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Ideology or therapy?

MENTAL ILLNESS IS ON THE RISE. Feelings of anxiety, vulnerability, mistrust, fear and powerlessness are all increasing. Many feel overwhelmed and paralysed in an unfair and unjust world as passive victims of events that just happen to them. Unfortunately, many of those exhibiting these symptoms are the ones being employed to tell you how to improve your own mental health.

Aspiring clinical psychologists now routinely undergo training that builds upon the ideas of Critical Race Theory (CRT) to ensure they see themselves and their future patients through the prism of categorised binary societal divisions. These mandatory guidelines come with incentivised funding

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