12: Overcoming the Hurt - Affair and Betrayal Recovery with Katie Leminux

Published: Oct. 10, 2017, 7 a.m.

b'Addictions can infiltrate and influence so many aspects of relationships, and affairs and betrayal are no exceptions. Here to speak to her experiences as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist is Katie Leminux. Katie fell into working with couples in affair and betrayal recovery because she loved to see the huge potential for improvement. Time and again, she realized that addictions of all kinds play into affairs and why they happen or as a result of the trauma.\\xa0\\nWe as therapists can provide the structure and framework for couples to work through intense, emotional struggles. Katie believes in the power of the Gottman Couple Counseling Model to help couples reclaim their relationship and recover fully from any addictions. Today is your opportunity to see the hope that Katie sees, and to really understand how a complex recovery is really possible.\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nIn this episode we also discuss:\\xa0\\n\\nHow Katie \\u201cfell into\\u201d working with couples.\\xa0\\n\\nThe Gottman Couples Counseling Model.\\xa0\\n\\nChanging the language of an affair to make it easier to talk about.\\xa0\\n\\nThe essential structures that help couples work through the difficult problems in an affair.\\xa0\\n\\nTherapists have the power to help couples work through trauma as well as the unique types of hurt emotions that stem from betrayal.\\xa0\\n\\nLearn the three phases of reclaiming a hurt relationship.\\xa0\\n\\nThe role of addiction in betrayal.\\xa0\\n\\nStrategies that couples use to rebuild their relationship.\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\nResources\\nhttp://familyandcouplescounseling.com/\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\nSupport this podcast at \\u2014 https://redcircle.com/the-addicted-mind-podcast/donations\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'