Psychopathic Therapists (2017 Rerun)
Psychology In Seattle Podcast
Kirk Honda
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🗓️ 20 May 2023
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October 2, 2017
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, deserving listeners, it's just me today. |
| 0:10.6 | I wanted to talk about psychopathic or narcissistic therapists and counselors. |
| 0:19.1 | People in the mental health field professionals who have major personality issues that may or |
| 0:27.5 | may not lead them to harm other people. |
| 0:31.6 | So that's what I'm going to talk about today. |
| 0:33.6 | This is the Psychology and Seattle podcast. |
| 0:35.6 | I'm your host, Dr. Kirk Honda. |
| 0:37.8 | I'm a therapist and a professor. |
| 0:40.1 | The reason why I want to talk about this is because famous patron Lyndon. |
| 0:44.8 | Lyndon runs the Facebook fan page, fan group. |
| 0:49.7 | If you want to join that, he moderates that famous patron Lyndon wrote in and said, |
| 0:54.9 | Hello, Kirk. |
| 0:55.9 | To what extent can people make it all the way to a profession as a therapist despite having |
| 1:00.5 | psychopathic or sadistic or narcissistic traits? |
| 1:04.7 | Can a person make it into the profession despite having a cruel nature, a sadistic style, |
| 1:10.2 | or a domineering personality? |
| 1:12.7 | What checks and blocks are in place to hold back people like this from entering the profession? |
| 1:18.6 | What are your experiences with people and the profession who have dark personalities? |
| 1:23.5 | Is it something you encounter while teaching or supervising? |
| 1:27.0 | Do the theories actually make successful therapists who are anti-social, more effective at exploiting |
| 1:33.7 | instrumentalizing, objectifying, and abusing their clients? |
| 1:37.4 | I understand that you might feel averse to discussing this topic as it seems to cast |
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