What happens when a therapist and client have two very different conversational styles? Therapists can try to build rapport in many ways, which unfortunately is reflected in our guest Ben's experience of being given terrible advice mislabeled as psychoeducation. Whether a client is talkative or reserved, one thing is for sure: randomly praising Donald Trump as a paragon of confidence is curious at best.

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Introduction: 0:00 – 9:31

Part One: 9:31 – 39:55

Part Two: 39:55 – 1:15:01

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Show Notes:

• Episode 73 – Silence in Therapy: What's the Story? (with Dr. Gene Combs)
• Hidden Brain – Mind Reading 2.0: Why Conversations Go Wrong