167: Help! My Partner's a Control Freak

Relationship Advice

Colter Bloxom

Relationships, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2018

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Today's episode is the most honest and open conversation we've had on this podcast to date. We're no different than any other couple when it comes to relationship issues. We've dealt with control issues in our relationship, and we were happy to talk through our struggles with the help of today's guest, Wendi Dumbroff. Listen to today's show if you want an honest and useful conversation about how to deal with control issues in your relationship. Topics from this episode include: How to identify the cycle of control in your relationship. Does this sound familiar? Your partner tells you to do something, and it makes you want to do it less. Identifying the triggers that occur when your partner is being controlling. Importance of recognizing that we cannot help how we feel, but can help what we do. Dropping below surface communication in your relationship and examining the roots of an issue. And much more! Wendi L. Dumbroff, MA, LPC, is a Licensed Professional Counselor in private practice in Madison, NJ, where she specializes in individual, family, couple and sex therapy. She is a highly trained couple and sex therapist who provides a safe, non-judgmental and sex-positive environment. Additionally, Dumbroff is a teacher and practitioner of mindfulness and meditation which are skills she brings into her therapy practice. Full show notes and episode links at: http://idopodcast.com/167 Sign up for our 14 Day Happy Couples Challenge here: 14 Day Happy Couples Challenge Join our 5 Day Couples Appreciation Challenge here: idopodcast.com/appreciation Do you want to hear more on this topic? Continue the conversation on our Facebook Group here: Love Tribe Sponsors J.J. Virgin’s 7-Day Stop, Drop & Swap Challenge: The 7-Day Challenge is designed to help you stop classic symptoms of food intolerance and drop up to 7 pounds in 7 days by swapping out 7 problem foods for healthy, tasty alternatives. Join here! Spark My Relationship Course:Get access to our special offer for I Do Podcast listeners only by visiting: SparkMyRelationship.com/Unlock If you love this episode (and our podcast!), would you mind giving us a review in iTunes? It would mean the world to us and we promise it only takes a minute. Many thanks in advance! - Chase & Sarah Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	And Take me to the place in the middle of the sun.
0:17.0	Take me to the place in the middle of the sun. Welcome to ID Podcast
0:29.8	ID Podcast. What's going on guys? Thank you for joining us on the show today.
0:35.0	Yeah, we have a interesting episode today.
0:39.0	Probably one of its first of its kind, little therapy session that Jason I went through with
0:44.6	our guest Wendy and Wendy Dumbroff is a licensed professional counselor in
0:50.9	private practice in Madison, New Jersey where she specializes in
0:55.1	individual couples and family therapy and she also specializes in incorporating mindfulness and meditation into her practice.
1:07.0	Yeah, as Sarah mentioned, it was basically like a therapy session for us and we didn't set out for it to be but I thought maybe it would go in that direction.
1:16.8	We talk about control issues in the relationship, but this really can apply to any conflict resolution and it's definitely I would say
1:28.2	the most vulnerable we've both been on the show it wasn't anything uncomfortable, but we were very open with the issues we face in our relationship primarily focusing in on this one. And I know we came away with a better understanding of how to
1:46.8	navigate it and something we've been working on for a while but hopefully you guys
1:51.2	can take the tools take the experiences that both Sarah and I
1:56.0	are referencing and I think you're going to be able to apply them to your relationship and hopefully
2:02.1	see some progress.
2:04.3	So as always thank you guys so much for listening
2:07.3	and giving us those five-star reviews and we hope you enjoy today's episode.
2:13.4	Hi Wendy, thanks so much for joining us on the show today.
2:21.8	Hi Wendy, thanks so much for joining us on the show today.
2:24.7	Hi, Hi, Chase and Sarah, thank you so much for having me.
2:28.2	I really, really appreciate being here.
2:30.2	Wendy, we've given our listeners a little overview told them about yourself. Why don't you take a minute and tell us why you enjoy helping people improve their relationships?
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