Andrew Hartz is the Founder, President, and Executive Director of the Open Therapy Institute, or OTI, whose mission, quoting from its website, is “to address socio-political bias in mental health care.” Andrew is also a practicing clinical psychologist and was formerly a professor in the clinical psychology doctoral program at Long Island University, where he completed his own Ph.D. He did a clinical internship at Columbia University Medical Center, and he’s written about the problem of politics in mental health for the Wall Street Journal, City Journal, the Federalist, The Free Press, Heterodox Academy, the New York Post, the New York Times, and Quillette. If you’re still not impressed, he’s even been a guest on Dr. Phil, who described him as “a beacon of hope!” All that, and now UnMuted. We discuss the “masculinity crisis” that was the topic of Andrew’s talk, along with Ben Appel and Rob Henderson, at an event I enjoyed last month. Others are talking about it too, including Bill Maher with Scott Galloway last Friday on Real Time. Also: artificial barriers to trust between men and women; the discomfiting subversion of social signifiers or “idioms”; the downsides of Sharia law (lol), the upsides of being ‘damaged,’ and where to look for a therapist who gets you, so you can stop self-censoring and get it all out in the open. Links: Open Therapy Institute’s website has tons of articles, a podcast series, links to Andrew’s Dr. Phil appearances (yes, more than one) and help finding a therapist who’s not preoccupied with woke performativity. And if you’re that therapist, go there to join their network. Subscribe to OTI on Substack Be OTI’s 737th follower on X Be my 101st follower on X! (Yep, you’re reading a triple-digit TwiX sensation right now— crazy, right? I haven’t changed though.) Credits: Theme music by William A. Ferguson UnMuted logo art by Anne Gibbons This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jennypoyerackerman.substack.com
