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The Tyranny of Kindness
‘We have had universities making statements condemning Israel with no mention of Hamas… all done in…
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Michael Dewan-Herrick Discusses ‘Woke’ Psychotherapy with Leslie Elliott
Michael Dewan-Herrick is a psychotherapist and a life coach in private practice in London. He earned…
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Prof. Jon Mills Discusses Narcissistic Large-Group Regression within Psychoanalysis
Prof. Jon Mills is a Canadian philosopher, psychoanalyst, and clinical psychologist. He has been an outspoken…
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Dr. Carole Sherwood’s Presentation on the Politicisation of Therapy
Carole Sherwood (DClinPsy) is a retired UK-based clinical psychologist, co-director at Critical Therapy Antidote and contributing…
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A Discussion about Political Correctness with Dr. Howard Schwartz, Former Student of Marcuse
Dr. Howard S. Schwartz is an emeritus professor of organizational behaviour at Oakland University. A former…
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Megyn Kelly Discusses “Affirm Only” Gender Care with Stella O’Malley and Joe Burgo
Megyn Kelly is joined by Stella O’Malley and Joe Burgo of Genspect to discuss psychotherapists finally…
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Psychoanalysis Gone Rogue: The Holmes Report with Dr. Lucas Klein – Part 2
Dr. Lucas Klein is a clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst and former forensic psychologist. He is an author…
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An Insight into ‘Liberation Psychology’ Praxis
Therapy is a pluralistic field, one that has been able to accommodate a wide range of…
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Psychoanalysis Gone Rogue: The Holmes Report with Dr. Lucas Klein (Part 1)
Dr. Lucas Klein is a clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst and former forensic psychologist. He is an author…
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How Social Justice is Corrupting Community Mental Health Services – an Insider View
Leslie Elliott interviews Andrew Didway who provides a much needed insider account of what happens when…
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The Woke as a Narcissistically Regressed Large-Group with Dr. Lucas Klein
Dr. Lucas Klein is a clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst and former forensic psychologist. He is an author…
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How to Have Impossible Conversations about Gender with Peter Bogossian
In this thought-provoking episode, highly relevant to therapists as well as parents, Stella and Sasha engage…
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Chris Rufo Discusses the Emergence of a Cluster B Society
Chris Rufo offers an interesting psychological analysis of the Critical Social Justice capture of contemporary society…
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How Race Wars are Destroying Psychoanalysis
Prof. Jon Mills continues to critique the critical social justice ideology that is destroying the field…
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Jaco van Zyl Discusses Woke Narcissism with Benjamin Boyce
Jaco van Zyl is a Clinical Psychologist and South African expat to Ireland. We discuss the…
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Dr Bonnie Snyder Discusses Ways to Save Education from Ideological Indoctrination
Dr. Bonnie Snyder (D.Ed) is a former teacher, counsellor and professor. She is a Certified College…
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Analysis and Activism: The Crisis of Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis in the United States is now in a state of crisis and, at last, we…
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Zander Keig Discusses the Complex Nature of Transgenderism
Zander Keig is a clinical social worker and female-to-male transgender man. He is a Board Member…
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Stephanie Winn Discusses the Harms of Gender-Affirming Care
Stephanie Winn (@sometherapist ) is a Licenced Marriage and Family Therapist in Portland, Oregon. She is…
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Colette Colfer Discusses the Religous Nature of Gender Ideology with Jaco van Zyl
Colette Colfer is an academic who lectures in ethics and world religions. She is a writer,…
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Leslie Elliott Discusses Ideological Cruelty in Therapy Training
Leslie Elliott (@theradicalcenter) is a life coach in Washington State, founder of the Radical Centre and…
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Editor Val Thomas and Author Carole Sherwood with Some Concluding Thoughts on Cynical Therapies
To conclude our series of book interviews, we reflect on the author interviews we had, we…
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Andrew Hartz Discusses the Importance of Openess in Therapy with Leslie Elliott
Andrew Hartz is the founder of the Open Therapy Institute: https://www.opentherapyinstitute.org/ He’s a practicing clinical psychologist…
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Author Philip Pellegrino Discusses his Book Chapter on the Incompatabilities between CBT and CSJ
Our guest today is Dr. Philip J. Pellegrino, PsyD. He is a Licensed Psychologist in private…
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James Lindsay Discusses Psychology with Stephanie Winn
In a world of deception, how can we accurately discern what is true, real, good, and…
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Editor Val Thomas Discusses the CTA Book on a Solid Ground Livestream Episode
