Is Diagnosing our Therapy Clients Helpful? Extended Cut [Video]

DARVO was coined by Dr. Jennifer Freyd in the 1990s and stands for “Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim and Offender.” DARVO is a common defense strategy by perpetrators, narcissists, and offenders of both criminal and noncriminal harm when they wish to deflect accountability for their actions. Despite how common DARVO is both individually in relationships as well as on a larger scale (e.g., corporate and government level), it isn’t talked about very often. DARVO is highly effective at silencing victims. But I’m hopeful that by sharing knowledge of how DARVO operates, we can empower ourselves and our society to combat it. In this episode, we discuss the dynamics of DARVO, as well as the ways it can suppress whistleblowers and negatively impact their wellbeing. I know it’s a weighty topic for this episode, but it feels highly useful for all of us to have this knowledge handy, whether to advocate for ourselves or to better support our clients in identifying DARVO and successfully holding others accountable. You can find the shorter, less in-depth version of this episode here: https://youtu.be/zhAZfcin3YY **In case you need help** National Domestic Violence Hotline: https://www.thehotline.org/ Crisis Text Line: https://www.crisistextline.org/ "How to Handle the DARVO Method" https://sentientcounselling.co.uk/2023/03/21/how-to-handle-the-darvo-method/ *Other Links Mentioned* Thank you to Paubox for sponsoring this episode. Paubox makes HIPAA-secure email easy and streamlined. Check them out here: https://bit.ly/pps_paubox_YT *Get $250 off your first year with Paubox with coupon code "SKILLS" *Bonus Deal:* If you add the Paubox badge to your website you get an extra $100 off your first year - that means you can get your whole first year free if you apply both deals! FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8 Prior Episode: "Processing Personal Challenges While Still Being a Therapist" https://youtu.be/KoLn9XeUZ9Y Choosing Therapy Article: "DARVO: Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim & Offender” https://www.choosingtherapy.com/darvo/ Dr. Jennifer Freyd: “What is DARVO?” https://www.jjfreyd.com/darvo CNN Article: "What others knew: Culture of denial protected Nassar for years” https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/23/us/nassar-sexual-abuse-who-knew/index.html Office of the Whistleblower Ombuds Website: https://whistleblower.house.gov/ “Whistleblowing and Mental Health” Government Document: https://whistleblower.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/whistleblower.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/Whistleblowing_and_Mental_Health.pdf Resources for Whistleblowers: https://whistleblower.house.gov/resources/resources-whistleblowers "The Whistleblower’s Dilemma: Do the Risks Outweigh the Benefits?” https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/whistleblowers-in-business/ Whistleblower Protections (in the U.S.) https://www.dol.gov/general/topics/whistleblower Article: "What Makes Whistleblowers So Threatening?” https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4676977/ LINKS *Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely! 👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/ 👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear 👉 Music I use: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/c7m5mj/ This video is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to. Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3TfknqIlVlmhGcdTbRM3rS Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/private-practice-skills/id1735988673 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/ This video is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.

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This is the minimally edited, podcast-style version of my video "Is Diagnosing our Therapy Clients Helpful?" You can catch the shorter and snappier version of the video here: https://youtu.be/AA_CUwY2Pwg Today I wanted to *genuinely* & curiously tackle the question: is it helpful to diagnose our clients? Of course, the answer to this question isn't black-and-white. So in today's episode, I take a look at comments from the r/therapists subreddit exploring this question and offer some of my own thoughts. What do you think? Do you diagnose after your first session with every client? Have you ever "tweaked" a client's diagnosis with the intent of ultimately supporting them? I don't claim to have the answers, and certainly no direct clinical advice to offer, but I think this is an important conversation to have. And certainly, I think it's great for each of us to reflect on how we approach diagnosing and why we approach it that way. Thank you to Paubox for sponsoring this episode. Paubox makes HIPAA-secure email easy and streamlined. Check them out here: https://bit.ly/pps_paubox_YT *Get $250 off your first year with Paubox with coupon code "SKILLS" *Bonus Deal:* If you add the Paubox badge to your website you get an extra $100 off your first year - that means you can get your whole first year free if you apply both deals! FREE Guide: Start a Private Practice in Counseling: https://tinyurl.com/y9ek9en8 Thanks to the original poster and to everyone who responded. You can see the reddit thread I referenced here: https://www.reddit.com/r/therapists/comments/1i7i9ui/im_starting_to_disagree_with_this_entire_field/ LINKS *Some links are affiliate links. A percentage of purchases come back to me and help my channel immensely! 👉 How to DIY a Therapist Website that Fills your Practice: https://privatepracticeskills.teachable.com/ 👉 All my filming gear: https://kit.co/privatepracticeskills/all-my-gear 👉 Music I use: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/c7m5mj/ This video is geared toward therapists of all kinds, including psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, social workers, and others in the clinical counseling field. Welcome to Private Practice Skills! I’m Dr. Marie Fang, psychologist in private practice. I post videos offering tools I learned the hard way about starting and growing private practice so that you don’t have to. Website: www.privatepracticeskills.com Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3TfknqIlVlmhGcdTbRM3rS Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/private-practice-skills/id1735988673 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/privatepracticeskills/ This video is not intended as professional or legal advice. Be sure to seek the services of a professional if you are in need of them.