partner trauma
My husband will not share what happens in therapy
A member writes: ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ฆ. ๐๐บ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ๐บ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ…
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The natural consequences of sex addiction reach far beyond the addict, and touches everyone that loves them. The deception and betrayal felt by spouses, family and friends reaches far, and are difficult to stomach. When you love someone with a sex addiction life can be chaotic and you experience betrayal trauma. ย The good news is,…
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Read MoreThirteen Dimensions of Sex Addiction-Induced Trauma (SAIT) Among Partners and Spouses Impacted by Sex Addictionยฉ
Dr. Omar Minwalla The Institute for Sexual Health (ISH) April 2014 The Sex Addiction-Induced Trauma Modelยฉ (SAITMยฉ) articulates thirteen dimensions of trauma relevant to the clinical impacts, injuries and symptoms among intimate partners of sex addicts, based on both qualitative research and clinical application with partners and spouses impacted by sex addiction and compulsivity. ย Each…
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