#qmhp

[remembrthstars]

wow okay.

Researching potentially applying to get a QMHP certificate and I actually don’t qualify because my degree is in sociology which they removed from the list of Human Services degrees in 2021.

[christalnicole]

Let's get this year started 💪💪💪 #lifecoach #certified #lifecoaching #certifiedlifecoach #qmhp #lifestyleinfluencer #ChristalTraylor #ChristalNicole (at McKinney, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJfuQMCHSgC/?igshid=sp0ywin5q3so

[imasuperlame]

If mental health practitioners were to look at themselves as providers of a service within a crowded marketplace, and not as professionals within the larger network of healthcare, we might have a better sense of the “brand” that would lead to increased engagement with the people we hope to serve as well as to opportunities for cross-fertilization with other care-focused professionals. I think such a shift is crucial, because how we see ourselves as practitioners impacts how other professionals and potential clients see us. Such a shift would also suggest questions we need to ask ourselves in today’s globalized marketplace: Are we trustworthy? Is it easy to forge connections with us? Are we transparent? For many of us practitioners, we see ourselves as healers and social reformers, devoting our lives to the betterment of others. We not only provide treatment, but also psychoeducation. We are specially trained to support people in crisis, despair, and feelings of chronic ‘stuckness’. Along with diagnosing disorders, we create safe spaces for self-exploration and growth. And perhaps part of our “branding” should relay these core values, knowledge bases, and the spaces and opportunities we create and not just disorders treated and methods used. Such a move would likely benefit the field, especially if we collectively became more transparent about how we see our role in society.

from: Laura Kerr, The Mental Health Field Has A Branding Problem