Valentine’s Day Podcast: 
Are Psychologists Better at Relationships?

Psychologists and therapists are well-versed in helping others with their relationships, so does that mean they are better than the average person at romance, marriage, and relationships? In the inaugural episode of our podcast channel, PsychFM, we invite three of our couples-therapy-trained practitioners for a casual conversation about everything Valentine’s Day-related. They also reveal which psychological principles worked the best in their relationships and marriages.

Divulging relationship-enhancing methods

Guests Dr Annabelle Chow, Wendy Yeap, and Dr Lidia Suárez mentioned many oft-used family and marriage therapy principles in the 45-minute video. You might have heard of Love Languages such as Words of Affirmation on the internet–-the video goes a step deeper and introduces the Sound Relationship House, Emotional Flooding, the Magic Five Hours, and other relationship-enhancing methods by Dr John Gottman. 

Dating green & red flags 

Our experts also divulged what they think are warning signs or good personality traits on a first date. We gave them 11 ambiguous signals and personality traits such as talkativeness, having no social media accounts, and being clingy. You’ll have to watch the video to discover their responses!