Very Bad Therapy

Thank you both for this. After I graduated, I still felt very lost in this field and had a lot of questions that I think you guys explored. I listened to all the episodes in like a year or less😅 and can say that it's helped me feel more at ease in the field. Ben I hope you are able to find the joy in this field because I so understand those feelings. I'm still finding it myself. Hope to see y'all back again some time.

In the last episode the hosts just talk on and on about not liking their own podcast. Young people: not everything needs to be said aloud.

Podcast had a great premise, but unfortunately the hosts lack the experience and ability to appropriately research or cover the topics brought up by clients on the podcast. They also talk too much, and Ben in particular spends more time talking about what he thinks a client is probably feeling rather than allowing space for the guest to answer. The strongest episodes are when they bring on actual experts to reflect on the issues brought up by the guest. Based on this podcast, I would never want therapy with either of these hosts, especially Ben, because they lack nuance, expertise, professionalism, and empathy.

My first listen was the one on trauma informed care. Given the latest research (MRI imaging, etc), there is definitely a link between trauma and the brain/nervous system. Maybe do another literature search on a real repository like MedLine. I found this podcast to be I’ll-informed and black and white, which is never a good way to approach a platform that claims to want to inform. I agree that not all therapeutic techniques and therapists are effective, but this podcast seems to slam something the host claims at the beginning to know nothing about. One and done