Classism in Therapy (2016 Rerun)

Psychology In Seattle Podcast

Kirk Honda

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

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[Rerun] Dr. Kirk Honda talks about classism in therapy.

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September 6, 2016

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0:00.0	Hello, deserving listeners. It's just me today. I thought I would talk about social class and therapy today. But first, let me introduce the podcast. This is the podcast called Psychology in Seattle. I'm your host, Dr. Kirk Honda. I am a therapist and a professor. This topic was prompted from an email from patron Charlotte.
0:21.8	She is a student at the university in Bristol, UK.
0:27.0	And she says, for my doctoral research, I'm looking at social class within the therapeutic relationship from the perspective of the therapist.
0:35.9	It would be so interesting if you could do a podcast on the
0:39.0	subject of social class differences in the therapeutic relationship. The small amount of research
0:44.7	there is says that differences in themselves are not necessarily problematic, but the degree to
0:50.3	which a therapist is willing to discuss them is, especially if there are implicit social
0:55.2	class indicators in the room, such as photos of exotic holidays or expensive art. In the UK,
1:02.4	someone's accent can be a major giveaway, possibly more so than in the US. Some clients have reported
1:09.6	feeling oppressed and unable to do therapeutic work in these
1:13.4	cases. So this is a very good question. And since you're doing doctoral research on social class
1:21.8	and the therapeutic relationship, my guess is I'm not going to say anything in this podcast that you
1:26.8	don't know already. Because if I know anything about doctoral research is by the time you're even halfway through that process, you are perhaps one of a handful of people on the planet that know a shit ton about the topic.
1:42.9	And so considering that my dissertation was not on this I can
1:48.7	say with some confidence that you know a lot more than I do but if I'm just going to
1:54.5	ramble about it since you're asking me to here's what I will say first off social
1:59.7	class is very interesting to me I find it fascinating also what I will say. First off, social class is very interesting to me.
2:01.6	I find it fascinating.
2:02.6	Also, what I'll say is that it's not often talked about, and it's very, very complicated.
2:10.6	There is no way that any one person can observe society as a whole from a small corner of the culture and describe a cultural
2:24.1	element like class in a effective way, which is what I'm trying to do. So as I talk about class,
2:31.1	it just has to be taken with a massive grain of salt as anyone's discussion about class.
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