Episode 390: Gender Identity in Therapy & Standing Up to Mom

The Hardcore Self Help Podcast with Duff the Psych

Robert Duff, Ph.D.

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4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Hello friends! In today’s episode, we tackle two profound listener questions that may resonate with many of you:

Dealing with Hurtful Family Comments: A listener is troubled by their mother's deeply hurtful comment, suggesting they have been a source of stress since birth. We explore the emotional impact of such comments, consider the role of health issues in behavior, and discuss strategies for coping and moving forward.
Navigating Identity and Therapy: Another listener, a closeted trans man, shares their experience of coming out to their therapist and the mixed responses received. We delve into the importance of understanding and navigating gender identity within therapy, especially in conservative environments, and ponder whether seeking a gender specialist, in addition to their current therapist, might be beneficial.

As always, you can send me questions to [email protected] and find the full show notes for this episode at http://duffthepsych.com/episode390

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0:00.0	Hello everybody. Good episode for you this week. I have two really awesome questions.
0:05.0	In the first one I have a person that was told something really mean and devastating by their
0:10.8	mom but their mom's also going through some stuff so we talk about
0:14.2	trying to understand is this a real issue that needs to be dealt with is this just
0:18.0	lashing out and we get into all of that the second question is a little bit more complex. It's from somebody who is
0:25.1	transgender and they're having some concerns about their therapist now that they've
0:30.0	come out to them. So we get into the nitty gritty of that I point out some, you know,
0:34.8	potential problematic things that the therapist is doing as well as ways to dig a little bit
0:38.9	deeper and see if this is a relationship that can still work. But yeah, a lot of complex stuff, a lot of great information in this episode so stick around. This is the hardcore self-help podcast. I'm your host Dr. Robert Deaf. I'm a clinical and a self-help author from Southern California.
1:05.2	My goal is to make mental health content for real people, just like you.
1:09.1	And in this show I answer your questions or dive deep into topics related to life, psychology, mental health,
1:14.4	relationships, and more. Please be aware that sometimes I use some spicy language and I also don't
1:20.5	shy away from sensitive topics, but I will try to give you a content
1:23.8	warning whenever it's relevant.
1:25.6	So if all this sounds good to you, let's get started.
1:28.0	All right, hello friends of all varieties. Welcome to the show. Thank you for joining me. This is episode
1:35.0	390. As a reminder, if you would like to send me in a question for the show, please shoot me an email to
1:40.8	Duff the Psych at gmail.com or use a contact form on my website at duff the psych
1:46.0	dot com you can send a text or voicemail message either one's good and yeah I hope that you
1:52.0	guys are doing well.
1:53.0	I'm going to do my best with this recording, but my allergies are going
1:56.8	fucking haywire.
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