Tracing Incursions of Wokeness into the Therapy Field.
New Book: Woke – A Critique of Social Justice Ideology Edited by Jon Mills
Since the publication of Cynical Theories by Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay, several books and academic…
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Transgender Malpractice – the Reckoning Begins
Our readers may be aware of a landmark medical malpractice judgment made in New York in…
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How the Radical Left Took over Britain’s Leading Psychological Society
The ongoing dispute about social justice activism in psychology has flared up again in the UK…
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Challenging the Co-opting of “Conversion Therapy” in Relation to Trans-Identification
As more practitioners and members of the public become aware of the ideological capture of psychology,…
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AI and ‘Synthetic Intimacy’: New Research into Therapy Bots
As 2025 comes to a close, what do we at CTA wish for our professions in…
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New Report Reveals Exponential Increase in Woke Concepts in Medical Research Papers
Dr. James Nuzzo, a friend of CTA (see his recent CTA podcast interview), has recently carried…
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Breaking News: The American Psychological Association Is Being Investigated for Antisemitism
A US goverment investigation into the APA has just been announced. In the following piece, Prof.…
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The APA and Its Quest to Deconstruct Psychology
It is important to pay attention to the output of the American Psychological Association (APA). With…
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The Scandal of UK Professional Therapy Bodies’ Failure to Protect Children
Another blow has been dealt to the main professional therapy bodies in the UK. Following recent…
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A Psychoanalytic Exploration of Female to Male Transition: New Book Review
CTA is pleased to announce the publication of a new book review by Jaco van Zyl…
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Senior Whistleblowers at Main UK Professional Therapy Bodies Raise Ethical Concerns
An article has just been published in The Telegraph raising concerns about the governance of the…
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Trans-Identification in “Free Fall” or Too Soon to Tell?
A few days ago X was abuzz following a very hopeful announcement by Eric Kaufmann, Professor…
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Conversion Therapy Is Brought Before the U.S. Supreme Court
Highly contested issues related to gender ideology are currently working their way up to the highest…
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The Spectator (Australian Edition) Publishes a Very Positive Review of the CTA Book
We have just come across this excellent review of the CTA book, Cynical Therapies, which was…
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Karen King Presents CTA’s Inaugural Training Event
A 2-hour interactive training on Friday, October 24 on clinical neutrality as a steadying, relational presence—free…
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Frontiers in Mental Health Journal, Issue 2: The Emerging Territory
This second issue of the Open Therapy Institute’s journal contains over a dozen new articles helping…
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The British Psychological Society and Its Gender Nonsense
Two articles in the most recent issue of The Psychologist, the British Psychological Society’s (BPS) monthly…
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Ireland: IACP and Therapist Charged in Defamation Lawsuit
Violent “anti-racist” riots, identity-based condemnation, and professional witch-hunts have become prominent features of Western society in…
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What’s Wrong with Our Kids? Will Therapy Help?
Peter Jenkins introduces a timely and important new report on therapy in UK schools. We now…
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Countering the Rhetorical Strategies That Capture the Therapy Field
In a recent paper, Eric Kaufman, a professor of politics at Buckingham University, proposes that post…
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The “Queering” of Professional Therapy Training: Student Whistleblower Reports Ethical Violations
The Wall Street Journal has published an opinion piece about a student’s experience of her professional…
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Formal Complaint Filed Against the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP)
The legal pushback is underway. FAIR has filed a formal complaint with the U.S. Department of…
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Journal of Teaching in Social Work: Special Issue Critiques CSJ Practice
In a significant breakthrough, the Journal of Teaching in Social Work has devoted an entire issue…
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A Critical Response to a Gender-Affirmative Article
Readers of our articles are very well aware of the debate surrounding gender dysphoria and its…
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Exposing Anti-Semitism in Professional Psychology – An Update
Readers of CTA will probably be aware of the issue that entered the public sphere, involving…
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UKCP Chair Election: Results Now out…
Peter Jenkins analyses the results of the recent election for the Chair of the United Kingdom…
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A New Therapy Journal for Critical Thinkers and Practitioners
Good News! The Open Therapy Institute (OTI), an independent organisation that shares CTA’s values has just…
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UKCP Chair Election 2025: Shenanigans, Slurs and a Vision for the Future
