Suffering Therapists, Suicidal Teens, and Bob Friendship
Psychology In Seattle Podcast
Kirk Honda
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 26 September 2022
⏱️ 63 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
0:00 Suffering Therapists, Suicidal Teens, and Bob Friendship
0:10 Suffering therapists
7:09 Eckhart Tolle & Mindfulness
11:43 Asking your therapist to learn something
16:09 Suicide & Parenting
38:13 Dr. Kirk & Bob's friendship
50:52 Clinician notes & nuance
From our sponsor, BetterHelp: Need a therapist? Try BetterHelp! https://www.betterhelp.com/kirk
Get started today and enjoy 10% off your first month. Discount code “KIRK" will be automatically applied.
Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/PsychologyInSeattle
Email: https://www.psychologyinseattle.com/contact
Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/psychology-in-seattle
Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/kirkhonda
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/psychologyinseattle/
Facebook Official Page: https://www.facebook.com/PsychologyInSeattle/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kirk.honda
The Psychology In Seattle Podcast ®
Trigger Warning: This episode may include topics such as assault, trauma, and discrimination. If necessary, listeners are encouraged to refrain from listening and care for their safety and well-being.
Disclaimer: The content provided is for educational, informational, and entertainment purposes only. Nothing here constitutes personal or professional consultation, therapy, diagnosis, or creates a counselor-client relationship. Topics discussed may generate differing points of view. If you participate (by being a guest, submitting a question, or commenting) you must do so with the knowledge that we cannot control reactions or responses from others, which may not agree with you or feel unfair. Your participation on this site is at your own risk, accepting full responsibility for any liability or harm that may result. Anything you write here may be used for discussion or endorsement of the podcast. Opinions and views expressed by the host and guest hosts are personal views. Although, we take precautions and fact check, they should not be considered facts and the opinions may change. Opinions posted by participants (such as comments) are not those of the hosts. Readers should not rely on any information found here and should perform due diligence before taking any action. For a more extensive description of factors for you to consider, please see www.psychologyinseattle.com
This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3269717/advertisement
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | All right, Bob, let's answer some questions from the listeners. What do you say? |
| 0:04.5 | I say yes. Anonymous patron said, |
| 0:07.1 | Hi, Kirk and Bob, I finally found a good fit for me as a therapist and I'm elated by my progress |
| 0:12.8 | in therapy and our positive, trustful alliance. We are close. The problem is, his young wife was |
| 0:19.2 | just diagnosed with the unthinkable for someone who was 40, ALS. They have two elementary-age sons. |
| 0:27.9 | This has been a blow for me and I have so much empathy for the horror of this. We're midstream |
| 0:33.8 | and disorganized attachment therapy and the frame of therapy is professional and intensive. |
| 0:39.9 | However, I don't know where to go from here. I'm afraid to lose this relationship, |
| 0:44.2 | but I want to show the empathy I feel without violating a symmetry. I want to let go gracefully |
| 0:50.0 | if I have to. Any suggestions on how to handle this? I feel especially sad for him and also afraid |
| 0:56.6 | for our work, Bob, what do you think? Well, it is. It's tragic. I can't imagine that's really |
| 1:03.1 | frightening thing to have. I mean, can you imagine with your therapist now, you have a really good, |
| 1:08.6 | strong relationship with him, how you would feel? Oh, yeah, I feel awful. It'd be just terrible. |
| 1:14.7 | I'd feel scared. I might even feel threatened in a similar way that this person is describing. |
| 1:19.7 | What would you be afraid of exactly? Sudden loss. And also, are they available |
| 1:26.4 | and are they experiencing me as burdensome? Interesting. Yeah. So because they're going through |
| 1:32.4 | something that's intense for them, you might think, wait, am I just a bother? I don't want to |
| 1:40.7 | overburden my therapist with my tiny little problems when they're probably wanting to be at home |
| 1:48.3 | with their partner. Yeah, that's a projection, but yeah, that's the kind of projection I would have. |
| 1:54.0 | So what would you do with your therapist in that situation? Oh, guess. I talk about it. |
| 1:59.5 | Well, I think the first thing you I'm guessing would do is reframe it as not necessarily rational |
| 2:06.5 | or true, you know, as you're saying, a projection, right? Because it implies that your therapist shows |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Kirk Honda, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Kirk Honda and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.