Today we were joined by Dr Val Thomas, founder of Critical Therapy Antidote. For more about…
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Author Christine Sefein Discusses her Book Chapter on the Miseducation of Psychotherapists
Christine Sefein, MA, is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who specialises in grief and trauma…
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Amy Gallagher Promotes the CTA book, Cynical Therapies, at the New Culture Forum Conference
The NHS is the biggest employer in Europe and the fifth biggest in the world, just…
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Author Tim Courtois Discusses his Chapter on Critical Social Justice Indoctrination in Sexuality Education for Therapists
Tim Courtois, MA, is US-based Licensed Professional Counselor. He is qualified in narrative-focused trauma therapy and…
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Lesley Elliott Interviews Jaco Van Zyl – Primitive Envy and Entitlement Ideologies
Jaco van Zyl is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist with the Psychological Society of Ireland, and is…
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Author Kirsty Miller Discusses her Chapter on Critical Social Justice from a Social Psychological Perspective
Kirsty Miller is a lecturer in Scotland, who has a PhD in social and clinical psychology.…
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Author Nick Opyrchal Discusses his Chapter on the Fusion Between Politics and Therapy
Nick Opyrchal, MA (Transpersonal Psychology) is a psychotherapist in private practice in the UK, and a…
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Author Piers Newman Discusses his Chapter on Family Therapy
Piers Newman, MSc (Family Therapy) is a Systemic Family Psychotherapist in England. He is an intermediate…
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Prof. Jon Mills: On White Supremacy and Professionalism
Prof. Jon Mills is a Canadian philosopher, psychoanalyst, and clinical psychologist. He has been an outspoken…
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The President of APA Says We Need a Decolonized Psychology
In this TED talk Dr. Thema Bryant explains what she sees as the difference between colonized…
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Author Nina Silander Discusses her Chapter on the Politicisation of the Therapy Professions
Nina Silander, PsyD, is a US-based clinical psychologist. Her concern with the ideological bias in psychology…
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Cynical Therapies Authors Carole Sherwood and Ben Harris Interviewed by Andrew Doyle
Carole Sherwood and Ben Harris discuss activist therapy and the CTA book on Andrew Doyle’s Free…
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Leslie Elliott Interviews Dr. Carole Sherwood: CSJ vs CBT
It was a pleasure to speak with Dr. Carole Sherwood. Among other things, we discussed the…
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Sasha Ayad and Stella O’Malley Discuss their Chapters on Gender Dysphoria
In this episode, Christine and Jaco discuss the highly politicised, but clinically sensitive topic of gender…
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Leslie Elliott Interviews Val Thomas Editor of Cynical Therapies
Dr Val Thomas is a UK-based psychotherapist, writer and formerly a counsellor educator. Her specialism is…
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Author Bret Alderman Discusses his Chapter on Viewing Critical Social Justice through a Jungian Lens
Bret Alderman, holds a PhD from Pacifica Graduate Institute, where he studied Depth Psychology. He is…
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Author Val Thomas Reflects on her Chapter – the Anti-relational Nature of Critical Social Justice
Val Thomas, DPsych, is the co-founder of Critical Therapy Antidote (CTA), a platform for mental health…
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Author Ben Harris Discusses his Chapter on Viewing Critical Social Justice from a Psychotherapeutic Perspective
Ben Harris is a psychotherapist in private practice in London. He practices from an integrative perspective,…
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A Global Pandemic of Narcissism – a Discussion with Jaco van Zyl
Today I’m in conversation with South African Clinical Psychologist Jaco Van Zyl. Jaco cohosts the podcast…
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Wokeness Versus the Counseling Profession
Does woke ideology in psychotherapy education damage the field of professional counseling? Therapists are being evaluated…
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Author Dennis Relojo-Howell Discusses his Chapter on Male Mental Health in Cynical Therapies
Dennis Relojo-Howell is a Philipine-born founder of the digital media company, Psychreg, that focuses on psychology,…
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Leslie Elliott Interviews Psychotherapist Ben Harris: The Importance of Accepting Reality as it is.
“Therapy is a very powerful tool because it invites us to accept the nature of reality…
WatchAuthor Val Thomas Reflects on the Opening Chapter in Cynical Therapies – the Historical Context
Val Thomas, DPsych, is the co-founder of Critical Therapy Antidote (CTA), a platform for mental health…
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Author Dina McMillan Discusses her Chapter on Critical Race Theory in Cynical Therapies
Dina McMillan, PhD, is an American social psychologist and academic currently based in Brisbane, Australia. She…
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Author Carole Sherwood Discusses her Chapter on Critical Race Theory in Cynical Therapies
Carole Sherwood (DClinPsych) is a retired UK-based clinical psychologist and chapter contributor to the newly released…
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