Betrayal Trauma and Complex PTSD

Betrayal trauma and Complex PTSD (CPTSD) are two interconnected psychological phenomena that affect individuals exposed to severe, ongoing trauma, often within relationships of trust. Dr. Jennifer J. Freyd’s and Dr....

Moderation: Building a Healthy Lifestyle

Moderation: Building a Healthy Lifestyle As a therapist, you get asked all sorts of questions: Are video games healthy for my son? I joined a yoga, lyra, and kickboxing class,...

Negotiating Togetherness & Separateness in Romantic Relationships

For those of you who have ever been in a relationship where you believed yourself or your partner to be “co-dependent,” it is far more likely that your relationship problems...

Betrayal Trauma Counseling: LifeSTAR Dallas

Sex addiction counseling is not just for the sex addict.  A spouse who discovers her spouse has had secret sexual behaviors can be very overwhelmed.  One spouse described her discovery...

After Betrayal from Infidelity, How to Help Him, Her, and the Marriage Recover

Betrayal can come in many different forms:  a secret relationship, an emotional affair, virtual infidelity through chronic pornography use, sexting, or sexual video chats. Some partners who stray into secret...

Signs You May Have a Sex Addiction

As people grow and learn more about themselves and the world around them, they are introduced to a variety of things that they will both like and dislike. Sometimes when...

When Sex Becomes a Drug

Although some argue that sex addiction does not exist,  over the past two decades there have been increasing numbers of empirically reviewed articles that offer support that sex can become...