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How a Top Social Work Journal Published—and Then Erased—Abuse as Pedagogy
The withdrawn “Whitelash” paper reveals what students endure in the name of “anti-racism.” The real scandal is how normal it has become.
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Suzannah Alexander
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The Back-to-School Wars: A Dispatch from Occupied Academia
A satirical look at back to school shopping from the front lines of the culture war
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Suzannah Alexander
The Quiet Collapse of Scientific Standards
Journals now reward diary entries as “research.” Here’s how it happened—and why it matters for families and patients.
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Suzannah Alexander
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The Quiz That Explains Why Your ‘Helpful’ Comments Annoy Everyone
Meet the Hair Splitter, the Puppetmaster, and other critic archetypes—then learn what your defenses are really up to.
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Suzannah Alexander
2
Is America Really the New Nazi Germany? Let’s Reality-Test That.
Using one of psychology’s most useful tools to separate fear from fact in our political imagination.
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Suzannah Alexander
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The Diagnosis Trap: Why More Americans Are Mentally Ill on Paper Than in Reality
We’re not in a mental health crisis. We’re in a meaning crisis—coded, billed, and reimbursed one disorder at a time.
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Suzannah Alexander
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Can You Trust a Machine to Care? I Put a Chatbot to the Test
What happens when you ask AI to be honest about power, trust, and co-evolution?
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Suzannah Alexander
Cultural Fishtailing, Why Everything Feels Like It's Out of Control
Our culture isn’t drifting. It’s overcorrecting, spinning out, and accelerating. The first step to restoring balance is recognizing the pattern.
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Suzannah Alexander
Just Hoping for a Healthy Baby? That’s Genocide, Bigot.
A leaked memo from the frontline of reproductive orthodoxy, where toe-counting is white supremacy and intent is violence.
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Suzannah Alexander
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Diogenes In Exile
Diogenes In Exile
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The Quiet Collapse of Scientific Standards
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How a Top Social Work Journal Published—and Then Erased—Abuse as Pedagogy
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The Psychological Takeover: How Therapy is Becoming a Tool of Oppression, Dispositions Part 5
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Just Hoping for a Healthy Baby? That’s Genocide, Bigot.
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Is America Really the New Nazi Germany? Let’s Reality-Test That.
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How to Change a Law (Without Losing Your Mind)
You Don’t Need a Law Degree to Fix the Law
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The War for Higher Ed Has a New Battlefield, Your State Capitol
Ideology goes in the classroom through the backdoor. These laws change the locks.
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Two New Laws Could Stop Professional Censorship in Its Tracks
You don’t have to comply with ideological gatekeeping—here’s how to push back.
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State Laws Ignored: Counseling Accreditation and How to Demand Reform NOW!
The accreditation controversy and how to force lawmakers to take notice
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Suzannah Alexander
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No More Waiting: How to Fight for Change—Regardless of Who’s in Office
Win or lose, your voice matters—take action and shape the policies you care about
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Investigative Reporting

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How a Top Social Work Journal Published—and Then Erased—Abuse as Pedagogy
The withdrawn “Whitelash” paper reveals what students endure in the name of “anti-racism.” The real scandal is how normal it has become.
 • 
Suzannah Alexander
6
The Quiet Collapse of Scientific Standards
Journals now reward diary entries as “research.” Here’s how it happened—and why it matters for families and patients.
 • 
Suzannah Alexander
3
Can We Make A Better Mental Health Diagnosis Plan Without Labels that Hold You Back?
The Total Mind Diagnostic Model replaces “what’s wrong with you?” with “what’s happening with you?”
 • 
Suzannah Alexander
4
The Diagnosis Trap: Why More Americans Are Mentally Ill on Paper Than in Reality
We’re not in a mental health crisis. We’re in a meaning crisis—coded, billed, and reimbursed one disorder at a time.
 • 
Suzannah Alexander
4
Cultural Fishtailing, Why Everything Feels Like It's Out of Control
Our culture isn’t drifting. It’s overcorrecting, spinning out, and accelerating. The first step to restoring balance is recognizing the pattern.
 • 
Suzannah Alexander

