Lysenkoism has invaded psychology and that’s why “gender affirmation” is no questions asked, and if you’re a person of color, your depression and anxiety is always due to oppression. They’re going to kill a lot of people with this garbage.

Everyone is a person valuable in their own accord. I judge folks on actions and behaviours not looks or dress. Saying I’m not worthy of empathy discounts me as an equal human being. Sad the hatred being grown in the world today.

I don't think your guest is an ideal spokesperson in the fight against woke therapy: "Sure, they hijack professional and ethical standards, put their ideology above the needs of the client, and silence those who disagree. But it sure was a good program and I am very grateful to have been a part of it!"

I can't wait until DOGE looks into this nonsense.

Talk...talk and more talk while a genocide is going on in the name of settler colonialism seems akin to sympathizing with the IDF soldiers trauma when they run over civilians rather the civilians who are run over. Free Palestine...teach students about settler colonialism and our complicity to it here in the USA as we continue to send money and weapons to Israel

It's abuse!

He is saying word for word what happened at my school too!

luckly trump won and we wont have to go thru this anymore ^ male and female he and she only period :D

Another thought occurs to me about counselors buying into and practicing this. . . What would prevent an activist counselor from recognizing they have a client who supports Trump and purposely doing things to make that client worse off psychologically than when they first sought help? It’s a dark thought but no doubt the ugliness of this philosophy would seem to support that kind of subversive tactic.

13:52 Leslie you always have such thoughtful takes. Your example about making things equal between children in a family vs. scaling this idea to a population is such a GREAT analogy to use when talking to others about the many problems with DEI when equity becomes your primary focus.

Polyamory is socialist in nature. Sounds like this program is promoting radical social ideology (Communism). Socialism pushes the gender binary, polyamory (non-traditional family structures), cognitive dissonance in order to push forward the Marxist agenda.

Excellent conversation. Thank you for your work! ❤

Amazing amazing. Love these conversations. ❤

Leslie I have been watching your videos since early on, and seems to me, from the outside, this journey has made you stronger. Know that you are not alone. Please Carry on the good work.

I went to my university's careers adviser and completed their questionnaire. They suggested my resume would benefit most from their course on micro-aggressions. The government here in Australia sets the base price for a standard university subject. Still, it can apply either a 50% discount if there is an undersupply in the labour market or a 100% penalty rate for oversupplied subjects. Critical race theory units currently attract the +100% penalty rate. The left-wing government "unwittingly" incentivized the universities to make those units obligatory across all degree programs.

Feminism. Does the rejection of wokeness also apply to all the advantages women were given over men by the campaigns of feminism? Eg female job quotas.

My class was called “Multicultural Counseling” and we had that same book. I was shocked when I was reading it. I had my pre-practicum during that time (was an online course but met in person once a year for a week) and I was told in our small group that since I was a white man I had the most privilege in the class. Being called out like that by the professor was awful and made the week miserable.

Ask a therapist for a 15 minute info interview, come with hard questions. I give them all the time. It's important to get an ideological, ethical match. Ask if they're from a traditional, humanist, or critical race orientation.

Im I'm behavioural science, evolutionary biology, we have the same encroachment happening. So refreshing to hear othee discuss this.

I am kind of confused. I thought therapy is intended to liberate individuals from unhealthy systems that are counter to human flourishing. Do we not want to gain insight into ourselves to "raise conciiusness" about patterns that are not wokable in navigating worlds that intentionally and unintentionally define other individuals as less human? Counselors often struggle to identify their own personal frames and I am pretty sure the intention of this course work is to facilitate exploration of one's own blind spots. It sounds like we have some language problems around communicating training in cross cultural work. I think moves towards healing are inherently subversive as we support human differentiation, boundary setting and values directed decision making. There are always ripple effects from change and humans are called to relate socially so i am not sure how therapy isnt radical and transformative from that perspective. If the job is to maintain the status quo then i am not sure therapy is the best mechanism for doing so. I would probably be labeled as "woke" and when I am in the counseling room I am rooting for all the folk i work with to gain transformative opportunities as they explore what this means in their life. I do not define the change for them but rather bring awareness to processes that keep them stuck in relating to themselves and others.

