Counseling's Identity Crisis, with Suzannah Alexander and Lauren Holt

Suzannah and Lauren both left Clinical Mental Health Counseling programs due to ethical concerns and ideological bullying. They joined me to talk about Suzannah's research into the origins of CSJ ideology in the counseling field, and some of the inherent contradictions and inconsistencies in today's counseling training and in the profession as a whole. Suzannah Alexander was a student in the University of Tennessee’s Clinical Mental Health Counselor program from Aug 2022 through January 2023 when she withdrew from the program after being barred from Practicum despite earning 3As and a B. Her experience of being subjected to struggle sessions and discriminated against for her Buddhist practice and being white is detailed on YouTube. She has since spoken out and is now a volunteer at the Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism. She is also a single homeschooling parent of four, makes art work, writes online and has a background in volunteer leadership and peer support going back 30 years. Suzannah's links: - Article at Minding the Campus: https://www.mindingthecampus.org/2024/01/17/counselings-political-purity-push-unveiling-the-identity-crisis-that-hijacked-accreditation-and-shaped-a-profession/ - Substack: https://substack.com/@diogenesinexile -Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChol7DGjfIMzQR2edohaaMQ Lauren Holt is a Northern California native, now residing in Asheville, North Carolina. She runs her own small business accounting firm and teaches community college ESL on the side. Lauren is a passionate writer, singer, traveler, and animal shelter volunteer. Every day that she can, she likes to find time for creativity, the great outdoors, and quality connection, be that with a human being, or with an animal in need. Lauren's links: -https://substack.com/@laurenholt -https://criticaltherapyantidote.org/2023/09/30/can-we-even-call-this-counseling-training-anymore/ -https://criticaltherapyantidote.org/2023/12/18/on-the-state-of-woke-therapy-training-with-lauren-holt/ https://www.fuckingcancelled.com/podcast _____________________________________________________________________ If you would like to contact me, my website is: https://theradicalcenterconsulting.com/ and I am on twitter @JLeslieElliott And if you appreciate this ongoing project and would like to support my continued work in this area you can chip in at any of the following (thank you very much!): https://www.paypal.me/jleslieelliott https://www.buymeacoffee.com/radicalcenter https://www.patreon.com/theradicalcenter