In this series of posts, we are exploring the way in which betrayal creates traumatic responses that impact our body, brains and minds. We are ... Read More »
5 Building Blocks to Understanding Betrayal Trauma, Part 2
In this series of posts, we are exploring the way in which betrayal creates traumatic responses that impact our body, brains and minds. We are ... Read More »
5 Building Blocks to Understanding Betrayal Trauma, Part 1
When we experience danger, stress or trauma our threat response system fires up and moves us to toward fight, flight or freeze. However, because ... Read More »
Betrayal: The Bigger Story
Everybody is called at some point (and most of us are called several times throughout life) to go through something so challenging we think it will ... Read More »
Introduction To Mother Hunger®: An Underlying Issue For Many Betrayed Partners
This week I would like to introduce all of you to a colleague of mine named Kelly McDaniel. Kelly is a Licensed Professional Counselor and ... Read More »
Becoming The Hero of Your Betrayal Story
In last week’s post, we talked about the way that life often presents us with unsought challenges that almost always have a hidden possibility within ... Read More »
Betrayal Requires Relational Recovery
If the significant wound of betrayal happens in relationship (and betrayal is always relational), then it makes sense that our healing and restoration ... 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 »