Episode 209: How to Get the Most out of Therapy
The Hardcore Self-Help Podcast with Duff the Psych
Robert Duff, Ph.D.
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2020
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Hello, friends! This is a re-release of episode 74, in which I dive deep into 10 tips that you can use to get the most out of therapy. This is great advice whether you are a therapy newbie, a seasoned veteran, or still thinking about whether therapy is for you. Here are the tips I cover:
- You don't need to impress your therapist
- Don't lie to your therapist
- Don't be afraid to get emotional and let it out
- Challenge your therapist and correct them
- If it's not working, say something
- Find someone you are comfortable with
- Get therapy sooner
- Take notes and journal
- Do the homework and practice the skills
- Talk about the relationship between you and your therapist during session
As always, you can send me questions to duffthepsych@gmail.com and don't forget that the Kick Anxiety's Ass course remains open until the quarantine is over (it isn't).
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| 0:00.0 | You got to remember you wouldn't be in therapy if you were doing great already, right? That's the point. |
| 0:04.8 | Like you're in therapy because you've been having some struggles that you want to work through. |
| 0:08.6 | So you could be honest about those struggles. You don't have to be, you know, rosy and act like you actually don't have those |
| 0:16.0 | problems, that they're no big deal. It's fine for them to be a big deal. That's why you're there, |
| 0:19.6 | so let's get through it. Hey everybody, before we start the show I want to make a couple disclaimers. |
| 0:25.0 | This show does cover a wide variety of topics related to mental health and life in general and |
| 0:29.3 | some of those could be sensitive for you. |
| 0:31.4 | I want to simultaneously encourage you to be brave |
| 0:33.8 | in consuming difficult content but also respect and recognize your |
| 0:37.4 | limitations. So please use your best judgment. I will never be offended if you need to |
| 0:41.9 | skip a question or an episode entirely |
| 0:43.7 | but feel free to feel it out check out the episode and just see what happens if you |
| 0:47.7 | need to skip that's okay but you know feel free to give it a shot first I also |
| 0:51.9 | need to say that while I am a psychologist I'm not your |
| 0:54.3 | psychologist and I'm not your therapist. This is not intended to be direct medical |
| 0:58.5 | advice and you should not use this as a substitute for professional help. So with those said, let's go ahead and get into the show. All right. All right. All right. |
| 1:13.0 | This is the |
| 1:14.0 | The great. |
| 1:15.0 | Oh. All right. |
| 1:17.0 | All right. |
| 1:21.0 | Hello friends of all varieties. This is the Hardcore Self-Help Podcast episode |
| 1:25.0 | 2009. I'm your host Dr. Robert Duff, aka Duff the Psych. I make mental health content for real people, |
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