Outgrow the Anti-Oedipal Mindset of Critical Social Justice
One of the distinguishing features of classical psychoanalysis is the Oedipus Myth. Taken from the Greek…
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A Clinical Psychologist Considers Viewpoint Diversity, Illiberalism, and Intolerance within the Dept. of Veterans Affairs
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), like many other organizations, has dedicated significant focus and attention…
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Trans Affirmative Therapy: Engendering Harm Beneath a Veil of Protection?
Old-fashioned patriotism seems to be back in vogue again, after taking a short and well-earned break.…
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Unpacking the Concept of ‘Gender Identity’: Not Fit for Purpose?
Gender identity The term ‘gender identity’ is a key element to any discussion about trans-related issues.…
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Book Review
Mick Cooper’s Psychology at the Heart of Social Change: Developing a Progressive Vision for Society (2023)…
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The Politics of Division
Lara Sheehi, Antisemitism, and Antiwhite Racism in the American Psychological Association The newest scandal in psychoanalysis…
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Suing over Medical Transition
The Case against Considering WPATH as a Competent, Reasonable Body of Expert Opinion Disclaimer: The following…
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Inserting Critical Social Justice Praxis into Mainstream Therapy — The Broaching Tool
Introduction In the first few years of the 21st century, activist scholars and activist clinicians faced…
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The Ironic Flaw in WOKE Extremism
This piece is a follow up discussion regarding the responses to the previous post titled Psychoanalysis’…
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Psychoanalysis’ Latest Racist Blunder
The JAPA Prize for Best Article Ignites Another Firestorm American psychoanalysis once again sullied itself by…
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Social Justice Therapy: A Cynical Re-branding Exercise by the Elite
Mental health training and practice has been increasingly co-opted by the corrosive hyper-partisan regime of social…
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On the Inevitability of Racism
In today’s culture wars, where race is largely the locus of societal conflict, no one wants…
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“Get Them on Treatment!” WPATH and the Long Reach of US Trans Ideology into UK Healthcare
The recent publication of WPATH Standards of Care (SOC), now version 8, has raised concern on…
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On Being a Male in Female Spaces: A Personal Investigation into Misandry in Modern Psychology
In 1973 an experiment was conducted by David Rosenhan, a professor at Stanford University in which…
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WPATH 8 Standards of Care: Greasing the Slipway Towards Medical Transition
Introduction The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) has recently published the 8th version of…
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The Woke Movement v. Psychoanalysis
On The Inherent Incompatibility Between Woke and Psychoanalytic Values Despite promoting legitimate social justice values, the…
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Group Narcissistic Manifestations in Critical Social Justice (aka Woke) Movements – Part 1
Introduction In June 2021 I wrote an article for Merion West in which I discussed the…
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Group Narcissistic Manifestations in Critical Social Justice (aka Woke) Movements – Part 2
This is the second part of the two-part series on Woke group narcissism. In the previous…
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The Myth of White Supremacy
We are well into a societal imbroglio dubbed the culture wars. What is this exactly? Since…
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Mutilate and Medicate: The Body Modification Trans Cult
When I first learned of extreme body modification, I found it fascinating: facial tattoos, skin implants,…
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A letter to The Lancet: Making Way for the New Social Paradigm of Gender Identity…
Introduction The following piece provides a detailed critique of the human rights narrative which drives the…
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How Ideological Capture is Hurting Clinical Psychology
It is clear that America’s political polarization has eroded our ability to navigate complex issues. My…
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Freud Explains Cancel Culture
The superego is the woke part of the psyche. It’s moralistic, but it isn’tnecessarily moral.There sure…
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Elders in the Therapy Professions – it’s Time to Step up to the Plate!
