212. Using Humor in Therapy to Build Rapport and Break Through with Glenn Maloney

About this episode

This episode discusses the use of humor in therapy to enhance rapport and effectiveness, featuring insights from Glenn Maloney.

Most therapists crack a joke in session at some point, but very few have actually studied the clinical art of using humor in therapy. If you've ever wondered whether that offhand comment landed the right way, or held back because it felt too risky, this episode is going to change how you think about it. In this episode of The Traveling Therapist Podcast, I sit down with Glenn Maloney, psychotherapist and author of Finding the Humor in Psychotherapy: A Primer on the Clinical Art of Joking with...

People in this episode

Host: Kym Tolson

Guest: Glenn Maloney

Topics covered

• humor in therapy
• building rapport
• psychotherapy
• clinical art
• communication

Keywords

• humor
• therapy
• rapport
• psychotherapy
• communication
• clinical art
• joking

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Finding the Humor in Psychotherapy: A Primer on the Clinical Art of Joking

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