the radical center

In the 4th installment of the Open Therapy podcast, Dr. Andrew Hartz talks with me about how cultural context can shape and impact mental health and manifestations of mental illness. Andrew Hartz, Ph. D., is the founder of the Open Therapy Institute: https://www.opentherapyinstitute.org/ To find a therapist through the Open Therapy Institute, contact them here. CE workshops and a membership will b...

Dr. Chloe Carmichael is a clinical psychologist and USA Today bestselling author who graduated Phi Beta Kappa summa cum laude from Columbia University, earning a BA in Psychology with departmental honors. She holds a Masters and Doctorate of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology from Long Island University. She has taught psychology at the university level, and she is a member of the American Psycholo...

In the 3rd installment of the Open Therapy podcast, Dr. Andrew Hartz talks with me about critcisms of the mental health field in contemporary popular culture. Andrew Hartz, Ph. D., is the founder of the Open Therapy Institute: https://www.opentherapyinstitute.org/ To find a therapist through the Open Therapy Institute, contact them here. CE workshops and a membership will be offered soon. ________...

For more about DI-AG, visit their website: https://www.di-ag.org/ "Over the past 10 years, gender ideology has rapidly swept the nation, largely via hijacking the gay rights movement, and under the guise of kindness. Understandably, Democrats were quick to get on board. You’re likely here because you know gender ideology and the medicalization of children is in direct opposition to core liber...

I had a conversation with my kids the other night about what the "pride" flags we see all over the place stand for. Here's a short video going over how I explained them to my kids- perhaps it will be helpful for you as you think about how to talk with your children about these issues. _____________________________________________________________________ If you would like to contact m...

Daniel Ortner is an attorney at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE https://www.thefire.org) litigating on behalf of free speech for all Americans. Daniel has written and spoken extensively about First Amendment issues, including in The New York Times, The Hill, and The Epoch Times. His law review articles on free speech have been published in the Catholic University Law Revi...

*note: there's some mic noise at first but stick with us- we get it sorted out. Also- we will be taking next Monday off and will be back on the stream July 8th. Jenny Holland joins us again to discuss some viewer feedback- we get into a few juicy comments. Thank you all for your participation- we love to get your feedback in the comments and live chats! Jenny's substack: https://jennyeholl...

Andrew Hartz is the founder of the Open Therapy Institute: https://www.opentherapyinstitute.org/ He's a practicing clinical psychologist in New York City and was formerly a professor in the clinical psychology doctoral program at Long Island University in Brooklyn. He's written about politics and mental health here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/freud-explains-cancel-culture-id-ego-superego-hypermo...

Andrew Hartz is the founder of the Open Therapy Institute: https://www.opentherapyinstitute.org/ He's a practicing clinical psychologist in New York City and was formerly a professor in the clinical psychology doctoral program at Long Island University in Brooklyn. He's written about politics and mental health here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/freud-explains-cancel-culture-id-ego-superego-hypermo...

The surveillance state starts with our kids: https://www.secretservice.gov/sites/default/files/reports/2023-05/cisa-usss-k-12-bystander-reporting-toolkit-508_final_0.pdf Christine Sefein Wolk of Critical Therapy Antidote criticaltherapyantidote.org/ and parents' rights advocate Carob Marcelle join me to talk about Ethnic Studies, and Carob shares some images taken from a new curriculum for hig...

About Dr. Jamie Roberts: I've spent much of my adult life studying at university and then working at universities. After starting out in Psychology and Mathematics I moved to English literature in which I completed my honours degree. You write a short dissertation - using Coetzee's Disgrace, I tried to talk about the nature of male sexual desire and critiqued liberal feminism for failing t...

Jenny Holland joins Deborah, Jen, and myself to talk about what we can learn from revelations of Hunter Biden's behavior and relationships as revealed during his trial. We also talk about observations from a recent dialogue between Jordan Peterson and Eric Kaufmann about the prominence of women in institutions. Jenny Holland's substack: https://jennyeholland.substack.com/ and find her on T...

Join us every Monday at 10:00am Pacific/1:00pm Eastern for the Solid Ground Live stream. Find us at Solidgroundsupport.com Twitter @jleslieelliott @dissidentdelite @deborahknox _____________________________________________________________________ If you would like to contact me, my website is: https://theradicalcenterconsulting.com/ and I am on twitter @JLeslieElliott And if you appreciate this on...

