Twenty-six months into “recovery” a partner states she continues to feel a deep sadness, is tiring of the continued sense of fear she often pushes back, and cannot stop noticing her husband working not to “notice” attractive women.
The partner is seated in the crook of her betraying husbands arm appearing comfortable, safe, loving and loved. [...]
A partner (whom I will call Sandy) once told me that, prior to her husband’s disclosure to her of his many affairs, she was a confident, strong, compassionate and tender mother, friend, daughter and wife. Her husband, she noticed, was often angry and withdrawn, over-worked and over-giving to his clients as he was often working late [...]
What does it mean to forgive someone who has lied or broken emotional, religious, ethical and verbal vows? What does it mean to forgive someone who has emotionally, verbally, sexually, spiritually abused another? How can one be expected to forgive the unforgivable? How can forgiveness be suggested to the victim of such behavior? Can a murderer [...]
Having worked with hundreds of couples, addicts and partners in my over 15 years of specializing in sex addiction treatment, I notice the following:
The sex addicts’ progress in recovery is directly related to how hard the addict works. Recovery from sex addiction requires 100% time and effort as this is a well entrenched life long [...]
Having worked with hundreds of couples in failing marriages due to infidelity (masturbation with pornography is a betrayal) since 1993, following are the top 10 behaviors the “betrayer” can do to restore trust and promote the healing of complex wounds of the betrayed partner-
1. Have gratitude every day that your partner has stayed with [...]
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