Recent Posts Tagged With 'betrayal'

• Couples Counseling: Dealing with Secrets and Lies

  Posted on Thursday October 22nd, 2009 at 22:59 in Secrets, lies, betrayal, infidelity, trust, marriage counseling, gay couples, couples counseling

  Couples often come to couples counseling after one of them discovers secrets, lies or betrayal by his or her partner. Once trust is breached, it's difficult to restore it without the help of a licensed mental health professional who works with coup...

• Learning to Trust Again: After the Affair

  Posted on Wednesday September 23rd, 2009 at 01:55 in relationships, psychotherapy, betrayal, infidelity, trust, affairs, marriage counseling, self doubt, couples counseling

  In the last article I introduced the general topic of "Learning to Trust Again."In this article I would like to focus on a particular topic related to learning to trust again: Finding out that your spouse or partner is having an affair.Trust is the f...

• Learning to Trust Again: Coping with Betrayal in a Relationship

  Posted on Tuesday September 22nd, 2009 at 06:02 in relationships, Faith, hope, psychotherapy, healing, betrayal, infidelity, trust

  Learning to trust again after discovering a major betrayal in a relationship can be a challenging process. Whether the betrayal involved infidelity, lying, discovering that your partner has an addiction or some other form of betrayal, if you choose t...

• Toxic Family Secrets

  Posted on Wednesday July 15th, 2009 at 05:48 in Gambling, relationships, Secrets, betrayal, anger, trust, substance abuse, sexual abuse, resentment, family secrets, codependence

  Did you grow up in a home where there were toxic family secrets? Here are a few examples of typical secrets in a dysfunctional family:It's morning and dad is passed out in bed again from his prior night of binge drinking. Susan, who is nine, overhear...