Very Bad Therapy

120. Hard Conversations

Oct 3, 2022

01:37:41

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Is the Ben Feynman Method a Good Delivery Practice?

01:30

OCD - Is Your Therapist Less Knowledgeable Than You Thought?

01:24

Is There an Ethical Obligation to Refer a Therapist?

01:57

Introduction

2min

I Loved the Series, but I Don't Liked It.

2min

Exposure and Response Prevention

2min

Is That a Killer?

2min

I Don't Know Where We're Going, but I'm Done Predicting

2min

A Couple Quick Shout Outs, Carrie

2min

The Organized Therapist - Why Therapy Is Broken

2min

How Did You Find This Therapist?

2min

Is There a Wait List?

2min

10.

Is There a Wait List?

2min

11.

Is She's Not Like Being Honest About Her Appropriate Time?

2min

12.

Did You Ever Confront a Client About Liking?

2min

13.

Did She Just Not Follow Up?

2min

14.

Then I'm Like, Oh, I Don't Know if This Is Effective or Not?

2min

15.

Is It a Cowardly Decision to Refer a Client Out?

1min

16.

Is There an Ethical Obligation to Refer a Therapist?

2min

17.

I Don't Have Anything in the Policy Is I Have to Refer You Out

2min

18.

Do Social Workers Have a Code of Ethics?

2min

19.

Is She Still Licensing?

3min

20.

Is It Better to Work With a Second Therapist?

2min

21.

Is There a Therapy Policy That's Good for Anxiety?

2min

22.

Is Your Therapist Reluctant to Have a Difficult Conversation Around Termination?

2min

23.

Do You Have Empathy for This Therapist?

2min

24.

Empathy Is Not Imperative, but Very Impossible

2min

25.

Is There Any Situation Where Is This Therapist Being Truthful?

2min

26.

Therapy

2min

27.

You Can't See Me Because You Didn't Want Me to Bring My Animal

2min

28.

I'm Having a Hard Conversation and I'd Like to Work With You

2min

29.

I Don't Want to Work With You Anymore

1min

30.

I Don't Want to Work With You

2min

31.

Do You See What I'm Saying?

2min

32.

I Don't Want to Work With You

2min

33.

Therapy Isn't Helping. It's Different From I Have to Rake My Fees

2min

34.

You Don't Have to Like a Client

2min

35.

How Do You Have the Hard Conversation? I Don't Like You

2min

36.

Do You Have Borderline Personality Disorder?

2min

37.

I'm Too Fucked Up for This Person to Be Able to Help You, Right?

2min

38.

OCD - Is Your Therapist Less Knowledgeable Than You Thought?

1min

39.

Do You Say That to a Client?

3min

40.

BPD

2min

41.

What if I Had a Hard Conversation With a Client With BPD?

1min

42.

Is There a Conflict of Interest?

2min

43.

I'm Raising My Fee Because I Want to Pay Bills

2min

44.

I Don't Think I Need to Have a Hard Conversation With My Clients

2min

45.

I'm Raising My Fees, but I Am Sorry That We Have to End This

2min

46.

I'm Sorry You Can't Afford My Rates

2min

47.

Is the Ben Feynman Method a Good Delivery Practice?

2min

48.

Cancellation Policy - Is That Okay?

2min

49.

Do You Have a Late Cancellation Policy?

2min

50.

I Don't Accept a Gift

2min

51.

Is the Gifts Changing the Balance of the Relationship?

2min

52.

Is Therapy Helping You?

2min

53.

Is Therapy Helping the Client?

2min

54.

Do You Feel Like You Need More Money?

2min

55.

I'm Sorry, I'll Be Missing You, or Maybe I Shouldn't Be

1min

56.

What Have You Learned From Hard Conversations?

2min

57.

Very Bad Therapy Podcast - 10 Out of 10

2min

What happens when a therapist doesn’t want to work with a client? What should happen? Tom shares his experience with a therapist who chose avoidance over honesty, and we discuss ten types of hard conversations that frequently give therapists anxiety. Plus, is Steve Carrell a good enough TV therapist to avoid getting murdered?

Thank you for listening. To support the show and receive access to regular bonus episodes, check out the Very Bad Therapy Patreon community. Today’s episode is sponsored by The Organized Therapist – Social Media for Therapists.

Introduction: 0:00 – 11:00

Part One: 11:00 – 37:54

Part Two: 37:54 – 1:37:40

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