Mathilda Heller
Jerusalem Post, July 29, 2025
“… groups such as the Brandeis Center and Physicians Against Antisemitism highlight the fact that Decolonizing Therapy identifies Zionism as a root cause of mental illness.”
Antisemitism is becoming increasingly more prevalent within therapy and therapeutic spaces.
The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law recently wrote about antisemitic incidents within the mental health sphere, including a Washington, DC-based therapist who refused to see a Jewish patient who had recently moved to the US from Israel.
Additionally, a psychologist was doxxed and harassed online because she is a Jewish Zionist; and a major mental health organization denied a Jewish affinity group because its members were “privileged white supremacists.”
This is especially prevalent in therapeutic spaces that focus on “decolonization” within which it is common to present Zionism as a colonial construct. An example of this is the Decolonizing Therapy movement founded by Dr Jennifer Mullen.
Mullen’s doctrine is that therapy is white, euro-centric, colonial, capitalist, and built to oppress people of color and indigenous populations. She encourages people to embrace their ancestral rage and dismantle colonialism, and considers mainstream psychology and psychiatry to be forms of violent punishment.. … [To read the full article, click here]