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Psychology In Seattle Podcast

Bad Therapists and Good Therapists (2020 rerun)

Psychology In Seattle Podcast

Kirk Honda

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2023

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

[Rerun] Dr. Kirk and Bob discuss the difference between good and bad therapists.

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July 8, 2020


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Transcript

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0:00.0

So Bob, as usual, people write in questions that they want you and I to answer.

0:04.2

So I thought we would read those questions and answer them. What do you say, Bob?

0:07.6

I say, let's read the questions and then do the answering.

0:12.4

This is the Psychology and Seattle podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Kirk Honda. I'm a therapist and

0:17.3

a professor. Who are you, Bob? I'm Bob Gettle, friend from graduate school and a therapist in

0:23.5

practice in Seattle and apparently the new owner of a fan club.

0:30.0

Patron, famous patron Emily made a fan club pin or a magnet and we might be stealing that idea

0:39.6

for some merch coming up. So if you're interested in merch and you want a Bob fan club magnet,

0:47.5

watch out for that. Stacey, my wife is working on various different ways of even delivering

0:54.4

the merch to everyone but also different designs and this kind of thing.

0:58.1

It was completely flattering. Does Emily know that you sent it to me?

1:02.7

Yeah, yeah. She wanted to have it.

1:05.6

Well, thank you, Emily. It was totally flattering and really fun and Colleen actually has custody of it,

1:12.7

so I get to see, I get to visit it. And your quote is something like it's all about love or

1:19.6

something? Love is the cure. Love is the cure. That's right. She's really fruit, not me.

1:24.2

So Kate from Ireland wrote in and has a very interesting email, Bob, that I want to know your

1:30.4

opinion about. So this is about inappropriate behavior from my therapist, she writes.

1:37.1

After a traumatic incident, I saw a counselor at my university. At first, she was really helpful

1:43.7

and I thought I was gaining a lot from it. But in the last year, I have been putting off therapy

1:51.5

because of some of her behavior. For example, she has forgot my name multiple times.

1:58.5

She takes phone calls during appointments and sometimes argues with people on the phone.

2:04.2

She suggested I drink alcohol before sex and were provocative clothes to get over my anxiety

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