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Addressing Political Biases in Mental Health Care

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26/09/2025

How can we move beyond dismissing “men’s issues” with an eye-roll and toward a more balanced, dialectical understanding?

Excerpt from OTI's workshop, “Anti-male Bias: From Blind Spots and Discrimination to False Accusations of Misconduct and Anti-male Aggression,” with Andrew Hartz, Ph.D.

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRm4kXh463U

25/09/2025

“Though the MeToo movement likely had some positive effects…there was the potential, as with all movements, for the pendulum to swing too far.”

Excerpt from OTI's workshop, “Anti-male Bias: From Blind Spots and Discrimination to False Accusations of Misconduct and Anti-male Aggression,” featuring Ronald Chau, Ph.D.

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZcC-yRVA1Q

22/09/2025

“The hypothesis that I’m going to put forward today is that there’s an anti-masculine bias that has seeped into the culture in the United States, which has led to the neglect of issues related to boys, men, and masculinity.”

Excerpt from OTI's workshop, “Anti-male Bias: From Blind Spots and Discrimination to False Accusations of Misconduct and Anti-male Aggression,” with Yedidya Levy, Psy.D.

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-4IhwZdopw

21/09/2025

Read “Self-Censorship Is Becoming a Mental Health Crisis,” by Dr. Chloe, in OTI’s journal: https://opentherapyinstitute.substack.com/p/self-censorship-is-becoming-a-mental

20/09/2025

OTI workshop speaker Joshua Aronson, Ph.D., describes the rise of anti-male bias, with examples from academia.

Excerpt from “Anti-male Bias: From Blind Spots and Discrimination to False Accusations of Misconduct and Anti-male Aggression.”

Watch here: https://youtu.be/Z5aJxIL4Egw?si=tNJVA4Vaf9hiC8qY

18/09/2025

Register for OTI’s October 19th workshop on intensive parenting, misuses of the term “culture,” and mental health for police officers. Get a 30% discount through September 29th.

Find details and registration links on our website: https://www.opentherapyinstitute.org/workshops-membership

16/09/2025

What is the focus of therapy when patients and therapists don’t have a shared understanding?

Excerpt from OTI's workshop, “Politicized Therapy and the Alternatives,” with Jonathan Shedler, Ph.D.

View the full workshop here: https://opentherapyinstitute.thinkific.com/courses/politicized-therapy-and-alternatives

15/09/2025

New from OTI Senior Advisor Michael Strambler, Ph.D.: “Universalism is not White: Commentary on Sue et al. (2024).”

Read it in American Psychologist:

14/09/2025

Politics have had a profound impact on people’s lives. Andrew Hartz, Ph.D., and Val Thomas, DPsych, describe an emerging movement in mental health care to address biases and challenges related to a politicized culture.

Read “The Emerging Movement,” the introduction to the second issue of OTI’s journal, Frontiers in Mental Health: https://opentherapyinstitute.substack.com/p/the-emerging-movement

11/09/2025

Get 30% off OTI’s next live virtual workshop, “Three Cultural Trends Impacting Mental Health.” Topics include intensive parenting, misuses of the term “culture,” and mental health for police officers.

Speakers: Camilo Ortiz, Ph.D., Doug Novotny, Ph.D., and Kristopher Kaliebe, M.D.

Learn more & register: https://www.opentherapyinstitute.org/workshops-membership

09/09/2025

OTI workshop speaker Jonathan Shedler, Ph.D., discusses case formulation in psychotherapy.

Excerpt from OTI's workshop, “Politicized Therapy and the Alternatives.”

View the full workshop here: https://opentherapyinstitute.thinkific.com/courses/politicized-therapy-and-alternatives

09/09/2025

OTI's latest journal explores new clinical challenges, overlooked populations, and biases in the field.

Read it on Substack: https://opentherapyinstitute.substack.com/p/journal-of-the-open-therapy-institute

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