Reality Therapy

In this episode, I spoke with therapist Rebecca Smith about how children are being harmed by social media, gender affirming care, and bad therapy. 

In this episode, I spoke with Marios Georgiou from the UK about political bias in counseling psychology graduate programs and how that impacts research and how therapists are taught to treat their clients.

In this episode, Dr. Christian Conte, author of Strong Mind Strong Man, describes how he developed yield theory, his work with prison inmates, and the 12 books he has written.

In this episode, former graduate level counselor educator Dr. Aaron Kindsvatter describes what he has seen in the politicization of the educating new therapists and how that is corrupting the mental health field.

In this episode, Irish psychotherapist Stella O'Malley describes the horrors of gender affirming care, how the practice developed without an evidence base, and how she has fought back through the organization Genspect.

In this episode, Jaco van Zyl discusses how corruption in South Africa is leading to suffering in his home country. He also discusses how the politicization of therapy harms everyone.

In this episode, Dr. Carole Sherwood from the UK discusses how the infiltration of Critical Race Theory has corrupted the field of therapy in harmful ways.

In this episode, Dr. Edward Perin discusses psychodynamic psychotherapy and how depth psychology can have a greater long-term impact on people than other forms of therapy. He also discusses men's issues and the politicization of therapy.

In this episode, Dr. Bret Alderman analyzes Postmodern thinkers like Judith Butler and Jacque Derrida through a Jungian lens.

In this episode, Helen Pluckrose gives a defense of liberal humanism and Enlightenment rationality. She discusses the Grievance Studies Hoax, her books on Critical Social Justice, and her advice for the therapy profession.

In this episode, Robin Atkins talks about reproductive mental health, debunks common myths about abortion, and pushes back against politicized therapy.

In this episode, UK based psychotherapist Phil Mitchell explores men's issues that are being ignored by the mainstream, such as paternity fraud, false rape allegations, and men being painted as "toxic masculinity."

In this episode, Dr. Oren Amitay discusses how the world of clinical psychology has been taken over by activists. We discussed how gender affirming care harms kids and why so many professionals are afraid to speak out. We discussed CBT and explored what modalities work best for mental health counseling.

In this episode, Leslie Elliott Boyce, Suzannah Alexander, Katie Kernodle, and Gabrielle Turner break down how grad schools for counseling have been corrupted by political bias and overtaken by the social justice agenda. This leaves many students feeling alienated and prevents people seeking therapy from getting the help they need.

In this episode, Kat Woods discusses effective altruism, specifically how we can reduce the suffering of animals. She also delves into the existential risk that humanity would face if AI became super intelligent and became hostile to all of us.

In this episode, therapists Juda Alcabes, Tony Ziolko, Jake Wiskerchen, Jake Freeman, and Jonathan Cogburn comment on what makes healthy masculinity, why men don't want to come to therapy, and how men can improve their mental health.

In this episode, clinical psychologist Dr. Michael Olan discusses political bias in his field and in graduate school due to social justice ideology. He also discusses the mindset behind those who adopt these views.

In this episode, psychotherapist Sasha Ayad describes her efforts to push back against the harmful and unscientific practices known as gender affirming care for minors.

In this episode, Dr. Dawn Irons describes her confrontation with wokeness in graduate school when a biased dissertation panel blocked her ability to graduate. She tells of how the field has been corrupted and how we can get back on track.