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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My Bad! Learning the Power Behind Personal Accountability!

Posted October 21, 202000:31:01

My bad! These two simple words can do more to diffuse a potentially charged situation than almost any other in the English language. Personal...

You Should Know That Cognitive Distortions Never Work, Yet You Always Use Them!

Posted October 14, 202000:31:52

Do you always feel like you’re never going to get what you want? Do you continuously find yourself thinking, “I should have done that differently?”...

Restoring Trust, Gaslighting, What if I DO Know Better? You Say Impulsion and I Say Compulsion? Your Questions, Tony's Answers!

Posted October 6, 202000:33:08

How can a couple rebuild trust in a marriage? Is gaslighting really as big of a problem as people make it out to be...come on, really? (See what I did...

BONUS Understanding the 5 Love Languages

Posted October 2, 202000:35:56

In this special BONUS episode, and in preparation for the coming announcement of Tony's upcoming Magnetic Marriage communication course, he tackles...

Can You Truly Fake It Until You Make It? Putting The Expectation Effect in Action!

Posted September 29, 202000:30:31

Years ago a fascinating study was conducted where two groups of people were randomly assigned some rats. One group was told that their rats were “Maze-bright,”...