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The Virtual Couch

The Virtual Couch is a mental health podcast hosted by Tony Overbay, a licensed marriage and family therapist with more than two decades of experience who works with individuals and couples. Through relatable stories, practical psychology, and evidence-based tools, Tony helps listeners better understand relationships, parenting, addiction, emotional maturity, and personal growth, while also supporting those navigating faith crises and deconstruction from high-demand religions. The podcast offers clear strategies to break unhealthy patterns, improve communication, and build a more grounded sense of self while approaching life’s challenges with insight, clarity, and humor.

You Can Have Control, or Love...Pick One

47 mins; July 06, 2021

The Super Power of Struggle! Modeling a Growth vs. Fixed Mindset Sets Your Kids Up for Greater Success

31 mins; June 30, 2021

Healing From Betrayal Trauma with Brannon Patrick, Host of The Betrayed, The Addicted and The Expert

48 mins; June 24, 2021

Whose Life Are You Really Living? A Deep Dive into Differentiation

46 mins; June 22, 2021

How Attachment Styles Effect Relationships, Addiction, and more w/Nate Christensen APCC

45 mins; June 15, 2021

Ladders Make Crummy Shovels - 3 Metaphors That Lead to a Lifetime of Happiness

31 mins; June 08, 2021

Acceptance Doesn't Mean Apathy - Tony Overbay's ACT Presentation at the Mentally Healthy Saints Virtual Summit

83 hours 25 mins; June 04, 2021

Did I Just Have A Heart Attack? How to Make Change Last.

28 mins; June 02, 2021

Highly Sensitive People (HSP) of the World Unite...I Mean if You Want To, If Not It's Totally OK!

43 mins; May 25, 2021

Ten Commandments of Managing Depression w/Nate Christensen APCC

64 hours 48 mins; May 20, 2021

How Many Positive Comments Does it Take So I Can Say Something Mean?

42 mins; May 18, 2021

How To Both Love AND Guide Your Kids - Implementing Occam's Razor in Parenting

35 mins; May 11, 2021

3 Takeaways From The World Happiness Report

41 mins; May 05, 2021

What Does Kindness Have In Common With the Arterial Health of Rabbits?

27 mins; April 27, 2021

Sexuality Counselor Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife on Partner Desirability Hi/Low Desire Relationships

52 mins; April 21, 2021

How to Embrace Positive Tension In Your Relationship - Part 3 of 3 of the Magnetic Marriage Review

42 mins; April 13, 2021

Can Empathy Be Taught or Learned? How to Teach Empathy to Your Kids BONUS

63 hours 44 mins; April 09, 2021

Communicating With Connected Conversation Scripts (CCS) - Magnetic Marriage Recap Pt 2 of 3 w/Preston Pugmire

39 mins; April 06, 2021

BONUS The "Origin Story" of Jody Moore - Virtual Couch Top 10 Episode Series

55 mins; April 01, 2021

Magnetic Marriage Course Round 2 Coming Soon! How to Improve Your Marriage w/Preston Pugmire Part 1 of 3

58 mins; March 30, 2021

Hold Me Tight! Conversations For a Lifetime of Love

58 mins; March 23, 2021

If You've EVER Been Angry This Episode Is For YOU!

41 mins; March 17, 2021

Cleaning Up Physical and Emotional Clutter w/Anna, Professional Organizer

44 mins; March 10, 2021

It's Time to Make Some Adult Decisions! Everything You Need to Know About Differentiation

38 mins; March 02, 2021

Tips for Tackling Anxiety aka Bless Your Brain's Little Pink Squishy Heart!

