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How Do We Define Betrayal? When secrets are revealed, and they are come across in a myriad of ways, betrayal is identified. Secrets of infidelity appear usually by surprise. Disclosing secrets is not typically a proactive experience. Let’s start with a definition of secrets. That [...]
On the list of Neighborhoodscout’s 100 Safest Cities in America-2018, published just weeks ago, was Parkland, holding the #15 spot. The data-driven algorithm looks at “the number of crimes reported to the FBI” and the population, with a minimum of 25k residents. As of approximately [...]
You just inadvertently discovered that your husband has been having an affair. The text message, unintended for you, came through at an opportune time, just when you were checking the weather on his phone prior to departing for the mountain. Cloudy at best, his stream [...]
If you haven’t heard John Gottman, PhD speak, you should. Not only did he succinctly and creatively consolidate the components of his famous method of couples therapy and the research basis from which it resides but he is something else . . he is funny [...]
In recovery at an upscale in-patient sex addiction treatment program, Don is encouraged to face his demons and come clean with the egregious behaviors which have led him fast and furious down the rabbit hole. As part of this process, both he and his spouse, [...]
Last Saturday I had the unique opportunity of attending Esther Perel’s workshop in NYC entitled When Desire Goes Looking Elsewhere. She has become a leading expert in the field of infidelity and relationship betrayal. Following the release of her second book, State of Affairs, she [...]
I got a divorce not because I wanted to have sex with somebody else or because I wasn't having sex with my own husband but because I wasn't happy. These reasons are a frequent impetus for many to enter into an affair. However, research is [...]
When Samantha left group therapy after her first session she realized she had had no idea what she was in for when she made the commitment to begin a closed process group just the week prior. Although she had deliberated for weeks, even months with [...]
Like most of you, when news broke recently about the sexual exploitation of Hollywood magnate Harvey Weinstein it began to immediately penetrate some dialogues, both in and out of the office. The meaning, impact, and outlandishness of such a public professional powerful figure. The first [...]
Whether or not we develop symptoms of trauma is a function of both the intensity and the consistency of the experience. It is also a function of our ego strength (our ‘emotional constitution’) and personal resources, and the support with which we feel from our [...]