Open Therapy Institute

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

27/01/2026

OTI journal article: “How Socio-Political Values Shape the Therapeutic Alliance,” by Nina Silander, PsyD

Read it here on Substack: https://substack.com//p-185697731

26/01/2026

What makes someone susceptible to radicalization?

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

23/01/2026

Craig Frisby, Ph.D., describes the importance of therapists viewing culture as “local” and treating their patients as individuals.

Excerpt from OTI’s workshop, "Anti-white Aggression, Racial Paranoia, and a Racially Preoccupied Culture: Current Challenges Around Race and Mental Health"

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

21/01/2026

“I and many others have argued that the ‘cultural competence’ construct has many, many serious problems…”

Craig Frisby, Ph.D., critiques the “cultural competence” approach to mental health care at OTI’s workshop on anti-white aggression.

Watch here: https://youtu.be/dpB5QBBucf4?si=DN8vqAMh_Mqr-D3w

21/01/2026

New article in Commentary magazine by OTI Senior Advisor Sally Satel, M.D., “Anti-Semitism on the Couch.”

Read it here:

Shortly after October 7, 2023, an Arizona-based group called the Jewish Therapist Collective received a sharp increase in calls from Jewish therapists. The collective is an online community that offers

18/01/2026

OTI is hiring for two roles! Now accepting applications for Senior Fundraising Director and Outreach and Marketing Director. Full job descriptions and application instructions here: https://www.opentherapyinstitute.org/careers

17/01/2026

Final hours to save: get 30% off “New Challenges in Gender and Sexuality” through Sunday, 1/18.

CE credits are available. Learn more and register: https://www.opentherapyinstitute.org/workshops