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The Virtual Couch

Understanding Emotional Invalidation - Why Some People Don't Feel Safe in Conversations

The Virtual Couch

Tony Overbay LMFT

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

5643 Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Understanding Emotional Invalidation - Why Some People Don't Feel Safe in Conversations. Tony refers to the article What Is Emotional Invalidation by Brittany Carrico https://psychcentral.com/health/reasons-you-and-others-invalidate-your-emotional-experience#how-to-validate-someone (https://psychcentral.com/health/reasons-you-and-others-invalidate-your-emotional-experience#how-to-validate-someone)Go to http://tonyoverbay.com/workshop (http://tonyoverbay.com/workshop)to sign up for Tony’s “Magnetize Your Marriage” virtual workshop. The cost is only $19. You’ll learn the top 3 things you can do NOW to create a Magnetic Marriage. With the continuing "sheltering" rules spreading across the country, PLEASE do not think you can't continue or begin therapy now. http://betterhelp.com/virtualcouch (http://betterhelp.com/virtualcouch)can put you quickly in touch with licensed mental health professionals who can meet through text, email, or videoconference often as soon as 24-48 hours. And if you use the link http://betterhelp.com/virtualcouch (http://betterhelp.com/virtualcouch), you will receive 10% off your first month of services. Please make your mental health a priority, http://betterhelp.com/virtualcouch (http://betterhelp.com/virtualcouch) offers affordable counseling, and they even have sliding scale options if your budget is tight.You can learn 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.Tony mentioned a product that he used to take out all of the "uh's" and "um's" that, in his words, "must be created by wizards and magic!" because it's that good! To learn more about Descript, click here https://descript.com?lmref=bSWcEQ (https://descript.com?lmref=bSWcEQ)

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0:00.0

Hey, everybody. Welcome to episode 324 of the virtual couch. I'm your host, Tony Overbay. I'm a licensed marriage and family therapist. And today we are going to talk about validation, emotional validation. And before we get to that, just a very quick, we'll get all the business out of the way right out of the gate. You can go to Tonyoverbay.com slash workshop. I've still have my very affordable. We're

0:21.8

talking $19, hour and a half workshop on all of the things that you go into a relationship,

0:28.3

in essence, not knowing. We don't have all the tools from the factory, and then we get into

0:32.5

relationships, and we don't understand that we all have our own experiences and what emotional validation

0:38.2

looks like and differentiation.

0:40.5

All those therapy buzzwords that are so important, though, that we just don't know until

0:45.0

we have to go find the tools.

0:46.2

I'm trying to give you a head start.

0:47.2

You can go to tonyoverbay.com slash workshop.

0:49.6

And you can go to pathback recovery.com if you're interested in my online recovery program

0:53.5

that is continuing

0:54.8

to help people turn away from unhealthy coping mechanisms like turning to pornography and

1:00.4

helping people become just their very best selves. And we have an online group every week that

1:05.0

meets and it is just getting stronger and stronger. So pathback recovery.com. And if you're

1:10.1

looking for the world of online counseling, you need, if you need help there, go to pathback recovery.com. And if you're looking for the world of online counseling,

1:11.7

you need, if you need help there, go to virtualcouch.com slash, nope, that is not it. That is not it.

1:17.0

Tonyoverbay.com slash virtual couch. You get 10% off your first month's treatment. You can be seeing

1:21.2

somebody within 24 or 48 hours and you can see somebody online. You can see somebody through

1:26.7

telehealth or there's even

1:28.2

people that are texting and emailing and being able to reach out to a therapist pretty quick,

1:32.9

and they can help with a variety of things. So all of that said, let's get to today's topic.

1:38.3

Today we're going to talk about emotional validation. And I feel like there's a lot of talk

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