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Therapist Boundaries, Retirement, and Failure to Launch (Patreon)

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2018-04-06 14:01:00
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2024-02

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Dr. Kirk Honda talks about therapist boundaries, retirement, and failure to launch.


The Psychology In Seattle Podcast. 


April 6, 2018.


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Music by Bread Knife Incident.

Comments

Anonymous

I just wanted to say I really enjoyed the part about "Failure to Launch" and this is a much needed demographic for therapy. My best friend from high school's half brother has become a hikikomori (there's not really a good English word with the same meaning). We got into a far amount of trouble as teenagers, mostly drugs, and my friend to a greater extent than I, so his dad vastly overprotected his younger half brother after he remarried. I haven't seen him since he was a little kid, but it's troubling. I think about how badly I got my ass kicked trying to get started on my own, and I had a college degree and a work history. He's never held a job... Also, losing my job and moving back in with my folks last year was really hard. Not that there were problems with my parents. They were really, really great about it. I think I'm getting along with them better now than I ever have. It was more just the stigma attached to it. Even though people would tell me otherwise, I just woke up every morning feeling like a fuck-up. It wasn't easy. So yeah, we need more therapists dealing with this.

PsychologyInSeattle
>>11366334

Thanks for sharing your interesting experiences, Jed. Yeah, there's tremendous stigma for the young adult and the families. And it's complicated issue that often is over-simplified.

Anonymous

I agree that there's this stigma around living with your parents when you're in your twenties, and beyond. My therapist actually wanted an explanation from me as to why I hadn't moved out yet at 23, and when I explained how it's this weird standard in society and actually for me it wasn't useful just to move out for it's own sake, she didn't seem to take that seriously. I have a question on the therapist boundaries section. Would it be okay for the client to contact their former therapist even though the professional relationship has ended? I've read one therapist's answer to this on Tumblr, saying that she would be glad to receive a letter from a former client, writing about how they're doing now. Would the therapist be allowed to respond? Wouldn't the client be asking for an interaction outside of the therapy setting?

PsychologyInSeattle
>>12214850

In general, clients are free to contact their past therapists. But it's generally accepted that therapists do not reach out to clients or respond (unless the client is reengaging in therapy), for reasons that I've discussed in the podcast. It might seem rude but it's necessary to reduce the possibility of harm.