I think activists get waaay too much credit for having good intentions. More often than not, their main intentions are (1) to win the approval (or at least avoid the disapproval) of other activists, and (2) to look down on those they deem morally inferior. They're church ladies (in the Dana Carvey sense). This generation of pious busybodies will hound someone out of job for saying "reverse racism" or "there are two sexes" in the same spirit their grandmothers would have hounded someone out of a job for being a lesbian, or saying "fuck", or suggesting that blacks and whites should use the same water fountain.

Well said!

I'm an indigenous person from Canada and when I had sobered up finally 26 years ago I needed to talk to someone and begin addressing the issues that drove me to alcoholism in the first place (NOT genetics like a lot of imbeciles like to declare) so a close friend of mine got me together with a therapist she knew of Israeli/Jewish persuasion in part because of his credentials but mostly because of his "lived experience". It's one thing to talk to someone who knows what they're doing professionally but when you talk to someone who has had the same experience as you have had regardless of race, class, or religion, it feels like you're talking to your long lost brother or sister and that to me is one of the major hallmarks of an effective therapist, and is probably the reason I had to go through 3 or 4 of them to get to this guy...

Thomas Sowell's wonderful book titled Black Rednecks and White Liberals is a great place to start! The man is a treasure.

Great conversation. I've been wanting to explore therapy but I resist finding a therapist because I'm 90% sure I'd end up getting gaslighted or worse, condemned as far right or whatever. Even if it wasn't an open condemnation, it would impact a session. I don't think I'm paranoid. I don't feel a need to talk about being white but I don't see how I could stay completely silent about the racism I've experienced in recent years. I was assaulted by 'the knockout game.' A game where the goal is to knock out a white person, an Asian or a Jew with one punch. I was also shot at for being white. 5 rounds. I think it was just intimidation or I'd be dead. Regardless, I experienced some PTSD for a good year. Who knows if I still am? I'm an old white man in my 60s, I'm the archetype of evil and privilege in the Woke worldview. In order for all of their oppression to make sense, there has to be an oppressor. I'd like to see some sort of rating or review system online or something. Like an anti-Woke Yelp for counselors. I don't like cancel culture but it would be very valuable for getting through this era. Everything has become tribal but it's not without reason. I identified as far left, proudly, just 10 to 15 years ago. I haven't changed at all. The left left me as they say. Things are getting better in the culture at large I believe, rapidly, Maybe we'll see struggle sessions for the Woke folks! Group therapy to help them back to reality.

I agreed with everything you say. The only exception being how you described diversity as confusing ideology. It’s not confusing, it is just hatred masquerading as enlightenment

I was trained 20 years ago, I promise you nothing like this existed, we only heard these nutty ideas coming from gender studies programs participants, and we never imagined their wacky ideas would become the norm. Imagine how fantastic your program would have been without all this wasted time, without the climate of fear.

So if someone has signs of racing thoughts or executive function disfunction -instead of a referral to a psychiatrist-a therapist would get them hooked on perceptions of victimization and encourage activism? Actually encouraging more severe mental illnesses in people who already may have a predisposition?

This all seems to be going down a horrifying path. Is it too far fetched that by 2030 they would suggesting that the horrible opressor class just "cause itself to physically vanish"..

No better way to tell others you're super reactionary than to call yourself 'radical center'.

Those "competencies," are genuinely alarming. Hoping the UK won't get that far but it's nuts..sadly this makes me wonder if, being a straight white male counsellor I should only work with straight white male clients...that's not what I'm aiming for just for the record.

Diversity: Hire/promote only those who agree with the ideology Equity: Hire/promote only historically oppressed social identities, as defined by the ideology Inclusion: Exclude historically privileged groups, as defined by the ideology The ideology? Postmodern neo-Marxism

It gains traction and advances through women

I think the quote you were looking for was from C.S. Lewis: "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive."

