What this is
MIC LEDGER is an independent editorial newspaper for mental health practitioners, counselor educators, and clinical supervisors — written by people who do the work, for people who do the work.
A newspaper, not a journal and not a blog. Journals are slow by design and speak to the academy; blogs are fast and speak to nobody in particular. What is missing is the middle: argued, edited, practitioner-authored writing that arrives often enough to matter and holds up when a colleague pushes back on it.
Those three commitments are the whole editorial policy. Every piece here is written by a named human being with clinical or academic standing behind the argument. Nothing on this site is paid placement. Nothing published under a byline was generated by a language model.
The seven pillars
Every piece lands in one of seven standing sections, and the sections are the publication's map of the field rather than a filing convenience.
- Mental Health & PsychotherapyClinical insight, research, and public health perspectives.
- Counselor Education & SupervisionPedagogy, curriculum, CACREP, and the craft of supervision.
- Couples, Marriage & Family TherapySystemic thinking, digital intimacy, and relational practice.
- Technology & AI in PracticeAI ethics, digital tools, and the platform as a values statement.
- Editorial Voice & CommentaryLong-form opinion, clinical philosophy, intellectual risk.
- Public Policy & AdvocacyParity, access, equity, and advocacy as clinical obligation.
- News Hub, Community & NetworkCurated professional news, contributors, and the network.
Who edits it
Michael Baltimore Ph.D. is Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of MIC LEDGER. He is a counselor educator and clinical supervisor in Midland, Georgia — not a clinical psychologist. He hosts Got Therapy? with Dan Rose Ph.D., Systems in Session with Richard Long Ph.D., and Mike & Jeff: Off the Record with Jeff Conklin Ph.D. Every piece drawn from an episode carries both hosts on the byline and names them again in the author box that closes the article.
Contributing
MIC LEDGER is a shared home for practitioner writing, not a single-author site. Pitches from clinicians, supervisors, and counselor educators are welcome — send the argument, not the résumé. A pitch that names the claim and what it would change in practice will get a faster answer than a finished manuscript.