49 mins; February 24, 2021

Jessica Frew On Living a BOLD Life - Co-host of the Husband in Law Podcast

57 mins; February 18, 2021

From Codependent to Interdependent - Keys To a Thriving Relationship

38 mins; February 16, 2021

From Codependent to Interdependent - Keys To a Thriving Relationship

38 mins; February 16, 2021

You're Coming to My Birthday Party! More on the Magnet Marriage's 4 Pillars of a Connected Conversation

35 mins; February 12, 2021

How To Get "Unstuck" - Understanding ACT's Pain of Presence and Absence

37 mins; February 03, 2021

Take Your Marriage From Mediocre to Magnetic

64 hours 18 mins; January 26, 2021

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

50 mins; January 20, 2021

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

57 mins; January 13, 2021

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

56 mins; January 06, 2021

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

36 mins; December 30, 2020

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

35 mins; December 23, 2020

Testing a Dating Hypothesis with Tony's Friend Nathan, featuring..Can You Trust an Online Dating Profile?

54 mins; December 17, 2020

Acceptance Equals Awesome, NOT Apathy

31 mins; December 15, 2020

Here’s How You TRULY Connect! (aka The Consequences of Crummy Communication)

34 mins; December 08, 2020

Using Tiny Habits To Bring About Large Changes with Abby Green

43 mins; December 03, 2020

When You Feel Like You’re Trying More Than Your Spouse w/Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife (Plus When Narcissistic Traits Show Up in Marriage)

63 hours 52 mins; December 01, 2020

Liar, Liar Pants on Fire! Telling the Truth About Compulsive, Pathological and White Lies

38 mins; November 24, 2020

Managing Marital Entropy...Why Doing Something, ANYTHING For Your Marriage...is Better Than Nothing At All!

43 mins; November 17, 2020

I Think, Therefore I Am...I Think...Can You Control Your Thoughts? W/Bonus Analysis Paralysis

31 mins; November 11, 2020

Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife, Relationship And Sexuality Counselor On The Roles of Sexuality In Marriage REPLAY

54 mins; November 04, 2020

Making The Best of That 3-Legged Chair In Your Mind...Thoughts, It's All About Context

32 mins; October 27, 2020

My Bad! Learning the Power Behind Personal Accountability!

31 mins; October 21, 2020

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

31 mins; October 14, 2020

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

33 mins; October 06, 2020

BONUS Understanding the 5 Love Languages

35 mins; October 02, 2020

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

30 mins; September 29, 2020

Is Self-care Self-ish? That Would Be a Big, Fat NO! Diving Deep into Your Emotional Baseline

42 mins; September 23, 2020

Is Pornography Addiction Real? Everything You Wanted to Know (And Didn't Know You Wanted To Know) About Porn Addiction

38 mins; September 15, 2020

It's Time to Start Your Own Podcast! Rachel Nielson of 3 in 30 and Monica Packer of About Progress Discuss Podcast U

62 hours 4 mins; September 08, 2020

Hold On to Your Hippocampus - The Impact of Narcissistic Abuse On The Brain

38 mins; September 01, 2020

Kick Those Bad Habits to the Curb...and No White Knuckling It!

39 mins; August 25, 2020

Everything I've Learned From The Therapist Chair - The Trilogy (Pt3)

25 mins; August 18, 2020

Julie Lee, Author of "I See You" How Compassion and Connection Save Lives

44 mins; August 11, 2020

Human/Sex Trafficking, How to Protect Your Family with Leonard, Former Inmate

52 mins; August 06, 2020

Everything I've Learned From The Therapist Chair The B-sides

30 mins; August 04, 2020

Everything I've Learned From The Therapist Chair: Side 1

31 mins; July 28, 2020

The Keys to Fixing a Broken Heart

36 mins; July 21, 2020

How To Respond To Someone In Need

33 mins; July 14, 2020

How Trauma Impacts Us All - The Body Keeps The Score Review Pt1

46 mins; July 07, 2020

Emotions Aren't The Boss Of You! Using Expansion To Master Anger, Fear, Sadness and More

43 mins; June 30, 2020

Is Your Mess Causing Your Stress?