I’m here because there’s a similar problem in teaching programs around the country. Future teachers are told to view their students through a lens of gender, race, class and ethnicity etc. If a Black student is underperforming it’s because we are racists, as teachers we are subconsciously sending students micro-aggressions. As a teacher my future job is to spread awareness of social injustices and incorporate books into my teaching that deal with oppression, sexism and racism. Materials that focus on how horrible the US is historically would also be important in order to make students understand that America isn’t a nation built on admirable ideals, rather, the system is set up to protect and preserve the power of white Americans. Essentially, teachers these days are supposed to prime their students to become activists. One of the main problems with Critical theories is that many university students find the ideology attractive. Why? Because the message is that you are morally superior if you believe in it. You are a good human being who fights for the oppressed etc. Who doesn’t want to feel like a morally enlightened hero? Anyone who questions things or can’t get on board is a racist, sexist and a bigot of course. Kids in America are supposedly hyper aware of their race, gender, class and ethnicity etc, and that is what impacts a student’s ability to learn, it’s insanity! We need more awareness of the indoctrination of our future teachers as changing their university education is crucial for making American kids feel hopeful for their futures and the future of America. I’m convinced that the mental health crisis in the US is directly related to the negative messages they get in their classrooms. There’s a sense of impeding doom and hopelessness among many young adults today because of what they are taught in our public schools.😔

I’m here because there’s a similar problem in teaching programs around the country. Future teachers are told to view their students through a lens of gender, race, class and ethnicity etc. If a Black student is underperforming it’s because we are racists, as teachers we are subconsciously sending students micro-aggressions. As a teacher my future job is to spread awareness of social injustices and incorporate books into my teaching that deal with oppression, sexism and racism. Materials that focus on how horrible the US is historically would also be important in order to make students understand that America isn’t a nation built on admirable ideals, rather, the system is set up to protect and preserve the power of white Americans. Essentially, teachers these days are supposed to prime their students to become activists. One of the main problems with Critical theories is that many university students find the ideology attractive. Why? Because the message is that you are morally superior if you believe in it. You are a good human being who fights for the oppressed etc. Who doesn’t want to feel like morally enlightened hero? Anyone who questions things or can’t get on board is a racist, sexist and a bigot of course. Everyone in America is supposedly hyper aware of their race, gender, class and ethnicity, and that is what impacts a student’s ability to learn, it’s insanity! We need more awareness of the indoctrination of our future teachers as changing their university education is crucial for making American kids feel hopeful for their futures and the future of America. I’m convinced that the mental health crisis in the US is directly related to the negative messages they get in their classrooms. There’s a sense of impeding doom and hopelessness among many young adults today because of what they are taught in our public schools.

excellent video

I love to study metaphysical and spiritual teachings, and-going back as far as you can go- they all say that it’s ethically wrong to try and raise someone else’s consciousness. It’s ok to plant seeds as a way to gently try and help another person grow and hopefully reach higher levels of understanding, but introducing people to ideas that they aren’t ready for can be psychologically damaging. The fact that they’re introducing gnostic ideas to people who likely have no background or context to parse through what they’re being taught and discern for themselves is psychological violence imo.

A similar type of indoctrination is happening in teaching programs. As a future teacher I had to work within the framework of critical theories, every essay had to be analyzed and argued using intersectionality. No wonder our students are failing because teachers aren’t understanding how kids learn anymore nor how to motivate and inspire their students.

Decolonization= take away what we learned to be most likely true and replace it with the “minorities” opinions and unproven/unverifiable beliefs. This is what I hear when “decolonization” is introduced to any subject. To be clear…

This is the most depressing conversation I have heard in...ever. It sounds like a red tide that can't be stopped, from people who see state control of thought as the avenue toward a utopian life for all. How can a therapist navigate these waters to help a person become whole? How can she help them without running afoul of laws that will inevitably silence her through snitching to authority, the very thing the West has been historically compelled to fight?

