Terms like boundaries, gaslighting, triggers, trauma, and attachment are everywhere now. Today on the Being Well Podcast, Dr. Rick and Forrest answer a listener question about the consequences of “therapy speak,” focusing on the good and bad of clinical language escaping the therapy room. They then answer three more questions: an introverted listener wonders about the pressure to be social, a couple wants to know how to loosen their strict scorekeeping around household tasks, and a 27-year-old wonders whether becoming a therapist means wasting the degree they already have.
Key Topics
- 00:00: Introduction
- 1:45: Question 1: The rise, and problems, of therapy speak.
- 10:15: Boundaries as a tool for control
- 16:00: Epistemic injustice: who gets believed
- 20:36: The ups and downs of labels.
- 25:02: Question 2: Do I really need to expand my social circle if I’m happy being mostly alone?
- 35:56: Question 3: How do we balance household responsibilities without scorekeeping?
- 48:59: Question 4: I want to become a therapist, but I’m scared to change careers. What should I do?
- 59:19: Recap
