Tales From the Chair

Right now, there is a debate raging - somewhere - about men needing to be alpha men. And that not being one is somehow a weakness. But this language has caused conflict and further division with women.

So let's figure out what's going on.

Diving into semantics can cause problems SOMETIMES. But absolutes create problems ALWAYS.

So let's talk about avoiding absolutes.

AI is coming for us all. So how will it go after therapy? Let's talk about it, because therapy isn't quite the safe haven from AI we once thought.

The first episode ran long, so I split it in two. Here's a continuing dialogue on therapists quitting and what leads to such endings.

At times, therapists have to end their work with patients. But sometimes, its not due to completion of services or circumstance. Sometimes, we just are....done. But the nuance of "good" quitting, and wrongful kidding is lost of the recipients. So let's talk about how this happens.

5:00 - Dropping the World's Worst Affair

7:00 - Downshifting a Troublesome Person

12:29 - The Patient That Led to Rule Changes

Affairs are bad, and generally messy. But what happens when you have a messy affair with no real payoff. This is the story of the world's worst affair.

So it turns out, therapists are people too! And in being people, that means they have people problems. So, what happens if those issues ooze into your own therapy? Should you ignore it, work with it, or run straight out the door? 

Today's episode will begin the story time segment , which begins at 4:43 ("Knives Out") and then continues at 8:41 ("Professor X")

Kids and teens like coupling just like adults. But trends are showing that kids are getting in relationships younger and having sex earlier as well. So what do we make of this trend, and how should adults approach this trend.

2:45 - Two friends of differing paths.

8:00 - Culture, and managing young relationships.

13:10 - Reacting poorly to youth relationships

Sometimes, bad patients come in pairs. In continuing the podcasts' tradition of sharing terrible tales about terrible people, here is the story of the worst couple I ever worked with.

The proverbial curse:

A session that goes 55 minutes, and as time runs out, the client asks for advice. Which is a strange question, because the whole session is lased with advice generally. So, what's up with that?