the radical center

Join us every Monday at 10:00am Pacific/1:00pm Eastern for the Solid Ground Live stream. Find us at https://sground.substack.com/Twitter:@jleslieelliott@dissidentdelite@deborahknoxJenny Holland's substack: https://jennyeholland.substack.com/ and find her on Twitter @SemperFemina21Dr Aaron Kindsvatter is a former professor of counselor education. Not long ago he left his tenured position to start a...

Today we were joined by Naomi Best and Laura How to discuss some extremely alarming developments in counselor education. Find Naomi's WSJ article here: https://www.wsj.com/opinion/santa-clara-universitys-crazy-idea-of-human-sexuality-therapy-licensing-higher-education-44e744ceNaomi on X @naomieppsbestLaura How is a relationship counsellor and coach from The UK with over 20 years’ experience in...

Dr. Nafees Alam is an award-winning professor specializing in nonprofit program evaluation and macro practice. Before academia, he worked in Wall Street’s financial sector for over seven years. Dr. Alam’s research agenda is self-determination in sport social work with a secondary focus on viewpoint diversity, open inquiry, and constructive disagreement in higher education. He has several publicati...

Laura How is a relationship counsellor and coach from The UK with over 20 years’ experience in various mental health professions. Not an advocate for traditional person-centred counselling, Laura’s alternative therapeutic approach involves maximising personal agency by developing a fierce dedication to truth, responsibility and action. She believes in the power and importance of intimate sexual re...

Pamela Garfield-Jaeger, LCSW is known as "The Truthful Therapist" because after she lost her job for choosing not to take the c*vid v*cc*ne, she decided to step up and publicly tell the truth about how corroded the mental health system is. With her 20+ years of experience, Pamela has built an online program to help parents find non-ideologically driven therapy. She also does online consu...

In the 27th episode of the Open Therapy Podcast, Andrew and I get into some critiques of feminism, and discuss overlooked men's issues. Andrew Hartz, Ph. D. is the founder of the Open Therapy Institute. To find a therapist, become a member, or learn about workshops through the Open Therapy Institute, go to: https://www.opentherapyinstitute.org___________________________________________________...

 @BenjaminABoyce  joins us for a frank discussion of white identity and the morality of lust. ​⁠ Join us every Monday at 10:00am Pacific/1:00pm Eastern for the Solid Ground Live stream. Twitter:@jleslieelliott@dissidentdelite@deborahknoxTo join our Solid Ground peer support and discussion group go to: https://substack.com/@solidgroundsupportWe also host a locals forum at: https://solidground.local...

Jennifer Lahl is founder of The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network. Lahl couples her 25 years of experience as a pediatric critical care nurse, a hospital administrator, and a senior-level nursing manager with a deep passion to speak for those who have no voice. Lahl’s writings have appeared in various publications including Cambridge University Press, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Dallas...

Here’s the link if you would like to check out my previous interview with Darleen Lev: https://youtu.be/lKDTBIXQoBs?si=WtMQ3sSgHz0AlrVJBorn in 1961 at the tail end of the baby boom, Darleen Lev experienced firsthand the seismic shifts from the so-called “patriarchy” as a child in the 60s, to the sanctioned hedonism encouraged by the sexual revolution as a teenager in the 70s, to the sexual panic w...

In the 26th episode of the Open Therapy Podcast, Andrew and I discuss openness the need for in person community, and what's on the other side of the Dialectic. Andrew Hartz, Ph. D. is the founder of the Open Therapy Institute. To find a therapist, become a member, or learn about workshops through the Open Therapy Institute, go to: https://www.opentherapyinstitute.org___________________________...

Join us every Monday at 10:00am Pacific/1:00pm Eastern for the Solid Ground Live stream. Twitter:@jleslieelliott@dissidentdelite@deborahknoxTo join our Solid Ground peer support and discussion group go to: https://substack.com/@solidgroundsupportWe also host a locals forum at: https://solidground.locals.comJenny Holland's substack: https://jennyeholland.substack.com/ and find her on Twitter @S...

In the 26th episode of the Open Therapy Podcast, Andrew and I discuss openness, and what's on the other side of the Dialectic. Andrew Hartz, Ph. D. is the founder of the Open Therapy Institute. To find a therapist, become a member, or learn about workshops through the Open Therapy Institute, go to: https://www.opentherapyinstitute.org____________________________________________________________...

