The Virtual Couch

Practical mental health insights, relationship tools, and personal growth strategies from licensed therapist Tony Overbay for navigating addiction, emotional maturity, parenting, and faith transitions.

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Birth Order and the Impact on Personality (aka Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!)

Posted January 20, 202100:50:00

How important is family birth order in creating your personality? Tony references the article “Birth Order Traits: Your Guide to Sibling Personality...

Be a Guide, not the Hero: How to Model Empathy, Build Inner Wealth, and Put a Stop to Shame Based Parenting!

Posted January 13, 202100:57:01

Are you in need of a parenting upgrade? Even from the most well-intentioned parents, our kids can still walk away from key parenting moments...

Parents Just Don’t Understand - A Guidebook For Today’s Teenager

Posted January 6, 202100:56:03

Today Tony shares some mind-blowing data about “kids these days” gathered from a couple of consulting jobs with extremely large companies who are losing...

Slow and Steady Wins the Race, Except in a Real Race - Using the Power of Story, and Analogy for Good, Not for Manipulation!

Posted December 30, 202000:36:28

Using the power of story, or a colorful analogy can be an amazing way to help someone understand what YOU are going through. But often story and analogy...

I See You 2021 Are You Ready To Thrive, Or Simply Survive?

Posted December 23, 202000:35:09

Well, life has truly handed you lemons, not just one or two, but a truck full of lemons has backed up to your driveway and not even rang your doorbell...