Off the Couch Psychology

When Your Body Screams for Help

What happens when your body tells you something is wrong, but medical tests don't provide a clear answer? The pain is real, the symptoms are frightening, and the search f

When Being Sick Becomes the Goal

What happens when someone deliberately creates an illness to receive medical attention? And what happens when an innocent child becomes the patient? In this episode of

How Cults Take Control of You

How does an ordinary person become so devoted to a leader that they surrender their money, relationships, freedom, and sometimes even their life? Could someone you love b

When Grief Won't Let Go

Everyone says time heals all wounds, but what happens when the world keeps moving and you feel trapped in the moment someone you love died? In this episode of Off the C

When Caring Starts Wearing You Down

What happens when you still care about someone, but you are simply exhausted from caring? Compassion fatigue can leave caregivers, healthcare professionals, therapists, f

49 adjustment disorder

One week your life feels predictable. The next, a job loss, divorce, medical diagnosis, financial problem, or another major change leaves you wondering why you suddenly c

Your Body Can Calm Your Mind

What if calming your mind sometimes starts with your body? In this crossover episode of Quest for Success Podcast and Off the Couch Psychology Podcast, Dr. Jerry Cunnin

When a Child Cannot Trust

What happens when a child learns early in life that the people they need most cannot always be trusted? In this episode of Off the Couch Psychology Podcast, you'll get

Therapy or Coaching: Which Do You Need?

Do you need help healing something from your past—or help figuring out what to do next? Therapy and life coaching can both help people make meaningful changes, but they

Pica: When Cravings Aren't Food

What happens when someone craves ice, paper, dirt, or even pieces of sheetrock—and cannot simply promise to stop? In this episode of Off the Couch Psychology Podcast, you

The Rules Your Family Never Said

What happens when someone breaks a rule nobody ever said out loud? An elevator ride turns awkward. A family dinner goes quiet. A conversation about money becomes an argum

When Anxiety Steals Your Voice

What happens when you know exactly what you want to say, but anxiety will not let the words come out? Selective mutism is often mistaken for shyness, stubbornness, or a c

Can Weight Loss Hurt Your Mental Health?

Losing weight is supposed to make you feel better—but what happens when the scale goes down and your anxiety, depression, or body-image struggles don't go with it? In t

Is It ADHD or Anxiety?

Your child can't focus, avoids homework, struggles in class, or seems restless. Is it ADHD—or could anxiety be driving the behavior? In this episode of Off the Couch Ps

Why Can't I Throw It Away?

When does clutter become something more serious? Hoarding disorder isn't simply having a messy house or refusing to throw things away. The possessions you see are often o

PMDD: More Than Bad PMS

For years, severe premenstrual symptoms were sometimes dismissed as simply "bad PMS." But Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder—PMDD—is a recognized disorder that can seriously

You're Probably Not Antisocial

You skip the party. You avoid small talk. The gas pump says, "See cashier for receipt," and suddenly you decide you never really needed that receipt anyway. So you call y

When Feeling Down Becomes Normal

What happens when depression doesn't feel like a crisis—it just feels like you? Persistent Depressive Disorder, or PDD, can exist quietly for years. You may still work,

Nightmares and Night Terrors Aren't the Same

A terrifying dream wakes you in the middle of the night. Your heart is pounding, you remember exactly what happened, and going back to sleep suddenly doesn't sound very a

When Postpartum Mental Health Turns Serious

The arrival of a baby is supposed to be a time of joy, but for some families, the postpartum period brings depression, severe mood changes, or even a frightening loss of