Dr. Eric Bender

Is anybody paying attention to that?

And again, a huge piece of psychiatry is the relationship.

So who do you have a relationship with?

I think you'll get better on that medication if you're actually seeing somebody at the same time.

Yeah, I think that can be good.

Just realize not every therapist is going to practice that way.

So if you go to somebody thinking, well, this is not how it's done on TV, it's probably not how it's done on the TV because that's a different person and they have their own style.

So I do think it's interesting to show that and maybe it doesn't scare people.

Maybe it actually makes it more accessible.

Like, oh, that's what that would be like.

And also I do think it's brave of the people on those shows to allow their lives to be broadcast in some way.

My understanding with couples therapy, while I haven't watched it, is people are talking about real issues that they have.

And that's not easy to open up about anywhere, let alone with a camera and then to be shown to millions of people.

Well, that, that would have to be clarified right away.

Like, look, we're going to have this medium where people are going to know your stuff.

So I just want to say that's going to be unusual for the kind of

And there's, I see some professional athletes and sometimes I'll have to say, the organization that you guys are playing for, they have a certain way of going about this.

The way I go about my practice might not mesh with that, but I'm gonna treat you the way I treat any other patient.

But just so you know, this might come up and I will go to bat for you and I will make sure that I explain why I'm doing what I'm doing, but this is probably going to come up.

So I think if you address all that stuff up front, it's, it's fine, but it is, it is, I wouldn't want somebody in on my therapy.