Reality Therapy is a podcast about how reality itself can be therapeutic. While I touch on a variety of topics with many interesting guests, I am primarily focused on the therapy profession. Most guests are therapists or graduate students who focus on observing and analyzing the influence of social justice ideology on this field.
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Political Bias in Counseling Grad School
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1:19:08In 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.…
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Kat Woods on Effective Altruism and the Existential Risk of Artificial Intelligence
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54:59In 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.By Ryan Rogers
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Five Male Therapists Comment on Masculinity and Men's Mental Health
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1:19:22In 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.By Ryan Rogers
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Dr. Michael Olan on Bias in Clinical Psychology
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1:18:29In 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.By Ryan Rogers
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Sasha Ayad on Confronting Gender Affirming Care
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1:24:13In this episode, psychotherapist Sasha Ayad describes her efforts to push back against the harmful and unscientific practices known as gender affirming care for minors.By Ryan Rogers
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Dr. Dawn Irons on Bias in Counseling Education
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1:02:36In 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.By Ryan Rogers
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Aaron Machbitz on Life Lessons from Pro Wrestling
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55:29In this episode, I spoke with former professional wrestler Aaron Machbitz on how sports and wrestling can teach us about life, about why men are struggling right now, and the rise of antisemitism.By Ryan Rogers
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In this episode, I spoke with UK based psychotherapist Darren Magee about what makes for good therapy, bias in the mental health field, and the connection between science fiction and ancient mythology.By Ryan Rogers
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Dr. Andrew Hartz on Bias in Mental Healthcare
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1:05:13In this episode, Dr. Andrew Hartz describes bias in mental healthcare due to critical social justice ideology and how he formed the Open Therapy Institute to fight back.By Ryan Rogers
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Heidi Mortenson on Therapy and Christian Ministry
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55:35In this episode, licensed marriage and family therapist Heidi Mortenson discusses her career in mental healthcare and how she uses this to further her Christian ministry.By Ryan Rogers
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Brandon McMurtrie on Bias in the Field of Psychology
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58:55In this episode, psychology doctoral candidate Brandon McMurtrie discusses bias in the field of psychology, the difference between good research and bogus research, and hunting in New Zealand.By Ryan Rogers
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Jonathan Cogburn on the Corruption of Therapy
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1:05:49In this episode, Jonathan Cogburn, LMFT, discusses marriage and family counseling, bias in graduate school, and the corruption of the field of therapy.By Ryan Rogers
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Jake Freeman on Transitioning from the Military to Woke Grad School
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56:58In this episode, veteran and therapist Jake Freeman discusses his time in the military and the struggle in integrate into civilian life, including trying to learn the ever-changing rules of wokeness.By Ryan Rogers
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Stephanie Winn on ROGD Repair and How Therapy is Failing Us
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1:02:36In this episode, marriage and family therapist Stephanie Winn describes how therapy has gone off the rails, why she switched to coaching, and her ROGD Repair course for gender confused kids.By Ryan Rogers
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Dr. Michael Ziffra on practicing better psychiatry, bias in research, and men in therapy
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49:51In this episode, Dr. Michael Ziffra explains his ideas around good psychiatry and medicine, why men resist therapy, and why research in psychology is biased.By Ryan Rogers
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Leslie Elliott Boyce on the Nightmare of Woke Counseling Grad School
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1:04:42In this episode, Leslie Elliott Boyce describes the nightmare of woke indoctrination in her masters of counseling program, her effort to resist, and her journey to call out political bias in the mental health fields in her podcast.By Ryan Rogers
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Ryan Forbes on Pushing for the Future of Good Therapy
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49:26In 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.By Ryan Rogers
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Joan Landes on How Therapy Became Political
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52:13In 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.By Ryan Rogers
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Megan Holder on Standing Up for Good Therapy
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57:15In 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…
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Dr. Michael McClurkin on Holistic Mental Health
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42:04In 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.…
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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.…
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Suzannah Alexander on Breaking Down CACREP Indoctrination in Counseling Grad Programs
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1:10:51In 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.…
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Soad Tabrizi on being a Conservative Therapist
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1:04:09In 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 quali…
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Katie Kernodle on the Woke Hijacking of Counseling Grad Programs
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55:01In 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 ar…
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Karen King on Fighting Ideological Bias in Therapy
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1:05:32In 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.By Ryan Rogers
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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.By Ryan Rogers
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Jake Wiskerchen on the Future of Psychotherapy
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1:13:54In this episode, therapist Jake Wiskerchen discusses how the therapy profession has changed for the worse, masculinity and men's mental health, and how the mental health profession can correct course.By Ryan Rogers
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Gabrielle Turner on Woke Grad School and the Social Justice Takeover of Therapy
