Michelle Mays featured as a special guest on the Steph & Craig Show!
Are you struggling in the aftermath of infidelity? Are you searching for ways to heal and rebuild trust? If so, you’re going to want to listen to today’s episode.
Steph & Craig are joined by @MichelleMaysChannel, a Licensed Professional Counselor and author of The Betrayal Bind, How to Heal When the Person You Love the Most Hurts You the Worst. Michelle has developed a groundbreaking approach to help betrayed partners navigate their healing journey.
In this episode, she shares profound insights on the nature of betrayal and the types of core wounds it inflicts: attachment injury, emotional and psychological injury, and sexual injury.
She also breaks down how infidelity can lead to carried shame, where the betrayed partner feels undeserved shame, and offers strategies to release this misplaced burden.
She delves into the role of attachment in both infidelity and addiction, showing how individuals might use sex to regulate their emotions and meet attachment needs.
The discussion also addresses common misconceptions surrounding infidelity, such as the unjust blame placed on betrayed partners and the erroneous belief that infidelity always ties to sex addiction.
Michelle refutes the notion that “once a cheater, always a cheater,” stressing that meaningful change is possible with self-reflection and committed effort.
Today’s episode is a powerful one and offers up a message of hope and inspiration that healing from infidelity is possible.
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Michelle Mays is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Supervisor in both Virginia and Washington DC, and a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist and Supervisor. She was trained by Pia Mellody in the Post Induction Therapy model for treating developmental trauma and is currently completing her PhD in Clinical Sexology and certification in Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples.
She is a member of the Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health, the International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals, the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy, the American Counseling Association, and the Northern Virginia Licensed Professional Counselors Association.