Accreditation

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Why It’s Time to Rebuild Counseling from the Ground Up
The therapy establishment is a pipeline for ideology, not healing. This is how we fix it.
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Suzannah Alexander
The War for Higher Ed Has a New Battlefield, Your State Capitol
Ideology goes in the classroom through the backdoor. These laws change the locks.
 • 
Suzannah Alexander
End the Stranglehold: Tools to Confront Antitrust Violations in Counseling: CACREP Antitrust Part 6
The monopolization of healing hurts everyone: clients, students, and practitioners alike.
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Suzannah Alexander
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The Counseling Compact: Trojan Horse for an Ideological Monopoly - CACREP Antitrust Part 5
Why antitrust lawyers should be watching the counseling profession closely.
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Suzannah Alexander
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How a Little-Known Honor Society Is Shaping Who Gets to Be Your Therapist - CACREP Antitrust Part 4
Mental health access is collapsing—and this obscure group is helping it happen.
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Friday Musings and Fun

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The Back-to-School Wars: A Dispatch from Occupied Academia
A satirical look at back to school shopping from the front lines of the culture war
 • 
Suzannah Alexander
The Quiz That Explains Why Your ‘Helpful’ Comments Annoy Everyone
Meet the Hair Splitter, the Puppetmaster, and other critic archetypes—then learn what your defenses are really up to.
 • 
Suzannah Alexander
2
Is America Really the New Nazi Germany? Let’s Reality-Test That.
Using one of psychology’s most useful tools to separate fear from fact in our political imagination.
 • 
Suzannah Alexander
10
Can You Trust a Machine to Care? I Put a Chatbot to the Test
What happens when you ask AI to be honest about power, trust, and co-evolution?
 • 
Suzannah Alexander
Just Hoping for a Healthy Baby? That’s Genocide, Bigot.
A leaked memo from the frontline of reproductive orthodoxy, where toe-counting is white supremacy and intent is violence.
 • 
Suzannah Alexander
6

Humor

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The Back-to-School Wars: A Dispatch from Occupied Academia
A satirical look at back to school shopping from the front lines of the culture war
 • 
Suzannah Alexander
Just Hoping for a Healthy Baby? That’s Genocide, Bigot.
A leaked memo from the frontline of reproductive orthodoxy, where toe-counting is white supremacy and intent is violence.
 • 
Suzannah Alexander
6
Posting the Truth on YouTube? You Might Be the Only One Who Sees It
When your words vanish and no one tells you, you’re not paranoid. It’s just the algorithm.
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Suzannah Alexander
10 Hilarious ways to Fund a University Without Federal Dollars
What to Do When the Government Ghosts You and the Alumni Block Your Calls
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Suzannah Alexander
Breaking: Disneyland Converts Corporate Embarrassment Into Family Entertainment
This is what happens when Imagineers get stuck in HR training.
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Suzannah Alexander
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Psychology

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The Quiz That Explains Why Your ‘Helpful’ Comments Annoy Everyone
Meet the Hair Splitter, the Puppetmaster, and other critic archetypes—then learn what your defenses are really up to.
 • 
Suzannah Alexander
2
Can We Make A Better Mental Health Diagnosis Plan Without Labels that Hold You Back?
The Total Mind Diagnostic Model replaces “what’s wrong with you?” with “what’s happening with you?”
 • 
Suzannah Alexander
4
What If We Built a New Therapy Profession That Put Clients First?
Creating a new path for those betrayed by the current system.
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Suzannah Alexander
7
Communal Catastrophizing. Or How Social Media Trains Us to Despair Together
Bad News Is Addictive. Even When It’s Fake.
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Suzannah Alexander
New DSM-6 Disorders So Ridiculous, Even Your Therapist Will Laugh
More labels, less accountability—mental health just got a glow-up!
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Suzannah Alexander
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