Tales From the Chair

Sometimes an argument isnt over; even when you thought you escaped it! That's why you need the Double tap - the handy, dandy, useful tool that makes sure arguments are over, or your money back. 

So how does one measure that a relationship is coming to an end? How many signs can there be? This episode looks into all the familiar cues that usually gather when a relationship is beginning to fade. 

In working with infidelity, you start to notice that patterns often follow such behaviors. You've got obvious red flags - coworkers, someone from the gym, long hours at "business meetings." But how many does it take to recognize there's a potential danger on the horizon, and how does one stop it. 

This is the episode about my infidelity bingo card; a neat little culmination of factors and triggers that put together, often signal trouble in a relationship. 

This will be the sister episode to the "dissolution bingo card," the telltale factors of a relationship heading astray. Stayed tuned next week for that one. 

Therapy is a conversation. So what happens when, for an hour, the therapist doesn't get a word in? Here's a story about when that happened to me.

Sometimes, clients enter my atmosphere and genuinely throw out some wild stuff. So today its a story episode, because why not? 

Story Time 

1:57 - Accidental, totally not intentional, infidelity.

8:57 - I give up, I'm getting a mail order bride. 

17:51 - Not having a receptionist.....now that's suspicious. 

Something different is afoot. Over the course of the last few years, American teens are developing relationships with partners online. But these relationships are not destined to meet in person. So what's going on, and how concerned should parents be? 

Story Time:

3:35 - A Boy Adrift on Discord

7:27 - a Girlfriend in VR

9:35 - A Future Together, Apart

Working in a therapeutic setting, you generally deal with patient's problems that can range from minimal to considerable. And every so often, they'll be some concerning instances that can get out of control fast. So this episode, I'll be sharing tales from different times where things escalated quickly. 

Story TimeStamps:

1:20 - How Clare de Lune got weird

7:03 - Being In the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time

11:17 - The Bloody Shirt

16:13 - Rage Against Mr. Carlos

Running a business in America is hard. But what happens when you're selling something that is intangible, and makes the client do all the work? Let's talk about charging for therapy, and the delicate dance of providing therapeutic services. 

Therapy can get expensive, but is it worth it? Today we talk about the cost of therapy, how it adds up, and how you quantify it's value. Turns out, its a little more complicated than you think. 

Tune in next week, as we reverse the mirror and wonder about - The Plight of Charging for Therapy. 

Getting a divorce is rough, and adding kids to the mix just makes matters worse. There's a lot of things you should do when facing this issue, and a lot of things you shouldn't. So let's talk about a few of those today.