The Couple Therapist Couch Podcast episodes

When we think about relationships, we often minimize how much work it takes to maintain the happy, healthy connection with our partner. We often feel like love should just come naturally or that if we are with the “right” person everything will just fall into place. What good couples therapists know is that being in a satisfying relationship absolutely does take a lot of effort.

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One of the main issues that couples bring up in therapy is disagreements about parenting. The way people parent is often related to the way they were brought up by their own parents. That makes these ideals deeply ingrained and particularly triggering for people. Adding to that is the reality that we are impacting our children in a way that will affect them for the rest of their life.

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When it comes to doing online counseling a lot of therapists feel overwhelmed by everything there is to consider. On this episode, Clay Cockrell talks about all of the ins and outs when it comes to working with couples online. Clay has a podcast called Online Counselling along with a website that provides more information on the subject. He has been working online for over 6 years and provides...

Sex is such an important part of couple relationships and comes up all the time in our work. Dr. Nazanin Moali gives couples therapists tons of insight into how to work with the sex issues that couples bring up during sessions. She is a Psychologist in California and works with couples and people struggling with addiction.

In her podcast called Sexology, Nazanin untangles the science of sex...

When it comes to making money in private practice, Joe Sanok is on the forefront of everything that is possible. In this episode he talks about the risk involved in having a safe, secure 9-5 job, focusing on a niche, and making more money in your private practice.

Joe is the host of The Practice of the Practice podcast and has a website that offers therapists tons of great resources for...

Integrative Behavioral Couples Therapy is the model that Andrew Christensen developed for working with couples along with Neil Jacobson. In his extensive work and research with couples he found that most couples therapy was focused around change. A primary difference in his approach is that it is focused on acceptance first.

Andrew Christensen has been researching couples for 35 years. He is a...

Discernment Counseling with Rachel Zamore - 004

Sometimes couples aren't sure whether they are ready to work on their relationship or not. When this happens, it isn't appropriate to do traditional couples therapy until both partners buy into the process of therapy. Rachel Zamore gives us a closer look at how to work with these mixed agenda couples using Discernment Counseling. This approach is...

State-dependent Couples Therapy with Kerry Lusignan

Kerry Lusignan talks in depth about using various different models in her work with couples. Whether it is the Gottman Method, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Stan Tatkin's PACT, or Brent Atkinson's Pragmatic/Experiential Therapy, it is important to work with couples in a way that is state dependent. This means that the couple is able to get...

Podcast: The Art of Couples Therapy with Margaret Thompson

Welcome to the first episode of The Couples Therapist Couch, a podcast by couples therapist, Shane Birkel. This is the podcast for Couples Therapists, Marriage Counselors, and Relationship Coaches to explore the practice of couples therapy. This episode is with expert therapist, Margaret Thompson. We explored the art of couples...

Podcast: Bringing Couples Closer with Mark Moses - 002

Mark Moses goes deep into how he works with couples in this second episode of the Couples Therapist Couch. Mark has a wealth of knowledge and experience doing therapy and shared so much of that wisdom during the interview. He talks about couples being able to be compassionate witnesses for each other and having the...