About Rick McCarthy, MFT: I have been in practice for over 40 years, working with a very diverse population, including individual’s, adults, adolescents, and couples with a wide variety of concerns and complex life challenges. I taught for 28 years, first as an associate professor of psychology at Marymount College, and have taught graduate courses at Loyola Marymount University, Pepperdine Univer...

Marie is a registered massage therapist in Ontario, Canada. She designed a physical therapy protocol for peripheral neurological symptom management related to autism. She has 2 autistic adult daughters, an autistic brother, and was assessed herself at age 37. A process which confirmed that she would've received an Asperger's diagnosis in childhood. She's a member of the LGB Courage Coa...

Arnoldo Cantú, LCSW is a clinical social worker and psychotherapist with experience in school social work, private practice, and currently working in community mental health seeing children, adolescents, families, and adults. Cantú was born in Mexico and considers Texas home having grown up in the Rio Grande Valley, though currently resides in the beautiful city of Fort Collins located in northern...

Michael Olan, Psy. D., is a doctor of psychology in clinical psychology currently working as a postdoctoral clinical associate. Michael works to understand ideological intrusions in psychotherapy and their impact on core psychological sensibilities essential to healing. He is chiefly concerned with the influence of issues related to politicization in therapy and co-hosts the Critical Therapy Antid...

Join us every Monday at 10:00am Pacific/1:00pm Eastern for the Solid Ground Live stream. Twitter:@jleslieelliott@dissidentdelite@deborahknox Find more from Christine at https://www.youtube.com/@ctapodcast which she co-hosts. I you wish to contact him, Dr. Kindsvatter can be reached at kindsvatter.aaron@gmail.com_____________________________________________________________________If you would like...

Here’s the link if you would like to check out my previous interview with Darleen Lev: https://youtu.be/lKDTBIXQoBs?si=WtMQ3sSgHz0AlrVJBorn in 1961 at the tail end of the baby boom, Darleen Lev experienced firsthand the seismic shifts from the so-called “patriarchy” as a child in the 60s, to the sanctioned hedonism encouraged by the sexual revolution as a teenager in the 70s, to the sexual panic w...

In the 25th installment of the Open Therapy Podcast series, Andrew and I talk with former professor Dr. Erec Smith about his work in clarifying DEI and promoting civil discourse. Erec Smith is a former Associate Professor of Rhetoric at York College of Pennsylvania and a research fellow at the Cato Institute, where he does research in “Politics and Society.” He is also the co-founder of Free Black...

In the 24th installment of the Open Therapy Podcast series, Andrew and I talk about image-based objectification of the self, and how soc med harms relationships and mental health. Andrew Hartz, Ph. D., is the founder of the Open Therapy Institute. To find a therapist, become a member, or learn about workshops through the Open Therapy Institute, go to: https://www.opentherapyinstitute.org__________...

Join us every Monday at 10:00am Pacific/1:00pm Eastern for the Solid Ground Live stream. Find us at Solidgroundsupport.comTwitter:@jleslieelliott@dissidentdelite@deborahknoxFind more from Christine at https://www.youtube.com/@ctapodcast which she co-hosts. Dr Aaron Kindsvatter is a former professor of counselor education. Not long ago he left his tenured position to start a private practice in Bur...

John Paulson is an Associate Professor of Social Work at a regional midwestern university and has taught for the past 10 years in both the undergraduate and graduate social work programs. John began teaching as an adjunct at a community college in 2004 and transitioned to teaching full time at that college in 2011 and did so for 4 years before accepting his current position. His twenty plus years...

Dr. Dina McMillan is an internationally recognized social psychologist, educated at Stanford University. She has over 20 years of expertise in both community and professional program development, policy improvement and all levels of training. She specializes in domestic abuse and violence prevention and improved response, bias reduction, and gambling harm. Dr. McMillan excels at simplifying comple...

In the 22nd installment of the Open Therapy Podcast series, Andrew and I talk about a therapeutic tone that is more helpful for working with men, and how the feminisation of the mental health field can alienate men. Andrew Hartz, Ph. D., is the founder of the Open Therapy Institute. To find a therapist, become a member, or learn about workshops through the Open Therapy Institute, go to: https://ww...

Doug Novotny is a practicing Clinical Psychologist, with 25 years clinical experience and 14 years teaching and supervising therapists at all levels. He completed an interdisciplinary psychology PhD at the University of Chicago, and Internship at Harvard’s Cambridge Hospital. Specialty interests include family work with young children, and the interactions between clinical psychology and Culture....