Psychology In Seattle Podcast
A psychology podcast that is both educational and entertaining.
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September 9, 2025 • 8 mins
[Rerun] This is the first deep dive in the Loneliness Deep Dive Series. (Intro) The full episode is available to patrons of the podcast.
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September 8, 2025 • 43 mins
Bobcast! Patron emails!
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00:00 When is physical touch in therapy OK?
18:19 'Zoey' OPP
20:36 Is transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) a treatment for ADHD?
28:36 'Margaret' OPP
30:08 Can trauma cause incontinence?
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00:00 When is physical touch in therapy OK?
18:19 'Zoey' OPP
20:36 Is transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) a treatment for ADHD?
28:36 'Margaret' OPP
30:08 Can trauma cause incontinence?
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September 5, 2025 • 52 mins
Dr Kirk Honda answers patron emails.
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00:00 Would it be unethical for Dr. Kirk's past therapists to listen to PIS?
09:03 What about past clients?
13:40 What's the difference between venting and triangulation?
25:56 Is Dr. Kirk exasperated?
31:16 Establishing an independent identity outside of competition
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00:00 Would it be unethical for Dr. Kirk's past therapists to listen to PIS?
09:03 What about past clients?
13:40 What's the difference between venting and triangulation?
25:56 Is Dr. Kirk exasperated?
31:16 Establishing an independent identity outside of competition
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September 4, 2025 • 2 mins
[Rerun] Dr. Kirk Honda talks about family of origin therapy. (Intro)
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September 3, 2025 • 51 mins
Bobcast! Patron emails!
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00:00 PiS in public
01:56 How do you achieve secure attachment despite internal resistance?
08:28 What about needing therapy makes Bob sad?
10:32 Why may psychological echoes occur when starting therapy?
16:03 What constitutes childhood sexual exploration vs. abuse?
34:42 'R', 'Sydney', 'Ca...
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00:00 PiS in public
01:56 How do you achieve secure attachment despite internal resistance?
08:28 What about needing therapy makes Bob sad?
10:32 Why may psychological echoes occur when starting therapy?
16:03 What constitutes childhood sexual exploration vs. abuse?
34:42 'R', 'Sydney', 'Ca...
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September 2, 2025 • 1 min
[Rerun] Dr. Kirk Honda talks about Internal Family Systems. (Intro)
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September 1, 2025 • 60 mins
Bob talks about his mom’s death and his grief
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00:00 His mom's decline
03:51 Do Bob's siblings validate his experience?
11:04 How does Bob feel about her passing?
23:33 Did Bob's parents ever apologize?
39:05 Bob's anticipatory grief
43:02 Dr. Kirk's book is done!
48:42 Am I experiencing empathy or shame?
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00:00 His mom's decline
03:51 Do Bob's siblings validate his experience?
11:04 How does Bob feel about her passing?
23:33 Did Bob's parents ever apologize?
39:05 Bob's anticipatory grief
43:02 Dr. Kirk's book is done!
48:42 Am I experiencing empathy or shame?
Become a mem...
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August 29, 2025 • 105 mins
Dr Kirk Honda reacts to the viral TikTok series “I Fell In Love With My Psychiatrist”.
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August 28, 2025 • 132 mins
[Rerun] Dr Kirk Honda talks about the Amanda Knox case, the social forces present, and the research regarding false confessions.
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August 27, 2025 • 79 mins
Dr Kirk and Humberto debate the trolley problem dilemmas.
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00:00 Future deep dives
01:06 Clarifying questions of the trolley problem
03:51 Would Humberto pull the lever in a classic scenario?
11:58 Would pushing someone change the equation?
16:37 Where do you draw the line?
19:57 What if there was a child on the tra...
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00:00 Future deep dives
01:06 Clarifying questions of the trolley problem
03:51 Would Humberto pull the lever in a classic scenario?
11:58 Would pushing someone change the equation?
16:37 Where do you draw the line?
19:57 What if there was a child on the tra...
