This was not a mental health seminar. This was an orchestrated political indoctrination that targeted Trump and anyone who supports him;
I’ve said it many times, and I’ll say it again: the left has no potential to reach a new ceiling, but they continuously sink to new levels. The left is in the floor business; they have lost touch with aspirations and instead focus only on the degradation and loathing of America, Western Culture, and, of course, Donald Trump and the idea of Making America Great Again.
In various fields, Continuing Education Credits or Units (CEUs) are required. They are used to demonstrate ongoing learning and maintain certifications or licenses. One CEU typically represents ten contact hours of instruction.
On August 7th, an online seminar was held that offered three CEUs for therapists. The program titled “The Impact of Donald Trump on America—A Cultic Studies Perspective” was marketed to licensed therapists and other practitioners and portrayed President Donald Trump as a “cult leader” and claimed his supporters are part of a “national-scale cult.”
The issue with this type of leftist indoctrination is that the National Board of Certified Counselors has policies that forbid programs from portraying those with differing political or religious views as inherently dysfunctional, and this seminar clearly shattered that rule.
The training was led by Dr. Jamie Marich, a so-called trauma specialist who uses “we/they” pronouns, which makes its own statement about her thoughts on her self-important beliefs. Marich considers herself a jack of all trades, engaging in activities ranging from singing and dancing to practicing EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapy. EMDR is a specialized form of psychotherapy designed to help individuals process and resolve distressing memories, particularly those related to trauma. This technique utilizes bilateral stimulation, often through eye movements, to aid the brain in reprocessing these memories and reducing their emotional impact. EMDR is an evidence-based treatment that has proven effective for trauma, anxiety, and PTSD.
Janja Lalich, a sociologist, also assisted with the training. Lalich is 80 years old and in the 1970s she spent around ten years as part of a radical Marxist-Leninist group, the Democratic Workers Party, which she later came to view as a cult. She sees herself as a cult expert, but it took her ten years to realize she was in one.
According to The Post Millennial, Heather LS Scarboro, CEO of Healing Selves Therapeutics, who also uses “we/they” pronouns, participated in the training and promoted incorporating overt political messaging into therapy. Scarboro lists her specialties as Anxiety, Depression, Trauma and PTSD, Dual diagnosis, Gender dysphoria and gender-affirming approaches to treatment, and Addiction.
The organizers encouraged attendees to confront clients who support Trump, even suggesting that therapy sessions should include political activism. This is in direct conflict with ethical guidelines that specifically warn counselors against pathologizing individuals based on their political or religious beliefs.
During this farce of a training session, these leftists equated Trump voters with authoritarian movements. They insisted the MAGA base promotes “an image of bringing the country back to a white majority and white power.”
Lalich, describing her reaction to why some trauma victims support Trump, actually said that “Most days I sit around and cry.” Does that sound like a rational and stable therapist? Does that sound like someone who should be passing judgment on people who care about restoring America to its former moral high ground?
The discussion heavily referenced the 2017 book “The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump,” which featured partisan critiques from 37 psychiatrists and mental health professionals regarding the president. The book was controversial because its contributors blurred the lines between medicine and politics.
These haters compared Trump to dictators such as Mao Zedong and Kim Jong Un, arguing that his use of defamation lawsuits demonstrates controlling behavior. They also accused his supporters of misogyny and promoting "toxic capitalism," claiming that the MAGA movement is connected to the Christian Right and opposes abortion.
Participants were directed to watch left-wing documentaries like “Reversing Roe” to support those claims.
Scarboro presented cases of patients with Dissociative Identity Disorder who reportedly supported Trump, wrongly framing their political alignment as a clinical symptom rather than a personal choice.
I am not a clinical psychologist or a lawyer, but the course proposed a beyond controversial approach in which therapists should openly display political symbols, such as pride flags or activist slogans, and utilize “motivational interviewing” techniques to encourage pro-Trump clients to reconsider their beliefs. That, IMHO, is medical malfeasance. These are radicals that are using their positions to indoctrinate the unsuspecting by unfairly combining political views with medical diagnosis and treatment.
These medical impostors acknowledged that “political cults” can exist on both the left and right, but their training overwhelmingly targeted Trump and his supporters. For many observers, that imbalance correctly confirmed that the course was not about mental health but more about political indoctrination.
This was not a mental health seminar. This was an orchestrated political indoctrination that targeted Trump and anyone who supports him. To call over 77 million people a cult is nothing more than political extremism hidden under the slimy veil of radical leftist wokeism.
Those who support Trump are not the ones who are in a cult. The ones who endlessly and blindly hate on him and his supporters are the ones who are in a discipleship of evil.
Marich, Lalich, and Scarboro are not clinical therapists seeking to help others. They are radical leftists impersonating medical personnel. This fictitious seminar needs to be discredited, and the three stooges in charge need to be disciplined.
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