Discernment Counseling: Is It for You?
Have You Heard of Discernment Counseling? Discernment Counseling started with Bill Doherty, Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota and his Couples on the Brink Project. He devised a model to help couples who are ‘stuck’ [...]
Disclosing Secrets: How Disclosure is Used With Betrayal
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 [...]
Healing in the Aftermath of Shock Trauma in Parkland, Florida
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 [...]
6 Do’s and Don’ts on How to Handle Affair Discovery
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 [...]
John Gottman on Couples Therapy-Making Marriage Work in Boca Raton
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 [...]
Rethinking Disclosure . . . Working With Infidelity and Betrayal Trauma
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. [...]