Live Q&A with Tony and Sydney - Navigating Mental Health: Highly Sensitive People, Narcissism, Emotional Immaturity, ADHD, and “Good Therapy”

The Virtual Couch

Tony Overbay LMFT

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

5 • 643 Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2025

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

In this special bonus episode of The Virtual Couch, host Tony Overbay, a licensed marriage and family therapist, is joined by his daughter Sydney for a live Q&A session originally aired on TikTok. The duo addresses a variety of mental health topics, including ADHD management, the importance of setting realistic New Year's resolutions, and how to navigate emotional boundaries in relationships. Listeners can learn about the differences between CBT and ACT therapy, how to handle emotional immaturity and narcissism in relationships, and practical strategies for dealing with ADHD, such as medication and increasing emotional tolerance. Tony and Sydney also discuss complex emotional topics like disassociation, rejection sensitivity, and the impact of childhood defense mechanisms on adult behaviors. For those unable to join live, the episode is available on Tony's Virtual Couch YouTube channel. Viewers are encouraged to submit their mental health questions for future episodes.00:00 Welcome to The Virtual Couch01:18 Live Q&A Introduction02:37 Discussing New Year's Resolutions03:36 Understanding Socially Compliant Goals04:44 Experiential Avoidance Explained05:31 Setting Realistic Goals08:06 Addressing ADHD and Rejection Sensitivity12:02 Navigating Emotional Immaturity in Relationships18:08 Falling in Love Outside of Marriage21:15 ADHD and Attachment Styles23:35 Gaslighting: A Childhood Defense Mechanism28:41 The Impact of ADHD Medication42:10 Addressing Basic Needs42:22 Exploring Non-Stimulant ADHD Medications43:53 Understanding the Window of Tolerance46:10 Thoughts on TMS Therapy47:49 Discussing DPDR Disorder49:25 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy vs. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy52:36 Navigating Emotional Sensitivity and Boundaries57:00 Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder01:00:00 The Role of Therapy and Validation01:11:07 Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) Traits01:20:33 Concluding Thoughts and Q&AFind more from Tony Overbay:TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@virtualcouchInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/virtual.couch/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tonyoverbaylmft/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody, welcome to a very special bonus episode of The Virtual Couch.
0:03.0	I'm your host, Tony Overbay.
0:04.0	I'm a licensed marriage and family therapist.
0:06.7	And my daughter, Sydney and I, or my daughter McKinley and I, often do live question and
0:12.2	answers on, it's been TikTok until TikTok was taken down for a brief moment.
0:16.6	Now it's back up.
0:17.5	But we've also been doing them on Instagram or on YouTube.
0:21.0	I would love to have each and every one of you join us on a live.
0:25.0	But for those that can't, we do air the lives, typically the following day on my virtual
0:30.6	couch YouTube channel.
0:31.6	The lives can be a lot of fun interacting with one or both of my daughters and with people
0:36.8	that are on the lives and they are
0:38.5	asking questions. So today I want to provide you with the audio of one of these lives. Again,
0:44.1	if you want to see the video, you can go over to my virtual couch YouTube channel. And if you have
0:48.2	questions you would like answered, please feel free to reach out to me at contact at tonyoverbay.com
0:52.8	or go to my newly updated website, tonyoverbay.com or go to my newly updated website tonyoverbay
0:56.0	com and you can submit your questions through the contact form on the website without any further delay
1:02.1	let me provide you with this audio recording of a live question and answer that my daughter sidney
1:07.6	and i did on tictock live just a couple of weeks ago.
1:15.1	Welcome to the virtual couch.
1:16.8	Please take a seat.
1:21.9	Okay, I need somebody to jump online so we can see if the microphone is working because I am not quite sure if it is working yet or not.
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