The Political Takeover of Mental Health, with Jonathan Alpert: Solid Ground #134

Jonathan Alpert is a psychotherapist with more than two decades of experience practicing in New York City and Washington, D.C. He is the author of the forthcoming book Therapy Nation (HarperCollins, 2026), which examines how therapy culture has spread into schools, politics, and culture — and why it’s making us sicker, weaker, and more divided. His opinion pieces have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Fox News, The Hill, and City Journal. He’s a frequent guest on Fox News and has also appeared on CNN and The Today Show to comment on the intersection of mental health, culture, and politics.Links to some of Jonathan's work:https://www.wsj.com/opinion/zohran-mamdani-is-like-a-bad-therapist-6f5635b7?st=SfvM9t&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalinkhttps://www.city-journal.org/article/therapy-psychology-wokeness-identity-politicshttps://thehill.com/opinion/5360971-mental-health-crisis-americas-frailty/https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/luigi-mangione-case-shows-how-grievance-culture-has-become-americas-license-break-lawJoin us every Monday at 10:00am Pacific/1:00pm Eastern for the Solid Ground Live stream. Come join our Solid Ground peer support and discussion groups at https://sground.substack.com/ And you can join our locals community at https://solidground.locals.com/ Find us on Twitter: @jleslieelliott @dissidentdelite@deborahknox Jenny Holland's substack: https://jennyeholland.substack.com/ and find her on Twitter @SemperFemina21Find more from Christine at https://www.youtube.com/@ctapodcast which she co-hosts. _____________________________________________________________________ If you would like to contact me, my website is: https://theradicalcenterconsulting.com/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