Today, I want to introduce you to what I call the Six Devastating Outcomes of Betrayal. Let’s start with defining what an outcome is. An outcome is ... Read More »
Valentine’s Day and Betrayal: Protecting Your Yearning
Valentine's Day is a minefield when you're dealing with infidelity and betrayal trauma. Maybe you've just discovered the betrayal and your dreams lie ... Read More »
Heartbreak and Valentine’s Day: Four Ways to Help Yourself Through
Celebrating romantic love is a wonderful thing, but what happens if your love breaks bad? Valentine’s day can be an incredibly hard holiday to get ... Read More »
Circuit Overload: The Early Symptoms of Betrayal Trauma
According to a study of partners of sex addicts conducted by Barbara Steffens in 2006, 71% of partners demonstrate a severe level of functional ... Read More »
Let’s Start the New Year with Kindness
As we begin this new year, let’s start together with kindness. When anyone is suffering and hurt – and betrayed partners are most certainly suffering ... Read More »
The First 5 Tasks for a Couple After Betrayal
After the discovery of betrayal, trained therapeutic support can help you and your partner address what has happened and determine what is needed ... Read More »
Mister Rogers and Sex Addiction
We are eight weeks into the Braving Hope program and everyone is in the thick of growing, overcoming fear, getting clarity and moving forward out of ... Read More »
The Cheater’s Dilemma: Competing Attachments
We have talked in previous posts about the dilemma that betrayed partners experience when they feel attachment ambivalence toward their cheating ... Read More »
Betrayal: The Heartshot of Relational Trauma
Over the past five years or so, betrayal trauma has started to enter our lexicon and be used in our everyday language. When I founded the Center for ... Read More »
