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Can a pathological liar be cured? with Drew Curtis, PhD, and Christian L. Hart, PhD

Speaking of Psychology

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Pathological Lying - Is Your Patient Telling the Truth?

Therapy rests on the assumption of honesty that all that we do in talk therapy is that we assume our patients are honest. One of the things with pathological lying to understand is even though they tell lies much more frequently than most people, they're not lying all the time about everything. The other thing to note there too is I think very important for therapists is when someone lies to us, we typically take it personal and get defensive.

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