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Psychology In Seattle Podcast

Ten Myths about Therapy (2016 Rerun)

Psychology In Seattle Podcast

Kirk Honda

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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[Rerun] Dr. Kirk Honda talks about therapy myths.

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January 1, 2016

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0:00.0

This is the Psychology in Seattle podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Kirk Honda. I am chair of the

0:05.6

couple in Femmy Therapy Program at Antioch University Seattle, and I'm also a licensed therapist.

0:10.5

Today I thought I would just talk about a article that someone sent me on Huff Poe titled

0:19.9

Therapy Myths, Ten Common Misconceptions About Seeing a Therapist,

0:25.9

written by Artie Battelle, and I'm just realizing here that it was published in 2012,

0:34.2

and since it's 2016, it was published almost four years ago.

0:42.0

So it's old, but I'm sure the myths haven't changed that drastically.

0:47.4

2012 wasn't that long ago.

0:49.7

I mean, come on.

0:51.2

All right, myth number one that they list here.

0:53.9

Therapy is like having a paid friend.

0:57.1

This is apparently a myth. Yes, I would say that is a myth. Having said that, it really depends on

1:03.6

what you mean by friend, right? Certainly a therapist can feel like a friend, and certainly

1:09.8

therapists and clients can be friendly but yeah it's

1:15.1

much different than a paid friend um because the therapist is a clinician and the relationship is

1:24.9

designed when it's going well to be a, for the most part, a one-directional

1:30.4

relationship in that the client sits down, talks about their life and the therapist is there

1:37.2

to help. The therapist does not walk into the room hoping to get help from the client.

1:43.3

The therapist might self-disclose about his or her life,

1:47.6

but only does so in the furthering and the assistance of the treatment of the client.

1:55.2

Now, this can be very varied. For some therapists, they're quite informal with their clients. And with other therapists,

2:04.0

they're quite formal. So, for instance, one therapist might treat all their clients very formally.

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