Paula Hall, a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT) in the UK, delivered this brilliant TEDx talk just last week. Give it a listen here. _______________________ If you’d like to receive blog posts just as soon as they happen, enter your email address now in the Subscribe to Blog via Email form on the right of… Continue Reading…
Taming Triggers Solution — Step 5
Taming Triggers Solution Step 5: Tame Triggers Where You Have the Power (This post is part 6 of an 8-part series on Taming Triggers Solution for partners of sex addicts and survivors of infidelity. If you haven’t already read the first five posts, I highly recommend you begin here with Step 1 and complete the first four steps before proceeding… Continue Reading…
The How & Why of Recovery Check-Ins (+handout)
Are you and the addict in your life having regular recovery check-ins? I hope so. Recovery check-ins are a vital component of the repair and trust-building process in relationships impacted by sex addiction. If you’ve asked for check-ins in the past and the addict said some version of, “it feels like you’re my mother (or the principal) and… Continue Reading…
Doesn’t He Have to Want It [Recovery] for Himself?
As a betrayed partner, you want your unfaithful spouse to want to change . . . . from the inside out. Changing from the inside out means he wants to get better for himself — not because you, or anyone else, are breathing down his neck. You’d like to know that he would commit to changing… Continue Reading…
Will I Ever Trust Again?
I hear this question from almost every betrayed partner. The simple answer is “yes.” You will trust again. However, you will likely never trust again the way you did pre-discovery, and that is not necessarily a bad thing. The difference between pre-discovery and post-discovery trust is that the source of trust will be based more on your… Continue Reading…