Mental health in America is in crisis. Depression, anxiety, and addiction are at record highs. Over 21 million adults suffer from major depressive episodes, anxiety disorders impact nearly 40 million Americans, and opioid overdoses claimed more than 81,000 lives last year. Young people are more anxious, more depressed, and more lost than any previous generation.
And yet, we live in an era where therapy is more accessible than ever. Mental health awareness is everywhere. People have endless resources—counselors, medications, self-help books, mindfulness apps. So why is everything getting worse?
Because modern psychology has been hijacked by the left. It has abandoned its original purpose—helping people become stronger—and replaced it with an ideology that encourages weakness, victimhood, and dependence. Instead of empowering people to take responsibility for their own lives, today’s mental health industry tells them they are powerless, that their struggles are the fault of external forces, and that they need endless validation instead of real solutions.
This is not therapy. This is indoctrination. And it is making people sicker, not healthier.
The Left’s Takeover of Therapy: From Strength to Fragility
Therapy was once about helping people overcome their struggles. It was about resilience, personal growth, and finding meaning in suffering. But over the past few decades, therapy has been taken over by a leftist ideology that sees everything through the lens of oppression, trauma, and systemic injustice.
Instead of challenging clients to rise above their difficulties, therapists today are trained to affirm every feeling—no matter how irrational or destructive. Instead of helping people build character and responsibility, therapy has become a space where people are encouraged to dwell in their problems, blame society for their pain, and reject the idea of personal accountability.
Consider this:
Personal responsibility is now seen as “oppressive.” Many therapists avoid challenging their clients, fearing it will make them “feel judged.” Instead of helping people take ownership of their lives, therapists are taught to validate their struggles as something beyond their control.
Victimhood is encouraged. The new wave of therapy teaches people that their mental health issues stem from external forces—society, capitalism, racism, patriarchy—rather than from the choices they make. The more someone sees themselves as a victim, the less power they feel to change their circumstances.
Faith and family are ignored or outright dismissed. Traditional values—faith, family, discipline—are foundational to mental well-being. Yet, the mental health industry, dominated by secular leftist ideology, often discourages these principles or replaces them with shallow self-help rhetoric.
Viktor Frankl’s Wisdom: Why Modern Therapy Has It All Wrong
As a Logotherapy practitioner, I take a very different approach to mental health. I base my work on the teachings of Viktor Frankl, the Holocaust survivor and psychiatrist who discovered that meaning—not self-indulgence—is the key to emotional resilience.
Frankl saw firsthand that even in the most horrific conditions, those who had a sense of purpose—whether through faith, responsibility, or love—were far more likely to survive and recover than those who gave in to despair. He understood that life’s challenges are not things to be avoided but opportunities to build meaning.
This is the complete opposite of today’s therapy culture, which tells people they should be comfortable at all times, that suffering is unnatural, and that the world must cater to their emotions.
Frankl’s approach was about teaching people to rise above suffering—not be consumed by it. And that is precisely why I wrote Viktor Frankl and the Psychology of the Soul. It’s not just a book about Logotherapy—it’s a practical guide to reclaiming meaning, faith, and personal strength in a culture that promotes weakness. That’s why I included a 30-day Logotherapy Workbook in the book—to give people real tools to break free from victimhood and start living with purpose.
The Rise of Therapy Culture—and Why It’s Making Us Miserable
Modern therapy has become a replacement for religion, but instead of offering moral clarity and personal transformation, it offers endless self-exploration with no real answers. It teaches people to analyze their emotions obsessively, but never to take action. It encourages people to identify with their struggles rather than overcome them.
This is why we see the rise of terms like “trigger warnings” and “safe spaces.” Instead of teaching people to confront and work through discomfort, therapy now encourages avoidance and emotional fragility. The result? A society filled with weaker, more anxious individuals who lack the tools to deal with real adversity.
The left’s influence on therapy is also eroding personal responsibility in dangerous ways:
Discomfort is pathologized. In today’s therapy culture, normal human emotions like sadness, grief, and frustration are treated as “mental health conditions” that require professional intervention. This has led to over-medication, over-diagnosis, and a generation that sees every hardship as trauma rather than as part of life’s natural challenges.
Cancel culture and outrage replace resilience. The leftist influence in psychology has created a culture where people feel entitled to never be offended, never be criticized, and never experience discomfort. This is why we see so many people seeking validation through outrage rather than inner strength.
The Solution: Reclaiming Mental Health from the Left
If we want to fix this crisis, we must return to the truths that have worked for centuries:
Meaning is more important than comfort. Life is not about avoiding pain—it’s about finding purpose in the midst of it.
Personal responsibility leads to real empowerment. The more you take control of your actions, the stronger you become.
Faith, God, and family are essential. These are the most powerful sources of resilience, yet they are being ignored in modern therapy.
Therapy should build strength, not fragility. The role of a therapist should be to challenge people to grow—not just validate their emotions.
This is why I wrote Viktor Frankl and the Psychology of the Soul—to give people a real alternative to the empty, self-indulgent mental health culture of today. The 30-day Logotherapy Workbook provides step-by-step exercises to help people break free from victimhood, reframe suffering, and reclaim their personal power.
Conclusion: Take Back Your Mental Health
Modern therapy, as it stands, is broken. It has been hijacked by an ideology that promotes weakness over strength, victimhood over resilience, and self-indulgence over meaning. The result? A generation of people who are more depressed, more anxious, and more lost than ever before.
But there is another way. The wisdom of Viktor Frankl—and the timeless principles of faith, God, family, and responsibility—can help us reclaim our mental health from the left’s destructive influence.
It’s time to stop chasing happiness and start chasing meaning. Because when you have meaning, you can endure anything.
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