Reality Therapy
Episodes
Jaco van Zyl on South African Politics and Saving Therapy
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jaco van Zyl discusses how corruption in South Africa is leading to suffering in his home country. He also discusses how the politici...
Dr. Carole Sherwood on How Politics Corrupts Therapy
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Carole Sherwood from the UK discusses how the infiltration of Critical Race Theory has corrupted the field of therapy in harmful ...
Dr. Edward Perin on Treating Deep Wounds
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Edward Perin discusses psychodynamic psychotherapy and how depth psychology can have a greater long-term impact on people than ot...
Dr. Bret Alderman on Jungian Postmodernism
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Bret Alderman analyzes Postmodern thinkers like Judith Butler and Jacque Derrida through a Jungian lens.
Helen Pluckrose on Liberalism against Wokeness
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Helen Pluckrose gives a defense of liberal humanism and Enlightenment rationality. She discusses the Grievance Studies Hoax, her book...
Robin Atkins on Reproductive Mental Health
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Robin Atkins talks about reproductive mental health, debunks common myths about abortion, and pushes back against politicized therapy...
Phil Mitchell on Ignored Men's Issues
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, UK based psychotherapist Phil Mitchell explores men's issues that are being ignored by the mainstream, such as paternity fraud, false...
Dr. Oren Amitay on What Makes Good Therapy
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Oren Amitay discusses how the world of clinical psychology has been taken over by activists. We discussed how gender affirming ca...
Political Bias in Counseling Grad School
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Leslie Elliott Boyce, Suzannah Alexander, Katie Kernodle, and Gabrielle Turner break down how grad schools for counseling have been c...
Kat Woods on Effective Altruism and the Existential Risk of Artificial Intelligence
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kat Woods discusses effective altruism, specifically how we can reduce the suffering of animals. She also delves into the existential...
Five Male Therapists Comment on Masculinity and Men's Mental Health
25 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, therapists Juda Alcabes, Tony Ziolko, Jake Wiskerchen, Jake Freeman, and Jonathan Cogburn comment on what makes healthy masculinity, ...
Dr. Michael Olan on Bias in Clinical Psychology
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, clinical psychologist Dr. Michael Olan discusses political bias in his field and in graduate school due to social justice ideology. H...
Sasha Ayad on Confronting Gender Affirming Care
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, psychotherapist Sasha Ayad describes her efforts to push back against the harmful and unscientific practices known as gender affirmin...
Dr. Dawn Irons on Bias in Counseling Education
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Dawn Irons describes her confrontation with wokeness in graduate school when a biased dissertation panel blocked her ability to g...
Aaron Machbitz on Life Lessons from Pro Wrestling
18 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I spoke with former professional wrestler Aaron Machbitz on how sports and wrestling can teach us about life, about why men are strug...