That is definitely a concern of mine - even in fiction, how therapists are represented shape how people see the therapy profession. I hope this therapist's character develops as the season progresses!

I share similar sentiments! The first season definitely felt more believable to me than this first episode of season 4. I haven't gotten into the rest of the season yet, but I hope they allow the psychologist's character to grow into a more ethical therapist.

@@PrivatePracticeSkills SPOILERS-........ if you keep watching the show, she suggests a termination of their sessions because of her boundary issues with him. She has unresolved parental transference going on with him as a son figure. Its actually really good. But soooo bad 😬 haha you're supposed to be cringing at all of this

I disagree, it reminds me a lot of my own experience with therapy and it's unsettling that therapists in the commenting section are not seeing clearly how well it's illustrated in all it's twisted logic. 11:30 the reason she comes forward so strong with "you want lyrical" seems to be because of those boundary issues, but not just a boundary of time with a client, or a boundary of who regulates contact but a boundary between her own issues with sleeplessness (answering the phone late at night) and his issues with sleeplessness getting mixed together in a sense, properly her violating his boundaries and projecting her own point of interest and underlying issue on to him in order to have him act out her problems so that her as the therapist gets to perform therapy on herself, by proxy of a client. That said I haven't watched the show and maybe I'm projecting from my own experience with a female therapist lol. 16:03 "Last night you mentioned grief and you went like...Silent" hmm, redhead reacting to the tv therapist is all like "that's what you get when you pick up the phone at night, the tables have turned" as if the TV therapists lack of physical boundaries are a natural cause for a client to deem it necessary to spend time analyzing his therapist, with his therapist. She is wrong. The more accurate interpretation is that the TV therapist is disordered and at least somewhat narcissistic, that she throws shade like that because she is fishing for supply, because it is really all about HER. And her client calls her on it by turning it back to her and her problems, and she jumps right in with "I lost my father recently" and she jumps in to it with a peculiar affirmative vulnerability, and the client now feels in charge of making her feel better (delivering supply) to his covertly narcissistic therapist, which is what the narcissistic therapist was angling for in the first place namely relational power (she decides if his issues are valid, and if he can pick another therapist) attention, care in the form of supply and that so very strange and unique covert relief from succesful boundary transgression. The redhead's reaction to that power dynamic is more along the line of "this is raw unprocessed emotion blabla" completely missing the subtext when she say's things like "I'm not really seeing her advocate for her client by coming alongside her client and building trust [flailing arms] she is just kind of throwing diagnostic terms at him, her agenda at him weather blablabla" Fact of the matter is that the client is wise in a way to turn it back on the therapist because the therapist is not motivated by external factors (client's problems) but is regulating her own internal emotions by externalization in therapy. If the client takes that relation and his therapist's feedback as if he was the source of that he can end up very confused because his therapist will continually bait and fish and demand to frame things in a way that helps her regulate her inner emotional imbalance (father) and possible some cognitive/agentic compensations too. If a client simply buy's the spiel without challenging a therapist like that he is likely to be severely gaslit and dependent on the covert narcissists manipulation, but on the other hand the covert excels beyond broken boundaries so it's a double edged sword. 18:03 Him removing the background and revealing a children's room is very likely to be deliberate from a storytelling point of view, an allegory of adult-child power dynamics (as opposed to therapist-client) and both of them have shown their true colors. Redhead reacts with "apparently the way they have written his character her self disclosure was just what he needed" seeing the interaction as if it was a "if you show me yours I show you mine" interaction, and as if he needed that. Neither of which are accurate or perceptive interpretations. It would have been more interesting if she had seen it as allegory of emasculation (her dead father, her actions toward her client) and infantilizing relationship (P-word, client/therapist, supply, lost child) 20:00 hmm, could have skipped some of the above since he practically say's it out loud, keywords: trauma-bonding, NPD with drug access and DPD client probably previously groomed for NPD purposes, like an adult child, but an adult that's controllable with drug prescriptions. Curious how redhead will read it lol, her face kinda knows but can she speak it out loud? Redhead "sounds like magically when she disclosed her grief to this client he just suddenly opened up and started to reveal all kinds of things and then it started to really feel like an actual therapy session blabla about 'opening up' " So that's the therapists reaction lol, like really. That's what she see's in that interaction. Like a visit to flatland. Well appreciate her take on a therapist on TV. I have my own take of it after having had a really problematic therapist but that's from a very different point of view and eyeing a lot of little details pertinent to that specific experience. Long story short therapy is dangerous for people sometimes, but disorders like NPD are not reserved for therapists and not all clients are hooked on lithium. themes: cNPD, DPD, trauma-bonding, power imbalances, predictable boundary violations, externalization.

