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 »
The Dynamic, Multi-Dimensional Nature of Partner Betrayal Trauma
In my previous two posts, we deepened our understanding of complex trauma, primarily focusing on the fact that when relational betrayal occurs, the ... Read More »
Complex Partner Betrayal Trauma & Relational Disconnection
In last week’s post, I introduced the concept of complex trauma, which Christine Courtois defines as “traumatic stressors that are interpersonal, that ... Read More »
Complex Partner Betrayal Trauma & Emotional Dysregulation
Partner betrayal trauma makes you feel like you are losing your mind. It puts you on an emotional rack and pulls you in opposite directions until you ... Read More »
