PARTNER BETRAYAL

THERAPY SPECIALTIES

This above all, To refuse to be a victim. Unless I can do that I can do nothing. 
I have to recant, Give up the old
belief that I am powerless. 
~Character in M. Atwoods's novel Surfacing

Partner Betrayal

Discovering you have been betrayed by someone you thought you knew and trusted can be one of the most devastating events of one’s life. 

With many years of experience working with partners (both male and female), we can help guide you:
  • Recover a sense of yourself
  • Understand what intimacy disorders are all about
  • Learn how to interact in a healthy way with the one who betrayed you
  • Make wise decisions for yourself and your family, and 
  • Go from a feeling of being out of control and helpless to being strong, serene and empowered

Sexual & Other Addictions

What may have started out as something you considered fun and harmless, exciting and numbing, has turned into something you cannot stop and has become your Destroyer. This is the essence of addiction, whether due to a substance (like alcohol or meth) or a behavior (like pornography, sex outside your primary relationship, or eating when you are not really hungry).

We specialize in sexual addiction, which is an aberration from natural healthy sex. Beyond stopping the behavior and/or substance, is the meaningful life of integrity you thought not possible for you. Let us be your guide to help you on this courageous journey.
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Childhood Trauma

Have you ever wondered, “how did I get this way?” Apart from the obvious physical, emotional, mental, and sexual abuse, there are subtle patterns
which may have remained hidden in the nether regions of the brain of which you are not aware. It does not take much to damage the development of a small child, and the earlier in life the trauma occurs, the more damaging it is. 

One of our specialties is childhood neglect and subtle sexual abuse, which may have been overlooked or denied in order for you to survive. Why investigate all of this? Because in understanding the roots of your current problems you can understand yourself and heal. We use Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) to help you work through trauma and anchor in positive intentions, thus attracting to you the life you desire.

When using EMDR, you are prompted to move your eyes back and forth repetitively in a way that seems to stimulate both the right and left sides of the brain. It is a proven method of healing not only trauma, but any disturbing memory that interferes with your present life. EMDR does not require the use of talk therapy and takes a fraction of the time that traditional talk therapy does. 

When a disturbing event occurs, it can get locked in the nervous system with the original pictures, sounds, thoughts and feelings. This material can combine factual material with fantasy and with images that stand for the actual event or feelings about it. EMDR seems to unlock the nervous system and allows the brain to process the experience. That may be what is happening in REM or dream sleep—the eye movements may help to process the unconscious material. It is important to remember that it is your own brain that will be doing the healing and that you are the one in control during the sessions. 

Many times, EMDR is used in addition to individual talk therapy to not only speed up the healing, but to get at unconscious material that the conscious mind may have blocked.

For more information on neglect, please visit our book page at Neglect: The Silent Abuser.
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