can backfire. Therapists with late cancellation fees may be a good example.

ASWB committed to releasing detailed data annually, and to releasing validation studies that support its exams. It hasn't followed through.

ASWB made problematic changes to the format of its social work exams. It also described a testing process different from what was delivered.

Value-based care in mental health could improve client outcomes while reducing costs. It also could incentivize therapists' bad behavior.

Recent California BBS data shows that more than a quarter of associate counselors hold delinquent APCC registrations.

Many had questioned the need for and validity of the EPPP Part 2 as a second clinical exam for Psychologist licensure.

Curt and Katie interview Dr. Ben Caldwell about the state of Artificial Intelligence in therapy. We look at the “AI Therapists” that are already working as well as how they are being regulated (or not).

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. Here, we’ll look at how human therapists can…

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 build a therapeutic relationship with depth and…

“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 different therapists after her father passed away,…

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 therapy. At the same time, some therapists note that…

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 do instead? Scholarships! (Yes, you should say it…