So Bob I have some emails for you that we can read and then we can see what we say in response to the emails. What do you say?

What comes out of our faces again?

Yeah. This is the Psychology in Seattle Podcast. I'm your host Dr Kirk Honda. I'm a therapist and I'm also a professor and I'm also a podcaster. Who are you Bob? I am semi-frequent guest on your podcast. My name is Bob Gettle. I'm a therapist here in

practice in Seattle. I see couples and teach a little bit of DBT.

Okay, so this is a question from Reddit that wasn't directed to us but I thought it was kind of an

interesting thing so this guy wrote I am an undergrad student currently taking a

class where we explore the different parts and paths one can take in psychology.

And then he wrote out 12 questions and I think it's for an assignment, right?

He has to interview different professionals and find out what it's actually like to work in

our field.

So I thought you and I would answer these questions.

So 12 questions. number one, what is your job?

So Bob, how would you describe your job?

I'm a couple therapist and individual therapist and and DBT skills trainer.

Okay, I am an individual and couple therapist.

I used to work with children and teens and families but I don't anymore

just because of the referrals I get I think and I'm also a supervisor. I'm also a consultant I'm also a supervisor. I'm also a consultant. I'm also a podcaster. I'm also a professor.

I'm also a university administrator. That's what I would say.

Number two, how would you describe your job, Bob?

My job consists of a couple of individual sessions each week teach a dBT skills class once a week for the first time in 20 years.

We just dropped from two classes to one about a month ago. You know, honest to God, I think part of my job is to be responsive to phone calls and emails and I'm not perfect but I have noticed that people in our field are

enormously unresponsive to prospective clients, people who contact us when they're hurting or in their crisis.

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