39 mins; June 23, 2020

How to Avoid Drama...Are you a Persecutor, a Rescuer or a Victim? Understanding the Karpman Drama Triangle

42 mins; June 16, 2020

Why Can it Be So Difficult To Understand The Plight of Others? Understanding The Ego

26 mins; June 09, 2020

Coach Charles Gazaway on Mentoring Youth, Race in Sports and Surviving a Kidney/Pancreas Transplant - BONUS Episode

88 hours 13 mins; June 05, 2020

Monica Packer, Host of About Progress, On Battling Through Perfectionism and Procrastination

56 mins; June 01, 2020

Stages of Life, Stages of Faith, Stages of Change!

57 mins; May 27, 2020

Stop Running From Uncomfortable Thoughts, Feelings and Emotions. How to Face the “Fear Trap”

37 mins; May 19, 2020

Attorney Paul Hoybjerg On Recognizing and Addressing Emotional, Sexual and Physical Abuse

64 hours 58 mins; May 14, 2020

The Elephant and the Rider, the Key to Managing Behavior, and Emotions

40 mins; May 12, 2020

Nate Bagley, Relationship Researcher on The Epic Wives Experiment

32 mins; May 07, 2020

Episode 200! Tony Tells All...Baseball, Boating Accidents and the Tiger King!

77 hours 55 mins; May 05, 2020

Much Ado About Anxiety, and Why Ignoring Anxiety Only Makes It Angry!

52 mins; April 28, 2020

The Quarantine Kids Are Back! Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Life In Quarantine Featuring Tony’s Family!

50 mins; April 21, 2020

BONUS Narcissism 101 Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Narcissistic Personality Disorder

54 mins; April 16, 2020

Sleep Or Stress, Which Came First? Tips to Lowering Cortisol Levels for Better Sleep

37 mins; April 14, 2020

Couples Communication Tune Up Time! More Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for Couples

43 mins; April 07, 2020

It's Going To Be OK! Managing Worry and Doubt During Distressing Times

26 mins; March 31, 2020

The Invisible Gorilla And Other Fascinating Psychological Experiments

22 mins; March 24, 2020

Decreasing Anxiety During Anxious Times w/Dr. Mary Wilde

58 mins; March 20, 2020

Do I Really Need More TP or Bottled Water? Aka

38 mins; March 16, 2020

Coronavirus Rule #1...Don't Touch Your Face! Why Can't You NOW Stop Touching Your Face? Thought Suppression & Rebound Behaviors

30 mins; March 10, 2020

Living with a Narcissistic Parent - Tina Fuller, Author of

61 hours 14 mins; March 05, 2020

Psychological Reactance...You Don't Need to Listen To This Episode, Actually I Wouldn't If I Were You!

40 mins; March 02, 2020

Ginger Elizabeth Hahn, World Renowned Chocolatier on Battling Roadblocks, Postpartum Depression, Fighting Childhood Cancer w/St. Baldricks

59 mins; February 27, 2020

A New Approach to Treating Trauma - Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) with Lora Abraham, LCSW

57 mins; February 25, 2020

BONUS - Navigating a Faith Journey/Crisis, Fowler’s Stages of Faith, Truth, Beauty, and Goodness

61 hours 48 mins; February 21, 2020

Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD) In Emotionally Abusive/Distant Relationships

42 mins; February 17, 2020

BONUS What If Trying to Choose To Be Happy Isn't Working?

43 mins; February 13, 2020

She's ALWAYS Late! He NEVER Asks About My Day! What To Do With All or Nothing/Black or White Thinking!

46 mins; February 11, 2020

Where To Begin Today To Drive Change...4 ACT Sessions in One Podcast!

41 mins; February 04, 2020

Dr. Shelly Hoover, Author of Timeless Sisters, ALS Advocate, On Making the Most of Every Moment

64 hours 54 mins; January 28, 2020

BONUS - Do I NEED My Partner For My Own Happiness? Discovering Sue Johnson's Love Sense

46 mins; January 23, 2020

Hey, How You Feeling? Primary and Secondary Emotions Explained!

53 mins; January 20, 2020

Rediscovering the Levels of Intimacy - A Guide to a Better Connection

56 mins; January 16, 2020

How Complaining Physically Rewires Your Brain And What To Do About It!

48 mins; January 13, 2020

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