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August 26, 2025 • 116 mins
[Rerun] Dr. Kirk and Humberto talk about the psychology of Roseanne Barr.
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August 25, 2025 • 98 mins
Dr Kirk and Humberto respond to patron emails.
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00:00 PETA acknowledgement05:15 What bass does Berto own?
07:13 What is the feline situation at PIS?
10:34 What is the line between good friends and emotional cheating?
21:37 Should I hold onto guilt as the other woman?
28:24 What music should be on your birthing pla...
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00:00 PETA acknowledgement05:15 What bass does Berto own?
07:13 What is the feline situation at PIS?
10:34 What is the line between good friends and emotional cheating?
21:37 Should I hold onto guilt as the other woman?
28:24 What music should be on your birthing pla...
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August 22, 2025 • 46 mins
Rebeccasode! Answering patron emails.
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05:22 Atsuko Okatsuka & Asian-American comedians
12:57 How would you define Jungian Shadow work?
25:00 Can you experience countertransference in academics?
30:40 Why is it so hard to find a good therapist?
00:00 Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder and comorbidities
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05:22 Atsuko Okatsuka & Asian-American comedians
12:57 How would you define Jungian Shadow work?
25:00 Can you experience countertransference in academics?
30:40 Why is it so hard to find a good therapist?
00:00 Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder and comorbidities
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August 21, 2025 • 25 mins
[Rerun] Dr. Kirk Honda talks about the psychoanalytic concept called psychic retreats.
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August 20, 2025 • 47 mins
Dr Kirk Honda and Humberto read follow-up emails to the deep dive on the Menendez Bros.
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00:00 What might life be like for the Menendez Brothers post prison?
26:00 Could generational abuse have affected the brutality?
35:03 Dramatization of the story & other details
44:40 Self-rehabilitation work in prison
46:51 ...
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00:00 What might life be like for the Menendez Brothers post prison?
26:00 Could generational abuse have affected the brutality?
35:03 Dramatization of the story & other details
44:40 Self-rehabilitation work in prison
46:51 ...
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August 19, 2025 • 29 mins
[Rerun] Dr. Kirk Honda replies to a patron email about projective identification.
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August 18, 2025 • 40 mins
Rebeccasode! Answering patron emails.
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00:00 How does trauma affect a population?
13:02 Could Rebecca have been socialized to have a different opinion?
18:49 How do clinicians process trauma?
30:19 Strom Thurmond's daughter
33:52 Can a marginalized person have awful opinions?
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00:00 How does trauma affect a population?
13:02 Could Rebecca have been socialized to have a different opinion?
18:49 How do clinicians process trauma?
30:19 Strom Thurmond's daughter
33:52 Can a marginalized person have awful opinions?
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August 15, 2025 • 29 mins
Humberto provides a deep dive on US immigration.
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00:00 Visa Para Un Sueño
08:35 Immigration in Colombia
21:24 What would it take to leave Seattle?
23:23 Is it irrational to consider leaving?
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00:00 Visa Para Un Sueño
08:35 Immigration in Colombia
21:24 What would it take to leave Seattle?
23:23 Is it irrational to consider leaving?
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August 14, 2025 • 139 mins
[Rerun] Dr. Kirk Honda and Carey Burbank talk about the psychology of Marlon Brando
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August 13, 2025 • 34 mins
Humberto provides a deep dive on US immigration.
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00:00 Immigration Song
04:39 A Nationalist movement
07:30 Humberto's story of immigration
10:49 Federal measures & rollbacks
16:04 Federal funding & detainment centers
23:31 The Alien Enemies Act
27:26 Birthright citizenship
33:22 Stories from immigrants seek...
This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/KIRK to get 10% off your first month.
00:00 Immigration Song
04:39 A Nationalist movement
07:30 Humberto's story of immigration
10:49 Federal measures & rollbacks
16:04 Federal funding & detainment centers
23:31 The Alien Enemies Act
27:26 Birthright citizenship
33:22 Stories from immigrants seek...
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