Psychology Course Labels Trump Supporters as Cult Members

Therapy Course Critiques Trump Supporters

• 💡 A social worker and author, Pamela Garfield-Jaeger, infiltrated an online therapy course titled “The Impact of Donald Trump on America- A Cultic Studies Perspective.”
• 🎯 The course, led by clinical trauma specialist Jamie Marich, Ph.D., and cult expert Dr. Janja Lalich, characterized Donald Trump as a cult leader and his supporters as members of a cult.
• 🔑 Garfield-Jaeger reported that the course instructed therapists to "hate their Trump supporting patients" and labeled MAGA as a "cult on a national scale" aiming for "white majority and white power."

Course Details and Ethical Concerns

• 📌 The course offered three continuing education credits for therapists and social workers, making it a certified class.
• ⚡ Instructors suggested that Trump voters who are minorities are either illiterate or selfish, while others who are intelligent but fall into the "cult" are not entirely at fault.
• 🧠 The curriculum also focused on therapist self-care, acknowledging that some therapists may "hate their clients so much for voting for Trump."
• 🚀 Garfield-Jaeger noted that the course discussed therapists helping people "in this cult" and pulling them out, while also mentioning a "new holocaust" and the potential for clients to "go and kill others."

Broader Issues in Mental Health and Gender Identity

• 📊 The discussion expanded to concerns about the influence of political agendas in psychology, including the affirmation of gender dysphoria and its treatment.
• 🔬 Garfield-Jaeger highlighted the shift in therapy from addressing root causes to surface-level affirmation, and the increased reliance on quick fixes like SSRIs, which she states have been disproven as solely due to chemical imbalances.
• ✨ The conversation touched upon universal mental health screenings for children, potential pipelines to medication, and the debate around gun control and mental health, particularly in relation to transgender individuals.
• 🧩 The episode also featured personal updates, including host Morgan Brown's wedding in London and Elise McCue's five-year anniversary of being cancer-free.
• 🧩 Pamela Garfield-Jaeger discussed her children's book, "Froggy Girl," which promotes self-acceptance, and her book for parents, "A Practical Response to Gender Distress."