Health & Wellness Podcasts
This is a podcast dedicated to answering your questions about mental health, anxiety, depression, relationships, sex, and life WITHOUT psychobabble BS. I am Dr. Robert Duff, a psychologist from Southern California, but I'm also a regular dude who legitimately wants to help out.
Episode 290: Intrusive Thoughts of Harming Family & Ruminating About Therapy
Hello, friends! I hope you are all doing well. In this episode, I start off with a quick update about my experience so far on Lexapro (escitalopram), an SSRI medication for anxiety.
Episode 289: Self-Disclosure in Therapy and Suicidality vs Intrusive Thoughts
Hey, all! Nice Q&A episode for you here. The second questions talks a bit about suicidality, but nothing too graphic. Very interesting stuff.
Episode 288: Confidentiality for Minors & Physical vs Mental Issues
Hey, everyone. Short and sweet episode today featuring the following questions: As always, you can send me questions to [email protected] and find the show notes at http://duffthepsych.com/episode288 No sponsor this week, so please check out my recent book, 500 Journal Prompts!
Episode 287: Doubting Your Own Trauma & ADHD Misdiagnosis
Hello, friends! This episode features two questions related to trauma. There is nothing violent or explicit described, but both questions do involve childhood abuse. Just be aware.
Episode 286: Anxiety About Time Off & Erectile Dysfunction
Hey, friends! I hope that your week has been great. I want to give you a big thanks for listening to the show. I really appreciate you.
Episode 285: Grief and New Relationships & Secondhand Trauma
Hello, all! I hope that you are having a fantastic week. Unfortunately, omicron has found its way into the Duff household, but alas...
Episode 286: Anxiety About Time Off & Erectile Dysfunction
Hello, friends! In episode 286, I tackle two questions from listeners of the podcast. The first is related to increased anxiety around having free time and time off of work, while the second addresses issues surrounding relationships, self-esteem, and erectile dysfunction.
Episode 285: Grief and New Relationships & Secondhand Trauma
Hello, friends! This week I answer two questions that relate to coping with grief and moving forward after the death of your partner and understanding the experience of ‘secondhand’ trauma, i.e. trauma that did not happen to you directly, and what you can do to help overcome this.
Episode 284: How I am Approaching This Year
Hello, friends. Happy New Year! To welcome in 2022, I sit down with you and chat about my approach for the upcoming year, how I’m taking a broader approach rather than making specific resolutions, and examine what’s working for me at the moment and how I intended to move forward.
Episode 282: Getting Over Ghosting & Exercise Induced Anxiety
Hello, friends. In this Q&A, offer my thoughts on two questions relating to exercise-induced anxiety which results in heart palpitations during exercise and coping with rejection after being ghosted by a potential partner. Question 1: Hi Dr. Duff, Recently my anxiety has increased in intensity and I am trying to manage it.
Episode 281: Passing on Trauma & Caregiver Burnout
Hello, friends. In this Q&A, I answer listener questions related to the worry of passing on your own mental health troubles and past experiences to your child, and recognizing the characteristic of burnout and compassion fatigue in a high pressured caregiving job and what you can do to help cope with it.
Episode 280: Low Libido & Relationships Cause Sadness
Hello, friends. In this episode, I answer two questions related to relationships and mental health.
Episode 277: Co-parenting Problems & Disappearing Depressed Partner
Hello, friends! In this episode, I answer two questions relating to practicing self-care when you have no choice to engage with a toxic individual when co-parenting and supporting your partner when they struggle with depressive episodes which leaves them feeling numb.
