Episode 298: Emotional Burnout as a Therapist & Seven Years of Loss
The Hardcore Self-Help Podcast with Duff the Psych
Robert Duff, Ph.D.
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2022
⏱️ 36 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Hello, friends! I hope you have had a wonderful week. For today's episode, I answer the following awesome listener questions:
- I am thinking of going into clinical psychology, but as a sensitive person, I am afraid of emotionally burning out. What can I do to avoid this?
- I have lost someone every year since 2015. How can I get back to a normal life with so much loss?
As always, you can send me your questions to duffthepsych@gmail.com and find the show notes at http://duffthepsych.com/episode298
This episode of Hardcore Self Help is sponsored by Ana Luisa and Audible.
Ana Luisa make beautiful gold jewelry including chains, statement necklaces, earrings, and rings. They have TONS of different options at price points starting as low as $39. Right now, you can treat yourself and a loved one with Ana Luisa's Buy One, Get One 40% OFF sale! Go to shop.analuisa.com/duff to claim this offer now!
Audible is the leading provider of spoken-word entertainment all in one place, where you can find the largest selection of audiobooks. Sign up now by heading to audible.com/duff or text duff to 500-500, and receive your first 30 days for free.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Another way of looking at this is that you know better than anyone how fragile life is, how precious and fleeting it is. |
| 0:09.0 | You know that it can be gone in an instant. |
| 0:11.0 | And that's scary, but it's also something that can be very clarifying. |
| 0:14.8 | Hey everybody, before we start the show, I want to make a couple disclaimers. This show does cover a wide variety of topics |
| 0:20.9 | related to mental health and life in general and some of those |
| 0:23.8 | could be sensitive for you. I want to simultaneously encourage you to be brave in |
| 0:28.1 | consuming difficult content but also respect and recognize your limitations so please please use your best judgment. I will |
| 0:34.8 | never be offended if you need to skip a question or an episode entirely, but feel |
| 0:38.7 | free to feel it out, check out the episode and just see what happens. If you need to |
| 0:42.0 | skip, that's okay okay but you know feel |
| 0:43.7 | free to give it a shot first. I also need to say that while I am a psychologist I'm not |
| 0:48.1 | your psychologist and I'm not your therapist. This is not intended to be direct |
| 0:52.2 | medical advice and you should not use this as a substitute for professional help. |
| 0:56.0 | So with those said, let's go ahead and get into the show. Oh, All right, hello friends of all varieties, this is the Hardcore Self-Help Podcast episode |
| 1:20.9 | 298. |
| 1:21.9 | I'm yours Dr. Robert Duff, aka Duff the Psych. I make |
| 1:25.5 | mental health content for real people just like you. And today I have a |
| 1:29.5 | question and answer episode, as has been the case most weeks lately. I don't know we'll see |
| 1:34.1 | I might have my wife on the podcast again soon for interview or do something more |
| 1:37.7 | long form in terms of like a deep dive episode. If you'd like to see that |
| 1:41.5 | let me know or listen to that, let me know, or listen to that rather, let me know. |
| 1:45.0 | I am doing two really good questions today. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Robert Duff, Ph.D., and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Robert Duff, Ph.D. and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.