The Psychology of Josh Powell (Chapter 4 - Susan & Steven)
Psychology In Seattle Podcast
Kirk Honda
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🗓️ 27 May 2024
⏱️ 60 minutes
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May 27, 2024
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| 0:00.0 | Hey Deservant listeners, this is Chapter 4 in our deep dive on Josh Powell, the psychology of Josh |
| 0:05.2 | Powell. |
| 0:06.2 | Let's get into it. |
| 0:07.2 | What do you say? |
| 0:08.2 | This is the Psychology and Seattle Podcast. |
| 0:09.9 | I'm your host, Dr. Kirk Honda, I'm a therapist and a professor and I see that you're wearing |
| 0:15.2 | our 15th anniversary merch. Yes I love this t-shirt if I could go back in time I would wear this |
| 0:22.0 | t-shirt. |
| 0:22.6 | Go back and who are you, Berto. |
| 0:24.6 | My name is Umberto Castagnana and I am a smorse policeman. |
| 0:28.0 | Okay, so let me bring you all up to speed. |
| 0:31.3 | Josh is recently been dumped by Catherine he was controlling and |
| 0:38.4 | abusive to Catherine the 16-month relationship and she waited for him to be at work and she left the state and then called him on the phone and broke up with him and this is where he's at. |
| 0:50.5 | I conceptualize his personality as having been not only abused but also |
| 0:56.3 | neglected growing up and he has developed insecure attachment with leaning |
| 1:02.3 | towards narcissism and avoidance and with some people like |
| 1:06.8 | this they will emerge into adulthood with a deep deep longing and need for closeness that they've never had and when they |
| 1:16.4 | finally are able to date someone's you know sometimes this can happen at 10 years of |
| 1:21.0 | age when there's like a puppy love thing in grade school or it can happen later in life. |
| 1:26.5 | I think that's the case for Josh and he I think is hopeful that a soulmate, a wife, will finally be able to give him these normal attachment needs that everyone deserves to be met. |
| 1:42.0 | I don't think he's consciously thinking that way, but I think |
| 1:46.5 | that that's true. And in his journal, the way that he talks about these relationships, it's |
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