

Reality Therapy
Ryan Rogers
Reality Therapy is a podcast about how reality itself can be therapeutic. While I touch on a variety of topics with many interesting guests, I am primarily focused on the therapy profession. Most guests are therapists or graduate students who focus on observing and analyzing the influence of social justice ideology on this field.
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Jun 20, 2025 • 1h 17min
Dr. Oren Amitay on What Makes Good Therapy
In this episode, Dr. Oren Amitay discusses how the world of clinical psychology has been taken over by activists. We discussed how gender affirming care harms kids and why so many professionals are afraid to speak out. We discussed CBT and explored what modalities work best for mental health counseling.

May 29, 2025 • 1h 19min
Political Bias in Counseling Grad School
In this episode, Leslie Elliott Boyce, Suzannah Alexander, Katie Kernodle, and Gabrielle Turner break down how grad schools for counseling have been corrupted by political bias and overtaken by the social justice agenda. This leaves many students feeling alienated and prevents people seeking therapy from getting the help they need.

May 27, 2025 • 55min
Kat Woods on Effective Altruism and the Existential Risk of Artificial Intelligence
In this episode, Kat Woods discusses effective altruism, specifically how we can reduce the suffering of animals. She also delves into the existential risk that humanity would face if AI became super intelligent and became hostile to all of us.

May 25, 2025 • 1h 19min
Five Male Therapists Comment on Masculinity and Men's Mental Health
In this episode, therapists Juda Alcabes, Tony Ziolko, Jake Wiskerchen, Jake Freeman, and Jonathan Cogburn comment on what makes healthy masculinity, why men don't want to come to therapy, and how men can improve their mental health.

May 20, 2025 • 1h 18min
Dr. Michael Olan on Bias in Clinical Psychology
In this episode, clinical psychologist Dr. Michael Olan discusses political bias in his field and in graduate school due to social justice ideology. He also discusses the mindset behind those who adopt these views.

May 19, 2025 • 1h 24min
Sasha Ayad on Confronting Gender Affirming Care
In this episode, psychotherapist Sasha Ayad describes her efforts to push back against the harmful and unscientific practices known as gender affirming care for minors.

May 19, 2025 • 1h 3min
Dr. Dawn Irons on Bias in Counseling Education
In this episode, Dr. Dawn Irons describes her confrontation with wokeness in graduate school when a biased dissertation panel blocked her ability to graduate. She tells of how the field has been corrupted and how we can get back on track.

May 18, 2025 • 55min
Aaron Machbitz on Life Lessons from Pro Wrestling
In this episode, I spoke with former professional wrestler Aaron Machbitz on how sports and wrestling can teach us about life, about why men are struggling right now, and the rise of antisemitism.

May 18, 2025 • 55min
Darren Magee on Preserving Good Therapy
In this episode, I spoke with UK based psychotherapist Darren Magee about what makes for good therapy, bias in the mental health field, and the connection between science fiction and ancient mythology.

May 16, 2025 • 1h 5min
Dr. Andrew Hartz on Bias in Mental Healthcare
In this episode, Dr. Andrew Hartz describes bias in mental healthcare due to critical social justice ideology and how he formed the Open Therapy Institute to fight back.