In the last two posts we’ve been looking at the complex issues that partners face when deciding whether to stay or leave the relationship with the ... Read More »
3 Key Skills to Help You Stay or Leave from a Place of Emotional Health, Part 2
In last week’s post we looked at the emotionally charged issues around staying or leaving the relationship with the cheating partner. I am challenging ... Read More »
3 Key Skills to Help You Stay or Leave from a Place of Emotional Health, Part 1
If you have spent any time in online forums or groups for betrayed partners, you know that a big topic of discussion is whether to stay or leave your ... Read More »
A Valentine’s Gift For You: A Poem for Healing from Betrayal Trauma
Valentine’s day is a hard day when you are dealing with betrayal trauma. Even if you are still with your partner it can be a day filled with ... Read More »
Overcoming Power-Over Dynamics in Your Relationship
This is the fourth posting in our look at the power-over power-under dynamics that often take place in relationships where cheating has occurred. In ... Read More »
Power-Over Dynamics: Coming to Awareness
In my last two posts, we looked at the power-over power-under dynamics that often take place in relationships where cheating has occurred. Cheating ... Read More »
Power-Over Dynamics and Betrayed Partners
In last week’s post, we talked about how the cheating partner’s secrets and lies put that partner in a one-up, power-over position in the ... Read More »
Betrayal is Dehumanizing
Betrayal is dehumanizing. Over the years, I have sat with countless betrayed partners while they’ve struggled to put into words the profound loss ... Read More »
Where is the Hope?
One of my Clinical Team members at the Center for Relational Recovery told me the other day that in her betrayed partner’s group the women were ... Read More »
