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The Virtual Couch

How to Pick the Right Therapist For You and/or Your Kids with Rachel Nielson, Host of 3 in 30 Podcast

The Virtual Couch

Tony Overbay LMFT

Education, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

5643 Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2019

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Rachel Nielson, the host of the popular podcast 3 in 30 Takeaways for Moms (http://3in30podcast.com (http://3in30podcast.com)) makes a return visit to The Virtual Couch to discuss the challenges of finding the right therapist for you, and/or your kids. Rachel talks about what first led her to therapy, and how a negative experience with her first therapist didn't stop her from continuing to find a therapist who could, and would, help her through some difficult times in her life. Rachel and Tony cover how to find a good therapist, what a good fit looks like, how to transition from one therapist to another, and some of the challenges that still exist around the negative stigmas and stereotypes that surround going to therapy. You can find Rachel's first visit to The Virtual Couch, where she talks about the difficulties, and blessings, of going through both In-vitro fertilization as well as open adoption at the same time, here https://www.tonyoverbay.com/2018/05/07/episode-54-in-vitro-fertilization-and-open-adoption-w-rachel-nielson-host-of-3-in-30-takeaways-for-moms/ (https://www.tonyoverbay.com/2018/05/07/episode-54-in-vitro-fertilization-and-open-adoption-w-rachel-nielson-host-of-3-in-30-takeaways-for-moms/) And Rachel, along with another "Friend of the Couch" Amanda Packer, host of the About Progress Podcast, have a course for those interested in creating their own podcasts that you can learn more about here http://podcastuniversity.mykajabi.com/ (http://podcastuniversity.mykajabi.com/) Tony appeared twice on Rachel's podcast, first in the episode How to Praise Your Child When it Feels Like There is Nothing to Praise, with Tony Overbay, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist which can be found here https://3in30podcast.com/episodes/praise/ (https://3in30podcast.com/episodes/praise/) And then Tony appeared on an episode titled How to Earn (And Keep) Your Kid's Trust which you can find here https://3in30podcast.com/episodes/teens-trust/ (https://3in30podcast.com/episodes/teens-trust/)   Tony Overbay's new book, co-authored with author Joshua Shea (The Addiction Nobody Will Talk About: How I Let My Pornography Addiction Hurt People and Destroy Relationships https://amzn.to/2O0KxAd (https://amzn.to/2O0KxAd)) He's A Porn Addict...Now What? An Expert and a Former Addict Answer Your Questions, is now available on Amazon, you can find it here https://amzn.to/2KylIcz   And you can find out more about Tony's pornography recovery program The Path Back by visiting http://pathbackrecovery.com (http://pathbackrecovery.com) And visit http://tonyoverbay.com (http://tonyoverbay.com) and sign up to receive updates on upcoming programs, and podcasts. The Virtual Couch is sponsored by http://Betterhelp.com/virtualcouch (http://Betterhelp.com/virtualcouch) Betterhelp.com is the world's leading provider of online therapy. Their mission is to make professional counseling accessible, affordable, and convenient, so anyone who struggles with life's challenges can get help, anytime, anywhere. Head to http://betterhelp.com/virtualcouch (http://Betterhelp.com/virtualcouch) for 10% off your first month of services.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, coming up on today's episode of the virtual couch, I welcome back a very good friend of the

0:05.0

couch, Rachel Nielsen, host of the popular podcast 3 and 30 takeaways for moms. Today, Rachel and I

0:10.5

discuss the challenges of finding a good therapist and how important it is to ensure that there is a fit

0:15.9

there between you and your therapist. Rachel, as she does so incredibly well, gets open and vulnerable,

0:21.5

and she shares what initially led her to therapy, what a bit of a negative initial experience

0:25.7

with the therapist looked like, and how important it was for her to keep looking until she

0:29.8

found somebody who ultimately helped her through some truly trying times. She's also discussed

0:34.2

as transitioning from one therapist to another, as well as the challenges of finding a therapist for her seven-year-old son when he was struggling.

0:40.9

So that and so much more is coming up on this episode of the virtual couch.

0:58.4

Hey, so today's episode deals with finding the right fit in therapy.

1:02.6

And my guest, Rachel Nielsen, who is host of the popular podcast 3 and 30 takeaways for moms, is going to talk about some of the challenges that she had in finding the right

1:06.4

therapist.

1:07.2

Now, as a therapist myself, I, of course, recommend that everybody give therapy a try. I mean,

1:11.6

truly, we're all hanging on to some things that would maybe be helpful to process or there

1:15.7

are things in our life that we maybe thought we would achieve by now or things that we desperately

1:19.4

want to achieve so that we won't live a life full of regrets. Or there are people listening right

1:24.7

now who might be noticing that their anxiety or their depression is getting a tiny bit more.

1:28.7

If it's like me, you can go listen to a couple episodes I did on this.

1:31.9

I started recognizing that I had ADHD and I needed to deal with it.

1:36.4

But let's just say that some of these things get a tiny bit amplified, maybe the longer they're left untreated.

1:41.4

Well, I think you owe it to yourself or to those around you, your spouse,

1:44.6

your kids, and I mean, honestly, if I'm being honest, which I just said twice, you owe it to yourself,

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