252: Everything You Need To Know About Couples Therapy

Relationship Advice

Colter Bloxom

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

4.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we talk about the different skills you need to know to improve your relationship. And one of the best ways, no matter what state it's in, is through couples therapy. Listen to today's show to learn what goes on during couples therapy and why you should start going! In this episode, we discuss relationship advice topics that include: Learn the importance of going to therapy before things are 'bad' How to work up the courage to start going to therapy or tell your partner that you want to start going What to do if your partner won't go to therapy Common misconceptions about couples therapy The main goal of couples counseling And much more! Fiachra “Figs” O’Sullivan, is the Founder and Chief Empathy at Empathi, which provides step-by-step guidance for couples and individuals who care about their relationships. He is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, who is certified in Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples and individuals, and a passionate entrepreneur, driven to change lives for the better. Full show notes and episode links at: https://idopodcast.com/252 Spark My Relationship Course: Get $100 off our online course. Visit SparkMyRelationship.com/Unlock for our special offer just for our I Do Podcast listeners! 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 BetterHelp:Get help on your own time and at your own pace. Get 10% off your first month by visiting BetterHelp.com/IDO. MANSCAPED: Get 20% Off and Free Shipping with the code IDO at Manscaped.com. It’s spring cleaning baby and your balls will thank you! 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. Hey guys. What's going on? We're going to be a one-by-a-moo.
0:27.0	Hey guys. What's going on? We hope you're having a great day today as we head into summer things loosen up a little bit
0:39.0	Hopefully wherever you're at depending as we record this that's what seems to be happening but we hope
0:46.0	you guys are hanging in there and we have a great show for you today we
0:50.3	welcome back figs ohSullivan and we really enjoy Figs' sense of humor and his knowledge
0:58.2	and today we talk about couples therapy and what it's like going into couples therapy if you yourself want it and your partner doesn't or maybe you both do and you're trying to decide if it's the right thing for you and
1:15.4	then we talk about the benefits of going and and really not it's not like a
1:20.8	sales pitch for a couple's therapy but really just listening to today's show will give you an idea of what goes on and just some tools that you can apply to your relationship right now.
1:31.0	And Figgs is also featured in our podcast series Love Under Quarantine and even if
1:39.5	you're not under quarantine any longer there's a lot of value in those episodes, especially Figs, but all of them
1:48.8	in working from home and just maintaining a healthy relationship because I think even if where you live is
1:57.6	is coming out of lockdown so to say you probably might be working from home still and maybe for the
2:06.2	foreseeable future.
2:07.4	And so there's a lot of value, maybe we could call it like, love at home under lockdown, I don't know.
2:15.0	They're like under stress.
2:17.0	Yeah, like there's just a lot of value for these uncertain times.
2:21.0	I know it helps Sarah and I a lot.
2:24.0	So check that out, the links to Love Under Quarantine
2:27.2	as well as the links mentioned in today's show
2:32.0	and our course sparked my relationship.
2:36.1	We've been getting a lot of great feedback.
2:37.7	I think a lot of people are at home these days
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