So Bob, whenever you come out of my house, my dog malls you, and then we proceed, because you love dogs, and dogs love you.

And then we proceed to, you know, talk to the dog, give the dog attention. I somehow figure out a way to separate the dog

from you so you can sit down in front of a microphone and we can talk to the listeners.

Because the listeners love you as well.

Well, the listeners are, you know, essentially emotionally

just like my dog when you come on the podcast, they jump up in your face,

maybe sniff the crotch, maybe not.

So let's read some patron emails and respond to them.

What do you say?

That sounds good.

This is the Psychology in Stout of Podcast.

I'm your host. Dr. Kirk Honda, I'm a therapist and a professor.

And I'm your friend Bob. I'm a therapist in practice here in Seattle as well.

And this first email is from anonymous patron.

She says, do you know of any empirical research

or have any thoughts on choosing the gender of a therapist?

Oh.

What prompted this question, though, is that I have a female friend who has a very

negative dynamic with her mother. She recently told me she would never see a

female therapist. Meanwhile I have a hard time imagining seeing a male therapist myself.

Likewise, I know a few men who have said they could never see a female therapist

or could never see a male therapist and usually cite their

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