Thank you! I still haven't busted out my camera again just yet, but I'm sure the day will come soon :)

@@PrivatePracticeSkills Have you seen showtime's couple's therapy? It's real therapy sessions filmed, but I'd be interested to know if you liked that show 😊😁 these vids are your sweet spot hehe (it's nice seeing an empathetic and ethical therapist)

It does seem they're taking a different approach this season!

Agreed! Sometimes far fetched. But, nonetheless, realistic!

I still haven't watched the rest of the season yet, but it sounds like the cringiness continues through the rest of the season from what you're saying. Oh dear!

She does have one on 2 episodes from season 1 with Paul.

Isn’t he kinda punished for that though? I just finished the first season and Gina repeatedly brings up he kinda crosses patient/therapist boundaries and it’s part of why he’s so overwhelmed but he refuses to see it that way

@@blurryperson2685 yes! He also does this at the detriment of his own family.

Oh that sounds interesting! I must admit, as a highly sensitive soul I'll likely opt not to watch that one, as I can't handle heavy fiction! But I'm glad to hear that how they portray therapy is so well done!

I would like to add, I'm heavy on ethics so as far as the dramatization showcased throughout doesn't outweigh my honest to God gratefulness for the representation of a Black Female Psychotherapist. I can overlook the little things I know that aren't and shouldn't realistic

And also, where she resides is not unrealistic. It's actually BALDWIN HILLS not Beverly Hills. Baldwin Hills is a predominantly African American upper middle class neighborhood situated in the hills between Inglewood and South Central Los Angeles. So the person reviewing this is incorrect in her assessment of where the portrayed therapist resides..... I was raised in Baldwin Hills as well...

@@tierastevens2101 That part!!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🤌🏽❤️

*I meant the new season of In Treatment.

Thank you!

I hadn't heard of that one, I'll have to check it out!

The first three seasons had tons of boundary issues as well.

It is always best to rule out medical , have them draw blood and usual vitamin d is low.

btw I would still like to see more reactions!

Oops! ha, you're right! Though I think we're still looking at a house worth over a million dollars :)

@@PrivatePracticeSkills also, house was left to her by her recently deceased architect father ...

She bought the house. Her father designed it.

Baldwin Hills is a predominantly African American upper middle class neighborhood situated in the hills between Inglewood and South Central Los Angeles. So the person reviewing this is incorrect in her assessment of where the portrayed therapist resides..... I was raised in Baldwin Hills as well... Not unrealistic at All for her to live there! Please do your research before putting out false information. Plus on the show she says it was her parents home that her father who was a prominent architect built and designed for their family... 🙄 To the creator of this video.... You were loud and wrong on this one ma'am. Respectfully. In this and some of your other videos, you seem to need a refresher course in cultural competence.

@VelvetElegance THANK YOU!!!IYKYN!!! I was raised in Baldwin Hills. She needs to chill...

And it's actually BALDWIN HILLS not Beverly Hills. Baldwin Hills is a predominantly African American upper middle class neighborhood situated in the hills between Inglewood and South Central Los Angeles. So the person reviewing this is incorrect in her assessment of where the portrayed therapist resides..... I was raised in Baldwin Hills as well...

Talking about race isn't political you are just uncomfortable. You should get that checked out as to why you are?

It's called transference countertransference It is very real and happens at times in therapy. Later in the season she recognizes this and attempts to correct it...

It certainly makes for some good TV ;) Best wishes in grad school!

The purpose is to portray her as human. Further in the season she definitely realizes the err of her ways. Dr. Paul did way more cringey things than this in seasons 1-3... I hope she kept the same energy in that review. I guess I will check that out next🤷🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

​@@blessedandannointedPreach. Paul did some really dodgy things and series 1 - 3 was one long boundary trash, but of course people forget that......

No, she’s not culturally competent AT ALL.. she thinks she’s more equipped because Becky.. I wonder if she knows this is a TV SHOW!

Right! And it's actually BALDWIN HILLS not Beverly Hills. Baldwin Hills is a predominantly African American upper middle class neighborhood situated in the hills between Inglewood and South Central Los Angeles. So the person reviewing this is incorrect in her assessment of where the portrayed therapist resides..... I was raised in Baldwin Hills as well... Not unrealistic at ALL for her to have a home there.... She needs to do her research before putting something out there like that..

@@skyk2005 She be loud and wrong on several instances...

This therapist is lousy and abusive. She's at least funny though.

The first three series also had appalling boundary transgressions from Paul and his clients. Far worse ones as well. Paul tried having an affair with a client but was let down by his "equipment".

It's a reboot. Gabriel Byrne was never going to return to the show, so he wasn't being replaced. It seems that you find it hard to see someone who doesn't look like you as fully human, but that's no surprise I guess.

@@toomuchinformation obviously only people who look like me are fully human duh. This woman isn't very good in this role at all, they should have found someone much better