Over a century ago, the far-left colonized psychology with the aim of dissolving cultural norms in preparation for the borderless world under a one world government - which is communism. Ordinary people know that their own common sense is superior to anything that psychology has to say. Every single personality disorder and mental illness has been explored by youtube videos made by people suffering from those disorders, these youtube videos have achieved far greater therapeutic effect than whole libraries full of books and papers written by psychologists. Psychology is a hoax, same as Psychiatry.

Why do we think the communist/marxist ideals are based at all in ‘wanting’ anything. It presents more thoroughly as something people are doing out of escape, rather than a direct ambition to achieve. I see it all as nihilism by proxy. If you look to the elements of harm being created in its wake, there seems to be the fundamentals of a people unwilling to tackle the hard task of being absolutely successful in their field - conveniently replacing the hard task of helping by switching it up into areas of ambiguity; which reaps results immediately. I think our culture is terrified of failure. The cultural Marxism, and the tearing down of things, really is just a form of easy won success in a world that would otherwise be quite terrifying to make/leave your mark on..?

I attended elementary school in the 1990's at an experimental private school. The teachers were progressive hippie liberals. We sat in a drum circle every morning and called teachers by their first names. And the school was amazing. Of course it has since been taken over by Wokeists. It's interesting to observe how "bland liberalism" has absolutely no defense against this leftist authoritarian ideology. Throughout history with utopian ideologies-whether Puritanism or communism-the expectation that the world _should be idyllic_ inevitably leads people to take increasingly extreme actions to secure the utopia they were promised. Maybe the key lies in "acceptance." You must accept the world as a permanently flawed place, even while working to make it better.

Stone cold nihilistic, double binding, morally relativistic, self loathing inducing, mind corrupting, anti holistic, anti therapeutic, intentionally subversive mind control

If I may, I will quote some Frantz Fanon. From his "Wretched of the Earth" 60th anniversary edition. Page 1: “ . . . decolonization is always a violent event. . . . decolonization is quite simply the substitution of one 'species' of mankind by another.” In case there were any doubts, the name of chapter 1 is “On Violence”. There is no mistaking what it's about. Page 89: “Antiracist racism and the determination to defend one's skin, which is characteristic of the colonized's response to join the struggle.” I almost glossed over this passage but it looks like an admission that antiracism is just racism. I wasn't even trying to find that, I just came across it and was surprised that Fanon actually uses that word. Another quote on page 89: "Racism, hatred, resentment and the 'legitimate desire for revenge' alone cannot nurture a war of liberation." Implying that these ingredients are important but incomplete. Blood magic is definitely a good description of what this is. The back of the book brags about it being a major influence on BLM and decolonization. It also brags about how it stands alongside other great pillars of anti-colonialism and anti-racism. Don't let anyone tell you this book is just an obscure piece from a radical fringe that doesn't represent the movement. This book is absolutely representative of what the de-colonize movement is about and these guys know exactly what they're doing.

Fake Revolution tò not change anything. Fake therapy tò get sick pawns tò manouver.

@41:00 The surest way to work up a crusade in favor of some good cause is to promise people that they will have a chance of maltreating someone. . . . To be able to destroy with good conscience, to be able to behave badly and call your bad behavior “righteous indignation" -- this is the height of psychological luxury, the most delicious of moral treats. Aldous Huxley

I see this as if our different cultures are a marriage that want to remain married, But one partner has cheated and that incident is brought up everyday and will not be forgotten or forgiven.. How could we expect a relationship to work in them circumstances???

A thoroughly enjoyable conversation. What a fantastic guest, so erudite and well presented. Enjoyed hearing you both talking on eschatology and the Edenic paradise at the end of it all. I live in the land of Paulo Freire and the pedagogy of the oppressed... Quite disturbing the topic of decolonising, recovering historical memory... it would seem the long-term intentions are quite malignant. Cracking show, congrats Leslie!