Do You Ever Carry Someone You Couldn't Save?
The Angry Therapist Podcast
John Kim
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 8 September 2025
⏱️ 22 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | phone off friends clue liz she was officially missing and suddenly it was on me you know i was the |
| 0:07.6 | person responsible for this person's life her mom didn't panic she stayed calm almost too calm |
| 0:14.0 | but she did turn to me for the next move and it was like she thought i knew what the hell i was |
| 0:20.0 | doing and to be honest, I didn't. |
| 0:21.9 | I mean, I've never been responsible for someone's life like this. |
| 0:25.8 | My chest was on fire. |
| 0:26.9 | My head was spinning. |
| 0:28.4 | And I'd never been in this situation before. |
| 0:31.0 | And suddenly it was on me to fix it. |
| 0:33.4 | And I replayed every session like a reel I couldn't stop. |
| 0:36.9 | Every time I told myself, she was strong enough, sober enough, ready to transition. |
| 0:42.7 | Every time I believed her, she said she could handle it. |
| 0:46.3 | You know, and now she was gone, missing. |
| 0:49.4 | A human under my care vanished into the city. |
| 0:52.9 | And my stomach dropped. My skin went cold my i thought my career |
| 0:57.4 | was over and also like with this family if they sue me oh my god my life can be over right |
| 1:03.3 | i'm john kim a licensed therapist who used to be a miserable fuck before going on a hero's journey and turning expired relationships into revelations. |
| 1:15.1 | I use my story to help others come with you instead of at you, unrehearsed on purpose, because self-help doesn't have to be polished or complicated. |
| 1:25.0 | Just honest. |
| 1:38.2 | On today's episode, I'm going to share with you a story about a client that I still carry because what happened with me and this client was traumatic. |
| 1:42.3 | And it's a chapter of my new book titled, |
| 1:44.3 | shit, your therapist would never tell you. I'm writing this book because I want to not only |
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