Episode 161: The Reality of Being a Therapist with Quinn Gee

The Hardcore Self-Help Podcast with Duff the Psych

Robert Duff, Ph.D.

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education

4.5 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2019

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

This week, I have the amazing Quinn Gee of Magnolia Mental Health back on the show again. She is a "unicorn" in the mental health field. As a black, gay, female therapist, there are many people out there who really benefit from her perspective. She's also really good at her job. As such, she is BUSY. No, I mean BUSY. She puts my work ethic to shame. Unfortunately that also comes at the cost of her own well-being, which she is working on.

In this episode we talk about the realities of being a therapist. We also brainstorm ways that she can take better care of herself for the sake of her own health and for the sake of her clients. It's a really interesting insider peek at those of us that work in helping professions and I think you will enjoy it.

Next week will be another Q&A episode, so send me your questions and topic suggestions to duffthepsych@gmail.com

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0:16.0	I wasn't really good about my boundaries until very very recently because I am just so tired Robert like I am exhausted and I'm angry with myself because I don't want to be this tired because it makes me jaded about my job. And I love counseling. I was born to do it. I'm damn good at it.
0:22.0	And I don't want to wear myself out so much where I don't enjoy my job anymore.
0:28.3	Hey everybody, before we start the show, I want to make a couple disclaimers. This show does cover a wide variety of topics related to mental health and life in general and some of those could be sensitive for you.
0:38.0	I want to simultaneously encourage you to be brave in consuming difficult content but also respect and
0:44.2	recognize your limitations. So please use your best judgment. I will never be
0:48.4	offended if you need to skip a question or an episode entirely but feel free to
0:52.2	feel it out check out the episode and just see what happens.
0:54.8	If you need to skip, that's okay, but you know, feel free to give it a shot first.
0:58.8	I also need to say that while I am a psychologist, I'm not your psychologist and I'm not your therapist.
1:03.7	This is not intended to be direct medical advice and you should not use this as a
1:07.5	substitute for professional help. So with those said, let's go ahead and get into the
1:11.4	show. All Right. Hello, friends of all varieties. This is the Hardcore Self-Help
1:32.4	Podcast episode 161.
1:34.5	I'm your host Dr. Robert Duff, aka Duff the Psych.
1:37.8	I make mental health content for real people just like you, and today I have an interview for you. This is an interview with the guests that I've had
1:44.7	on previously so this is going to be an interview with Quinn G. who is a therapist that I had
1:49.5	back on episode what was it 108 of the podcast and Quinn as she says in the interview is sort of a
1:56.6	unicorn she's a gay black psychotherapist and she works in particular with
2:02.0	populations that she is a part of.
2:04.6	She works with LGBT-plus people, she works with black people, she works with you know all sorts of people,
2:10.0	but in particular she's really great at working with you know the people that she can relate to and that can relate to her and so in this episode it's really interesting we talk about the realities of being a therapist and her particular experience of that because she's so good at what she does
2:24.0	that she works herself to death and she's very very much sought after.
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