Thread by @truththerapist

I recently attended a a three credit professional training called “The Impact of Donald Trump on America- A Cultic Studies Perspective”, which instructed therapists to hate their Trump supporting patients. The course was held online on August 7, 2025. I was “taught” that if you voted for Trump, you are a part of a “cult on a national scale” that “presents an image of bringing the country back to a white majority and white power”. 🧵

The course was led by Dr. Jamie Marich, Ph.D, she/they/we, licensed therapist, executive officer of “Healing Selves Therapeutic”, Heather LS Scarsboro, and author of several books on cults, Dr. Janja Lalich.

icm.thinkific.com/courses/online…

icm.thinkific.com/courses/online…

Here are a few highlights: Dr. Janja Laich said MAGA is a cult on “a national scale” that “presents an image of bringing the country back to a white majority and white power.” And “…all they care about is that he [Trump] is getting rid of black and brown people in our country.”

Someone asked how minorities support Trump and the “racist” MAGA ideas, and the response is minorities are illiterate, dumb and selfish.

Also, according to this therapy class, people who voted for Trump are misogynists. According to Dr. Jamie Marich, there wasn’t even a competition between Trump and his opponent (Kamala Harris), so the only explanation is hatred of women.

The trainers of this therapy class said, “Let’s be clear, women can be misogynists too”. Also, many right wing women are being controlled by their husbands. They voted for Trump to stay safe. “You’re the lowly woman.”

When asked if there is any hope that this cult can be stopped, Dr. Janja Laich stated, “Well they stopped Nazi Germany didn’t they? We have to hope that there will be enough resistance. You know, we need to keep going to those protests, we need to keep resisting, we need to keep speaking out in whatever way we can, we need to do the boycotts when they happen…I don’t know if I can answer that because I go back and forth…there are days when I say I don’t think I’m going to see this change in my lifetime, and it’s a hard thought. And then another part of me is like, yes, let’s just fight these f*ckers.”

They spoke about how much harm Trump voters cause and the need for consequences towards them. More Holocaust comparisons were made.

According to this training, not only does racism and misogyny influence a Trump voter, we can’t forget about “toxic capitalism” too.

LS Scarsboro, a therapist who describes herself as a trauma specialist and self-discloses that she has Dissociative Identity Disorder (formally known as multiple personality disorder) said MAGA feels “like home” to people with trauma. “MAGA feels like what’s normal to their nervous system. Or they are still in what I call the trauma dungeon. They haven’t left the trauma dungeon.”

Also, the @Heritage is the linchpin of the MAGA cult, according to this three credit therapy class.

This course is in direct violation of the National Board of Certified Counselors policy, section E:

nbcc.org/assets/ceprovi…

This was a three hour class and these just the highlights. Read more about it here:

thepostmillennial.com/exclusive-trai…