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Addressing Political Biases in Mental Health Care

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27/02/2026

“If I can put you in a pigeonhole, I’m not really looking at the complexity of your personality.”

Ira Moses, Ph.D., ABPP, speaks at OTI’s workshop, “How the New Racial Reductionism Hurts Therapeutic Processes.”

Watch here: https://youtu.be/XZ8mX6vAH6o

23/02/2026

OTI is hiring! Now accepting applications for an Outreach and Marketing Director.

Learn more and apply here: https://opentherapyinstitute.org/careers

20/02/2026

“We know that Critical Social Justice…is not coherent and consistent. In fact, they even characterize coherency and consistency as a ‘white’ invention.”

Excerpt from OTI’s workshop on anti-white aggression and a racially preoccupied culture, with speaker Jaco van Zyl, MA.

Watch the full workshop here: https://opentherapyinstitute.thinkific.com/courses/anti-white-aggression

18/02/2026

OTI journal article: “Codifying Bias: How Activist Politics Became Embedded in Social Work Standards and Practices,” by Nafees Alam, PhD

Read it here on Substack: https://opentherapyinstitute.substack.com/p/codifying-bias-how-activist-politics

14/02/2026

Should therapists bring up their client’s race in therapy?

Excerpt from OTI’s workshop, “How the New Racial Reductionism Hurts Therapeutic Processes,” with Michael Strambler, Ph.D.

Watch the full workshop here: https://opentherapyinstitute.thinkific.com/courses/racial-reductionism

11/02/2026

Upcoming CE credit workshop: “Political Conflict and Bias in Therapy.”

With speakers Jill Cermele, Ph.D., Nafees Alam, Ph.D., and Linda Chamberlain, PsyD

Get 30% off through 3/29. Learn more and register: https://www.opentherapyinstitute.org/workshops

10/02/2026

OTI journal article: “Cultural Misunderstandings: On the Misuses of the Term ‘Culture’,” by Douglas Novotny, PhD

Read it here on Substack: https://opentherapyinstitute.substack.com/p/cultural-misunderstandings-on-the

06/02/2026

“If concepts like the nuclear family, like scientific thinking, like hard work for success, delayed gratification and so on…are ‘white,’ what might it mean for being black or non-white?”

Excerpt from OTI’s workshop, “How the New Racial Reductionism Hurts Therapeutic Processes,” with Michael Strambler, Ph.D.

Watch here: https://youtu.be/ovQ2uOnC_lU

04/02/2026

“I think the risk of using stereotypes way outweighs any benefit.”

Excerpt from OTI’s workshop, “How the New Racial Reductionism Hurts Therapeutic Processes,” with speaker Ira Moses, Ph.D., ABPP.

Watch here: https://opentherapyinstitute.thinkific.com/courses/racial-reductionism

02/02/2026

CE credit workshop: join us for “New Challenges in Gender and Sexuality,” online Sunday, February 8 at 12pm ET. Speakers will discuss non-binary and asexual identities, detransitioner experiences, and men’s issues in the context of couples therapy.

Speakers: Nafees Alam, Ph.D., J. Michael Bailey, Ph.D., and Genspect founder Stella O'Malley, MA

Learn more and register: https://www.opentherapyinstitute.org/workshops

30/01/2026

OTI workshop speakers Ira Moses, Ph.D., ABPP, and Michael Strambler, Ph.D., discuss ways for therapists to work productively with clients around issues related to stereotypes and microaggressions.

Excerpt from OTI’s workshop, “How the New Racial Reductionism Hurts Therapeutic Processes.”

Watch here: https://youtu.be/NgslxF9Q2F0

28/01/2026

When even the arts and entertainment are constrained by social justice, mental health begins to suffer. Carole Sherwood, DClinPsy, examines this trend at OTI’s workshop, “Anti-white Aggression, Racial Paranoia, and a Racially Preoccupied Culture: Current Challenges Around Race and Mental Health.”

Watch here: https://youtu.be/cBkNdiHihCc

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