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1:14:26In this episode, Gabrielle Turner, LPC and LMFT, explains the political indoctrination she faced in graduate school and how this woke ideology has taken over the field of therapy.By Ryan Rogers
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Dr. Elliot Kaminetzky on Standing Up Against Child Gender Transitions
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59:08In this episode, Dr. Elliot Kaminetzky describes his decision to take a courageous stand against medical transitions for children experiencing gender distress in the field of clinical psychology. He also details how aquascaping your fish tank can revolutionize your life.By Ryan Rogers
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David P. Robbins on the Downfall of Therapy and the Failures of Psychological Research
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1:10:10In this episode, licensed therapist David P. Robbins delves into the replication crisis in psychological research and examines how the field of therapy has gone off course.By Ryan Rogers
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Dr. Nathanial Bork on Pirate Research and the Corruption of Academia
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56:59In this episode, Dr. Nathanial Bork highlights his work fighting against the woke takeover of academia and attempting to preserve legitimate research in order to preserve and grow our base of knowledge.By Ryan Rogers
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J.D. Haltigan on the Vulnerable Narcissism of Woke Psychology
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54:26In this episode, developmental and evolutionary psychologist J.D. Haltigan breaks down the psychology behind activists in the social justice movement. He outlines the emotional instabilities seen in Cluster B personality disorders and terms this type of victimhood complex a "vulnerable narcissism."By Ryan Rogers
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Juda Alcabes on politics and authenticity in therapy
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1:08:01In this episode, Juda Alcabes discusses revealing to his therapy clients that he voted for Donald Trump, the role of humor in therapy, and the ultimate goal of authenticity.By Ryan Rogers
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Dean Abbott on Spiritual Coaching and the Enneagram
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50:29In this episode, Dean Abbott discusses his role as a spiritual coach and guide and defends the use of the Enneagram for self-exploration and spiritual growth.By Ryan Rogers
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Debra Baty on conversion therapy and the Supreme Court case
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53:05In this episode, Debra Baty discusses same sex attraction, gender identity issues, conversion therapy, and how these relate to the recent Supreme Court case.By Ryan Rogers
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Daniel Secomb on the culture wars, Islam, and Biblical prophecies
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55:05In this episode, Daniel Secomb breaks down the Biblical prophecies in the book of Revelation and ties these into the current trend of cultural wokeness and the rise of Islam.By Ryan Rogers
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Tyson Clarke on spiral dynamics and reality therapy
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1:23:27In this episode, Tyson Clarke utilizes Glasser's Reality Therapy and the concept of Spiral Dynamics to evaluate and understand the modern world.By anarchofuturist
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Tyson Clarke on psychology, masculinity, and an Australian's view of American politics
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58:58In this episode, Tyson Clarke voices his opinion on American politics as an Australian by using psychological tools and a heterodox understanding of masculinity.By anarchofuturist
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Tony Ziolko on therapy, faith, and masculinity
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1:10:27In this episode, Tony Ziolko discusses how he incorporates faith and psychology into his practice of therapy, and what it is like to do so as a man.By anarchofuturist
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Sam Lacrosse on masculinity, the Red Pill, and wokeness
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1:04:05In this episode, Sam Lacrosse discusses his books and analysis of contemporary masculinity, including tendencies towards either wokeness or the Red Pill.By anarchofuturist
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Ryan Wexelblatt on ADHD and anxiety in men and boys
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57:28In this episode, Ryan Wexelblatt discusses coaching adolescents with ADHD and anxiety, and why these are often misdiagnosed. He also comments on the woke infiltration of the therapy profession.By anarchofuturist
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Kristen Pierce on surviving woke grad school for counseling
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1:08:42In this episode, Kristen Pierce talks about her journey through school, addiction, and being a mom. She tells about the shock she faced in graduate school for clinical mental health counseling when she ran into woke indoctrination.By anarchofuturist
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In this episode, Jacob Faturechi discusses the woke indoctrination in his graduate level social work program.By anarchofuturist
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Ian Perry on immigration, culture, and space law
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1:03:06In this episode, lawyer Ian Perry discusses his work in immigration law and how immigration effects culture. He also touches on his work on space law and the future of that discipline.By anarchofuturist
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Hunter Ash on standing up against woke politics
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1:05:04In this episode, Hunter Ash explains why he detransitioned and left woke ideology, and why others should do the same.By anarchofuturist
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Heather McKee on free speech and woke grad school
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1:19:30In this episode, Heather McKee joined me from across the pond in Scotland to discuss her work in the free speech movement on campus and why it is so important in the age of woke academia.By anarchofuturist
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Greg Ransom on the philosophy of F.A. Hayek
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51:32In this episode, Greg Ransom discusses the philosophy of the economist F.A. Hayek and how this can be a useful tool for viewing and analyzing the modern world.By anarchofuturist
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Eric Zeitler on therapy, faith, and masculinity
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55:53In this episode, Eric Zeitler shares his experience as a therapist and how he incorporates faith and masculinity into that paradigm.By anarchofuturist
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In this episode, Cori Kennedy talks about her political evolution from being a young Republican and one of the youngest elected representatives in America to becoming a "woke" Democrat to voting for Donald Trump.By anarchofuturist
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Christopher Fritz on using philosophy in the modern world
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1:07:08In this episode, Christopher Fritz shares his experiences and unveils his conception of philosophy that is his lens to see the world, including Stoicism and the Tao te Ching.By anarchofuturist
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