Episode 375: Anxiety About Nose Job & Privacy In Telehealth Therapy
The Hardcore Self-Help Podcast with Duff the Psych
Robert Duff, Ph.D.
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 17 November 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Hello friends!
In today's insightful episode, we tackle two profound listener questions that delve into personal struggles and the complexities of therapy in the modern world.
Our first discussion revolves around a listener's internal conflict about undergoing a nose job. They share their long-standing desire for this procedure, influenced by cultural norms and compounded by severe anxiety. We explore the importance of understanding the underlying reasons for wanting cosmetic surgery, the impact of cultural pressures, and strategies for managing anxiety related to such a significant decision.
The second question opens a window into the world of telehealth therapy and the challenges of maintaining privacy in less traditional settings. A listener shares their experience of feeling uneasy about the lack of privacy during their online therapy sessions. This concern leads us to discuss the crucial aspects of privacy in therapy, the legal and clinical implications, and the importance of addressing and resolving such concerns with your therapist.
As always, you can send me questions at duffthepsych@gmail.com and find the full show notes for this episode at http://duffthepsych.com/episode375.
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| 0:00.0 | If you can hear people outside of that room making a lot of noise, it can also just plain be distracting or uncomfortable for you. |
| 0:06.0 | Right? So like, how are you going to open up about your deepest trauma that you've never told anybody in your life if you hear people |
| 0:14.2 | you know clinking glasses and laughing from the other side of the wall. |
| 0:17.0 | Hey everybody before we start the show I want to make a couple disclaimers. |
| 0:20.5 | 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. |
| 0:27.0 | I want to simultaneously encourage you to be brave in consuming difficult content but also respect and recognize your limitations. |
| 0:34.9 | So please use your best judgment. |
| 0:36.6 | I will never be offended if you need to skip a question or an episode entirely, but feel |
| 0:40.7 | free to feel it out, check out the episode and just see what happens if you |
| 0:43.9 | need to skip that's okay but you know feel free to give it a shot first I also |
| 0:48.0 | need to say that while I am a psychologist I'm not your psychologist and I'm not |
| 0:51.6 | your therapist this is not intended to be direct medical advice and you should not use |
| 0:55.9 | this as a substitute for professional help. So with those said, let's go ahead and get into the show. All right. |
| 1:17.7 | All right, hello friends of all varieties, |
| 1:19.5 | this is the Hardcore Self-Help Podcast, Episode 375. |
| 1:23.0 | I'm your House Dr. Robert Duff, |
| 1:24.4 | aka Duff the Psych. |
| 1:25.9 | I make mental health content for real people, just like you. |
| 1:29.4 | And today I have a question and answer episode. |
| 1:31.8 | Two really interesting questions, kind of different stuff |
| 1:34.1 | than I've talked about recently. If you would like to send me in a question, send me an email to |
| 1:38.8 | the site at email.com or send me a contact form message on my website dot the site.com. |
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