As members of the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) prepare to cast their votes for a…
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Clinical Psychology Course under Fire for Black and White Thinking
King’s College London’s (KCL) Doctorate in Clinical Psychology training course has been widely criticised in the…
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Positive Review of Cynical Therapies in an Academic Peer-Reviewed Journal
CTA’s book, Cynical Therapies: Perspectives on the antitherapeutic nature of Critical Social Justice, has just received…
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The British Psychological Society’s ‘Anti-Racist’ Training Declared ‘Racist’
The British Psychological Society (BPS) faces criticism for pursuing an ‘anti-racist’ agenda that views ‘Whiteness’ as…
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New Therapist Directory: Alternative Structures Are Starting to Emerge
A new therapist directory for the UK has just been launched by James Esses. Just Therapy,…
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Legacy Media Buries Findings from Research into DEI Programs
What happens when research into Diversity, Equity and Inclusion training produces findings that indicate, as many…
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Gender News from South Africa: An Update
As regulatory bodies from across the world are waking up to the potential harm of medicalised…
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Senior London Counselling Psychology Lecturer Posts Gushing Eulogy for Terrorist
The Jewish Chronicle has recently posted a news item concerning an Instagram post made by Dr…
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Boys and the Burden of Labels: Teaching ‘Toxic Masculinity’ in Schools
CTA believes it is important to track the ways in which unhelpful ideological stances are being…
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The Association of Jewish Psychologists Issues a New Journal
On this day, the 7th October, we at CTA think it timely and appropriate to draw…
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UK Women Win Key Cases Against Gender Ideology at Work
In the past decade, all the major institutions of Western civil society have been quietly subverted…
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The Society for Child Development Research Has Invited in a Demolition Crew
Knowledge about child development informs therapeutic practice so it is important to keep an eye on…
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British Psychological Society Guidelines Reveal “Gross Ideological Bias”
In an excoriating open letter, the British Psychological Society (BPS) have been taken to task for…
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James Esses Reaches a Settlement with Metanoia
James Esses has anounced on his Crowd Justice page that he has just come to a…
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The Treatment of Gender Dysphoric Children Debate in South Africa Heats up
As Europe and Britain are coming to terms with evidence-based treatment of gender dysphoria in children,…
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Trans Activists Have Failed in Their Attempt to Remove the UKCP Board
Breaking news: The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) Board of Trustees will continue in their positions…
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The European Professional Association for Transgender Health (EPATH) Issues a Statement on the Cass Review
In the following brief commentary, Peter Jenkins casts a critical eye over EPATH’s recent published response…
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The Backlash to the UKCP’s Withdrawal from the MoU on Conversion Therapy
Back in April we posted a news item about the UK Council for Psychotherapy’s (UKCP) decision…
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Balance Sheet of the Cass Review
Dr. Hilary Cass, a senior paediatrician, has released her final review of gender identity services for…
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The UK Council for Psychotherapy Withdraws from the Memorandum of Understanding on Conversion Therapy
It would be hard to overstate the significance of this announcement made today by the UKCP…
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The British Psychological Society and Its So-Called Public Consultation
On 1st March The British Psychological Society (BPS) opened a public consultation on its new draft…
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American Psychological Association Policy Statement on Gender Affirming Care
The American Psychological Association (APA) has passed another significant milestone in its accelerating demise as a…
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Breaking News: The WPATH Files – Experimental Medicine on Children and Adults?
The history of medicine can be read as a continuing struggle between individuals or movements introducing…
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Where Are the Educational Psychologists When Children Say They’re Transgender?
Here is the article that The British Psychological Society did not want you to read. They…
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Defending Evidence-Based Care for Gender-Dysphoric Children and Adolescents
In January 2024 we posted an article by First Do No Harm Southern Africa (FDNHSA) on…
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A New Global Gender Divide Is Emerging
John Murdoch-Burns has published an op-ed piece in The Financial Times on data survey results which…
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Breaking News: What Future for WPATH as Membership Plummets?
The future for gender affirming healthcare at a global level now looks rather uncertain. Until recently,…
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Psychoanalysis’s Racial Hysteria
An essay by Lucas Klein has just been published in City Journal which provides a very…
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