Reality Therapy

Ryan Forbes on Pushing for the Future of Good Therapy

In this episode, therapist Ryan Forbes describes ideological bias in the field due to politics, but also how the profession is certifying people whose own mental illness may disqualify them from helping others.

Joan Landes on How Therapy Became Political

In this episode, therapist Joan Landes describes how she has observed the therapy profession become ever more political, and notes how this increasing corruption is destroying the spirit of the field.

Megan Holder on Standing Up for Good Therapy

In this episode, therapist Megan Holder describes continuing education trainings to maintain her license that were little more than indoctrination. She says that even in South Carolina, it is often easier to call yourself a communist than a conservative among therapists. She describes how she was motivated to stand up against this corruption in the mental health profession and take a stand for good therapy.

Dr. Michael McClurkin on Holistic Mental Health

In this episode, psychiatrist Dr. Michael McClurkin discusses growing up in poverty and rising to being educated at three different Ivy League schools before beginning his practice in psychiatric medicine. He discusses why he thinks the social justice movement lacks nuance and why masculinity is unfairly demonized.

Laura Becker on Surviving the Trans Myth

In this episode, Laura Becker discusses the dark mental and emotional states that led her to pursue gender transition, followed by her detransition and advocacy for other vulnerable people. She discusses life after trans, including her book, her coaching career, her art, and what it is like to date in 2025.

Suzannah Alexander on Breaking Down CACREP Indoctrination in Counseling Grad Programs

In this episode, Suzannah Alexander describes her experience getting pushed out of a counseling graduate program and her journey to understand how the field became ideologically captured. She breaks down CACREP accreditation, showing that political bias is a requirement to become certified as a counseling program.

Soad Tabrizi on being a Conservative Therapist

In this episode, therapist Soad Tabrizi, founder of conservativecounselors.com, discusses what it is like to be a conservative therapist in a field dominated by leftwing thought. She describes the outrage in the mental health profession over Trump supporters and why conservatives need a place to go where they can be treated fairly and receive quality mental healthcare.

Katie Kernodle on the Woke Hijacking of Counseling Grad Programs

In this episode, Katie Kernodle, a recent graduate of NYU's Master of Counseling program, diagnoses the nefarious social justice ideology that has infiltrated these courses, including mandates from CACREP in order for such schools to gain accreditation. Her knowledge of the ideology provides an intimate "behind the scenes" look at how therapists are indoctrinated.

Karen King on Fighting Ideological Bias in Therapy

In this episode, Karen King of the Ideological Oasis Podcast discusses her work as a Ketamine-assisted therapist, how the therapy profession has been ideologically captured by the social justice movement, and how to get mental health back on track.

Josh Lewis on Classical Conservatism

In this episode, Josh Lewis of the Saving Elephants podcast discusses classical conservatism and how the ideas of thinkers such as Edmund Burke, Thomas Sowell, and William F. Buckley can be applied to contemporary politics.