Where are you, elders in our professional therapy community? You know who you are – those…
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Woke Psychology and New Racism
What began as a social justice movement directed by empathy and compassion for those who have…
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Sharing Personal Pronouns in Therapy: Legal and Ethical Arguments against Therapist Self-Disclosure
It is increasingly becoming a new norm in therapy for personal pronouns to be actively negotiated…
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Leftist Extremism is Turning Therapists and Counselors against their own Clients
It’s never been easy to have a dissenting opinion, but it’s been getting harder and harder.…
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It’s Time for the PTMF to Stop Categorising Men as Negative Stereotypes
This article is reproduced here by kind permission from The Centre for Male Psychology. It was originally published here online in…
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Critical Social Justice Is More Likely to Lead to Division and Victimhood Than to Equality
Alarm bells have been ringing loudly for some time about the incursion of Critical Social Justice…
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Through the Looking Glass: Making sense of the MOU – Part 1
Introduction This is a two-part article exploring the impact of trans activism as channelled via the…
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Through the Looking Glass: Making sense of the MOU – Part 2
(The first part of this article looks at the background and history of the Memorandum of…
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The Mental Health Profession Is at a Crossroads Beween Science and Politically-Biased Narratives
As a clinical and forensic psychologist, I’ve always been interested in the causes, not correlates, of…
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The World Turned Upside Down
Meaning is made from the inside out and also from the outside in. From the inside…
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‘Woke’ Therapy Weakens the Client
Critical Social Justice (CSJ)-driven therapy (aka ‘woke’ therapy) is a completely different practice to traditional counselling…
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BACP and Terfism: Reaching the Point of no Return for Ethical Therapy?
Words matter. For therapists, words matter a lot. To find the British Association for Counselling and…
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The Importance of Maintaining an Evidence-based Approach in CBT
Preamble In October 2021, The British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapists’ (BABCP) published a piece…
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My Resignation from the American Psychological Association
I’ve been a member of the American Psychological Association (APA) for years, and a fellow for…
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Calibrating Gillick* in the Age of Gender Wars: Part 1: Background to the Current Crisis in Gender Therapy
* NB: For non-UK readers. The original Gillick case in 1985 addressed the issue of the…
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Calibrating Gillick* in the Age of Gender Wars: Part 2: The Curious Case of the Tavistock
Applying Gillick at the Tavistock The past year has seen a dizzying series of legal decisions…
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Why Your Woke Therapist May Be Doing You More Harm Than Good
Popular forms of social justice activism are creeping into psychology training programs and therapist offices. Even…
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LGBT Research and the Push for a UK Ban on Conversion Therapy
LGBT issues in relation to therapy are increasingly in the spotlight at present within the UK.…
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White Therapists, Trainers and Supervisors – Mend your Ways!
Black Identities and White Therapies: Race, Respect and Diversity. Edited by Divine Charura and Colin Lago.…
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British Psychology: Where are we now?
A year ago, I wrote a letter to the governing body of British Psychology (The BPS),…
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Moving Forward: Considerations for Responding to Changes in the Training Standards for Therapists
Since May 2020 following the death of George Floyd, I have become concerned about trends in…
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Political Bias at the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
I’ve been a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) since 2013. By…
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One-Dimensional Intersectional Psychobabble
Intersections of Privilege and Otherness in Counselling and Psychotherapy: Mockingbird by Dwight Turner (2021) A review…
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Is Psychotherapy a Safe Space for ‘Political Dissidents’?
Looking back to the 1970s, I always understood psychotherapy as something free from religion and politics.…
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Selective Attention: Ideological Bias Evident in the APA 2020 Virtual Conference
Given the current cultural polarity, few topics may be as unanimously agreed upon as the unanticipated…
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From Psychotherapist to Psycho-activist: How Therapy is Becoming Derailed
This is a public health warning: the seal on the tin labelled Counselling and Psychotherapy has…
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I Signed Up To Study Sexual Health. What I got Was Gender Ideology, Fetishism, and Porn
By Tim Courtois I am not a conspiracy theorist. And as recently as a year and…
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