Welcome to the Helping Couples Heal Podcast.
If you have lost hope around healing your relationship due to infidelity, relational or betrayal trauma you have come to the right place.
Helping Couples Heal is an ongoing podcast designed to help couples recover and heal from the impact of betrayal trauma on their relationships. We cumulatively bring over two decades of experience and expertise in the field of betrayal. Over the course of this podcast series, we will offer resources and support and teach you the tools and skills necessary to heal your relationship. You will also hear from recovered addicts, partners and couples who will share their stories, as well as from experts in the field of betrayal.
With compassion, love and fierce commitment, we will guide you and walk beside you as you navigate this journey of recovery, hope and healing. Thank you for inviting us into your world; we are honored to support you.
Current Episodes
The Sex Addict: Integrating the Partner Trauma Model Part 2
The Sex Addict: Integrating the Partner Trauma Model - Part 2 In this episode, we continue to discuss why it’s so crucial to integrate the partner trauma model into the addict or the offending partner's treatment right from the start; abstinence alone is not enough to...
The Sex Addict: Integrating the Partner Trauma Model
The Sex Addict: Integrating the Partner Trauma Model In this episode, we discuss why it’s so crucial to integrate the partner trauma model into the addict or the offending partner's treatment right from the start; abstinence alone is not enough to heal a relationship....
Survival Responses
Survival Responses In this episode, we discuss the two causes of trauma in a betrayed partners experience; the initial trauma or "discovery" and trauma-induced survival responses and how these responses can cause further trauma to a betrayed partner.
Pathologizing the Partner vs. Partner Trauma Model
Pathologizing the Partner vs. Partner Trauma Model In this episode, we discuss the two approaches to the treatment of betrayal trauma; the traditional codependency/co-sex addiction model and the partner trauma model. We explain why the traditional approach lacks the...
Betrayal Trauma & Relational Healing
Betrayal Trauma & Relational Healing In this episode, we define betrayal and relational trauma, why it is so important to talk about this topic and discuss why it is so difficult to heal. We also explain why understanding betrayal trauma is crucial to relational...
Hope
Hope In this episode, Marnie and Duane introduce themselves, share their professional experience and explain why they created the Helping Couples Heal Program. They also share quotes from addicts and partners about how the workshop helped them heal from the trauma of...