May the reasonable sow seeds of cohesion in this society. Rest in peace, Charlie Kirk. 

Charlie's assassination marks a flashpoint in American culture. I am talking today with former federal prosecutor and author Hank Kopel. I needed to speak with someone I trusted to be both descent and analytical. There is nobody better than Hank at a time like this.

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https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/author/henry-kopel/

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This is the fourth part of a six episode series on mental health and the decaying field of psychotherapy in America and in the western world. Todd Hayen, Ph.D. is a Canadian psychotherapist, also the author of Shrew Views and of his own podcast, both linked below. He also has a new book. Check his substack for more information.

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Join Dr. Klein for the third installation of the series on the decaying field of psychotherapy in America and the western world. Jaco van Zyl is a psychoanalytic psychologist who grew up in South Africa and who now resides and practices in Ireland. Find his work below:

https://criticaltherapyantidote.org/

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14753634.2024.2371655

https://criticaltherapyantidote.org/2025/05/20/a-critical-response-to-the-irish-journal-of-counselling-and-psychotherapy-part-2/

Join me for this a continued multi-part series on the deterioration of the mental health field from the perspective of the professionals in the trenches. Psychotherapy has veered for many decades into reinforcing pathological narcissism and has been a handmaiden of diminishing functioning in the new generations. 

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