PARENTS, COUNSELORS & THE WAR OVER CHILDREN

Guest host Mark Sutherland sits in for Dan Happel for a powerful conversation with mental health professionals Kathleen Mills and Rebecca Smith about the ideological capture of the counseling profession, the rise of “affirmative therapy,” the role of schools and outside counselors, and the urgent need for parents to stay involved in the emotional, spiritual, and moral formation of their children.

Kathleen and Rebecca discuss what they are seeing inside graduate programs, counselor training, professional associations, school systems, and family court-related counseling. They warn that many parents do not realize how much influence schools, therapists, nonprofits, and professional organizations may have over children — especially when controversial issues are introduced without clear parental guidance or consent.

This episode focuses on parental rights, faith, family, school boards, counselor accountability, the importance of vetting mental health professionals, and restoring a mind-body-spirit approach to true wellness.

• Mark Sutherland guest hosts for Dan Happel.
• Guests: Kathleen Mills and Rebecca Smith, licensed professional counselor supervisors in Texas.
• Discussion centers on the ideological shift inside mental health training.
• Guests criticize “affirmative therapy” when it replaces careful counseling, challenge, and recovery.
• Parents are warned to vet counselors before sending children into therapy.
• Schools, outside counselors, and consent forms are discussed as major parental-rights concerns.
• Rebecca discusses high-conflict divorce, foster youth, and how alienating behaviors can separate children from parents.
• Kathleen discusses the Association for Mental Health Professionals as an alternative for counselors seeking a faith-based, recovery-focused model.
• The episode calls for parents to get involved in school boards, curriculum, elections, and counselor oversight.
• Core theme: restoring faith, family, truth, and real healing to mental health

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