Welcome to the Open Therapy Institute (OTI)

OTI is committed to patient-centered care that respects all values and worldviews.

Our mission is to address socio-political bias in mental health care. We take four steps to achieve this mission:

  • (1) Build scholarship with our journal

  • (2) Advance ideas through CE workshops and media engagement

  • (3) Build a professional community through our membership programming

  • (4) Help this professional community serve millions of overlooked patients

Patient Profiles

Profiles of potential patients were developed by experienced clinicians to highlight some of the populations that OTI aims to serve. Download PDF version.

Overlooked Issues in Mental Health Care

Therapists are rarely trained on these topics, and there are no clinics that specialize in most of them. Download PDF version.

In 2024, OTI launched operations, and activity has been brisk. Here are some highlights…