8 episodes

After 20 years of relationship counseling and noticing common patterns in couples, families, and individuals, I decided to share how to understand and fix dysfunctional communication and behavioral interactions in our everyday relationships. Enjoy, and feel free to reach out with your thoughts at decodingrelationships.com

Decoding Relationships by Jen Parrella Jennifer Parrella LPC, LCMHC, NCC

    • Society & Culture

After 20 years of relationship counseling and noticing common patterns in couples, families, and individuals, I decided to share how to understand and fix dysfunctional communication and behavioral interactions in our everyday relationships. Enjoy, and feel free to reach out with your thoughts at decodingrelationships.com

    Anger: What is it and where does it come from?

    Anger: What is it and where does it come from?

    This is one of my favorite topics! In this episode I talk about anger and where it come from. I describe stories about people affected by anger, as well as the downfalls of avoiding expressing vulnerable emotions. I also talk about how to deconstruct anger and change how we are expressing ourselves to the world, in order to connect with others in a healthier way.

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    • 35 min
    Control in Relationships

    Control in Relationships

    In this episode I talk about overt and covert control in relationships. I talk about the behaviors associated with covert control as well as how it affects partners. I address about how to fix it and what healthy relationships without control look like!




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    • 26 min
    Why Scheduling & Expressing Expectations in our Relationships is Essential

    Why Scheduling & Expressing Expectations in our Relationships is Essential

    Daily life, weekends, date nights, and vacations: All will be happier, and less likely to result in hurt feelings, when we make expressing expectations and planning/scheduling with our partner a priority.

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    • 18 min
    Surviving Coronavirus: How boundaries play a key role when working from home

    Surviving Coronavirus: How boundaries play a key role when working from home

    This episode of Surviving Coronavirus is about how to structure our homes so that everybody has a workspace. The boundaries and structure we create at home can save our relationships!




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    • 8 min
    Three Sexiest Words: "I am sorry"

    Three Sexiest Words: "I am sorry"

    In this episode I teach you about the perfect apology. Particularly, I talked about laying the sod… How to say you are sorry, on what you did, and say what you will do differently. The more we can apologize genuinely the happier our relationships will be!

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    • 18 min
    Intimacy in our Romantic Relationships (Part 2)

    Intimacy in our Romantic Relationships (Part 2)

    We talk about the 3 more couples representing the patterns of anger, ignoring, and control, and how they also interfere with sex and closeness.

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    • 32 min

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