Phobia is an irrational fear of something. A persistent, abnormal, and irrational fear of a specific thing or situation that compels one to avoid it, despite the awareness and reassurance that it is not dangerous. from Greek phobos "fear, panic fear, terror, outward show of fear; object of fear or terror," originally "flight" In this case, transgender people Redefinition is “fe...

Stella O’Malley is a psychotherapist, bestselling author, public speaker, and parent. Specialising in working with parents and young people, Stella has written several books: Cotton Wool Kids (2015), Bully-Proof Kids (2017), Fragile (2019), What Your Teen Is Trying To Tell You (2023) as well as co-authoring When Kids Say They're Trans (2023) along with fellow therapists, Sasha Ayad and Lisa Ma...

Meghan Murphy is a writer and podcaster from Vancouver, now based in Mexico. She hosts The Same Drugs on Spotify and co-hosts Where Are All the Women? live on YouTube and X every Wednesday at 6PM PT. Links: https://www.meghanmurphy.ca/ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZr_veK5sZ6h_exw2J78pi2zi-Oyln-W1 https://open.spotify.com/show/0dxBtcL8pcM7Pu83JpS0Cr Event Thursday May 30: https://www.tic...

Christine Sefein Wolk of Critical Therapy Antidote criticaltherapyantidote.org/ joins us for a discussion about polarization, race, feminism, and women in pop culture (Sex & the City/Barbie) Find more from Christine at https://www.youtube.com/@ctapodcast which she hosts along with Jaco Van Zyl Join us every Monday at 10:00am Pacific/1:00pm Eastern for the Solid Ground Live stream. Find us at S...

"We are going to see a radical decline in the quality of surgery in this country" -Dr. Celia K. Nelson Celia K. Nelson, M.D., F.A.C.S is a General Surgeon who has been A fellow of the American College of Surgeons since 1995. An excerpt from Dr. Nelson's letter to the American College of Surgeons: "Racism, prejudice, and misogyny are all real, but in America, they are not enough...

Benny has traveled the world as a poet and emcee. He's the co-creator of the conscious comedy YouTube channel JoyCamp. He’s originally from Los Angeles, but he escaped California in 2018. He now lives in North Idaho with his wife and 3 sons. He has an online communication course called Free Your Speech: The Art of Communication. In which he’s enrolled over 400 people. He also runs a men's...

Carolyn is a lifelong learner. She is a freethinking student of history, psychology, nutrition, spirituality, entheogens, wellness, the occult, the culture wars, and more. She is a wife, mother, and conspiracy realist. Carolyn is a highly creative person. She enjoys singing, dancing, sewing, painting, drawing, writing, homesteading, etc. This is her much-neglected website for her dance: https://pa...

Melanie is a Canadian who lived in the UK most of her life. When she moved back to Canada in 2017, she faced a culture shock of wokeness. Melanie has spend most of her working career in STEM research so she turned to researching the roots of queer theory after coming face to face with it in her own family. Melanie communicates her finding on her YouTube channel and works with local parent and conc...

Dr. Mario Burns was born and raised in St, Louis, Missouri. He served six years of honorable service in the United States Air Force (1999-2005) as a Security Forces member and is a combat veteran having served tours in Saudi Arabia and Iraq. Mario received his Ph. D. in counselor education and supervision from the University of Texas at San Antonio. Mario is a Licensed Professional Counselor Super...

About Jamie, in his own words: In my PhD I tried to develop a model to explain the nature of good and evil. I drew on literature and philosophy (Plato, Conrad, Tolsoy, Nietzsche - amongst others) to explore how people do bad things for the sake of power and belonging to the group. I learned that nothing ever really changes - the way the academics around me behaved fitted very closely with what I r...

Kink-affirming, polyamory promoting... is this therapy? Christine Sefein Wolk of Critical Therapy Antidote criticaltherapyantidote.org/ and parents' rights advocate Carob Marcelle join me to talk about therapy and the promotion of progressive sexual ideology. Find more from Christine at https://www.youtube.com/@ctapodcast which she hosts along with Jaco Van Zyl And you can also find more from...

Phil Illy and Aaron Terrell join me for a discussion of autogynephilia and autoandrophilia, and why the concept of autosexuality is controversial among both trans activists and the gender critical crowd. Phil Illy is the author of Autoheterosexual: Attracted to Being the Other Sex, a science book about autogynephilia and autoandrophilia. Illy's book explains the psychology of cross-gender attr...