Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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How do you serve patients well when politics enters the room?

Clinical psychologist Andrew Hartz explains how he saw clients misjudged for their beliefs, why that harms care, and how he turned to Heterodox Academy (HxA) for community, editing support, and platforms that helped him speak thoughtfully in public. That momentum eventually led him to found the Open Therapy Institute, which focuses on documenting how sociopolitical forces affect mental health and on helping clinicians handle tense topics with skill.

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