Trump’s Win Sends Therapists Into Crisis

<ns0:p>The mental health field is collectively fixated on the perceived sociopolitical despair caused by Donald Trump’s reelection victory. This fixation is premised on the assumption that the politics espoused and represented by Donald Trump is persecuting mental health professionals, even as those professionals see themselves as saviors of the oppressed. As Brooke Laufer explains, “Therapy providers have lost sight of neutrality in their victim/savior identification at great detriment to the healing profession.”</ns0:p>

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Academic Questions
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2025-04-14
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https://doi.org/10.51845/38.1.11
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History, Medicine, and Leadership
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Trump’s Win Sends Therapists Into Crisis

Brooke Laufer
Academic Questions
History, Medicine, and Leadership
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Trump’s Win Sends Therapists Into Crisis

Brooke Laufer
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<ns0:p>The mental health field is collectively fixated on the perceived sociopolitical despair caused by Donald Trump’s reelection victory. This fixation is premised on the assumption that the politics espoused and represented by Donald Trump is persecuting mental health professionals, even as those professionals see themselves as saviors of the oppressed. As Brooke Laufer explains, “Therapy providers have lost sight of neutrality in their victim/savior identification at great detriment to the healing profession.”</ns0:p>

Academic QuestionsVol. 38(2)
Openalex Percentile: Top 75%
History, Medicine, and Leadership
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