Episode 246: Are Trauma Details Necessary in Therapy & Supporting Someone with BPD

The Hardcore Self Help Podcast with Duff the Psych

Robert Duff, Ph.D.

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🗓️ 2 April 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Hello, you beautiful people! Today I have a question and answer episode with two great questions sent in by listeners like you. Quick update before that.

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Here are the questions:

I have come to realize that I've been abused but it's hard to talk about. Do I need to share exactly what happened in therapy?
I have a friend with borderline personality disorder and I also have BPD. How can I best support them when they are upset?

As always you can send me your questions to [email protected] and check out the full show notes at duffthepsych.com/episode246

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Transcript

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0:00.0	It sounds to me like you have some fundamental misunderstandings about what therapists do and what therapy should be.
0:06.0	I don't think there's a one-size-fits-all right way to do therapy,
0:09.7	but you said you don't want to vent and you're worried about making him uncomfortable.
0:14.0	You don't have to worry about that.
0:15.0	That's literally our job.
0:16.4	We're trained over years.
0:18.0	Like we do a lot of training for this, right?
0:20.5	So we're trained and prepared to hear difficult things and help you work through them.
0:24.0	Hey everybody, before we start the show, I want to make a couple disclaimers.
0:28.0	This show does cover a wide variety of topics related to mental health and life in general,
0:32.0	and some of those could be
0:33.1	sensitive for you. I want to simultaneously encourage you to be brave in
0:37.0	consuming difficult content but also respect and recognize your limitations.
0:41.0	So please use your best judgment.
0:43.4	I will never be offended if you need to skip a question or an episode entirely, but feel
0:47.6	free to feel it out, check out the episode and just see what happens.
0:50.6	If you need to skip, that's okay, but but you know feel free to give it a shot first.
0:54.5	I also need to say that while I am a psychologist I'm not your psychologist and I'm not your therapist.
0:59.7	This is not intended to be direct medical advice and you should not use this as a substitute for professional
1:04.2	help.
1:05.2	So with those said, let's go ahead and get into the show. All right, hello friends of all varieties, this is the Hardcore Self-L Podcast
1:28.4	episode 246. I'm your host Dr. Robert Duff, aka Duff the Psych. I make mental health content for real people just like you.
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