This dimension covers the impact of trauma for partners at a relational level. It reaches all aspects of her community, including the inner, middle and outer circles of relationships. The inner circle includes the relationships closest to her heart, like…
Healthy and secure attachments to human beings are essential to psychological health. Relational trauma and attachment injuries, including attachment rupturing and traumatic relational dysregulation within the system of the coupleship or relationship is another critical injury of sexual addiction induced…
The impact on a woman in the aftermath of discovery has many dimensions, “never did I imagine that this would be so big and so painful”. There is growth in the development of recovery and the healing process. Don’t loose…
Your sexual addiction can also be a source of sexual trauma for your spouse. “The sexuality of a partner is often impacted by sex addiction, in a similar way to women who have been raped or sexually traumatized.”The sexual symptoms…
“This journey is not for the man who is contemplating his next hit. It’s for the man who makes a choice to put away the old and embrace the new.” “Sex Addiction-Induced Perpetration (SAIP) includes many forms of abuse enacted…
(FREEPIK) “For her, the discovery and disclosure of your actions feels like an explosion with the debris blown in every direction, and she is left not knowing how to put herself and life back together Reactivation and re-experiencing among partners…
The fifth dimension of trauma, external crisis and destabilization, is about the impact of trauma on what was familiar and stabile in the dynamic of life. Unexpected change can bring about overwhelming chaos that creates difficulty transitioning back to normal…
Dr.Peter Levine Ph.D ”Waking the Tiger” 1997, North Atlantic Books, page 20 Dr. Peter Levine has a beautiful take on how the body holds trauma. This figure shows that in trauma we’re either stuck on high or low, and symptoms…
The induced trauma and impact on mind and body from a sexual addiction can have a devastating impact on your spouse’s physical body. It can affect both her relationship to her body (how she sees or takes care of her…
“We are most vulnerable in our grief and sorrow, yet we will find the courage to discover the truth that sets us free.” Our Reality Ego represents who we are, who we become in different circumstances, what we are,…