This week's episode is a recording from a class taught in WORTH.  Alana Gordon director of the WORTH group and therapist for Life Changing Services teaches about the recovery model and what that looks like for a man working recovery and the woman in her healing journey.  

To join one of our free therapist led support groups you can enroll here:  http://healingwithworth.org/

For more information on our Teen WORTH program mentioned in our episode:  https://lifechangingservices.online/worth/teen-worth/

Two young women come on the podcast with our Teen WORTH coach Hali to share their raw and emotional experience discovering their father's betrayal.  This is a very emotional and powerful episode hearing how betrayal has affected their life.  After listening you may want to share this episode with your own teens who may be aware of your situation.  It's difficult to know how to much to share and how this may be affecting them.   

To enroll in one of our WORTH programs and find out more about Teen WORTH:  https://lifechangingservices.online/worth/teen-worth/

If you have any questions about any of our programs or have questions you would like us to answer on a future episode you may email us at:  [email protected]

In this week's episode Janeen continues the discussion of abuse with the physical aspect with therapists Kimberly Day and Alana Gordon.  

What we have learned is,  the victims aren't always aware that they are being physically abused as the affects of this type of abuse are not always manifest in really overt or overtly injurious type of incidents. 

Kim and Alana discuss the questions what do you do if you are in a physically abusive relationship? How can you give yourself permission to reach out for help when you're married with a partner who is particularly prone to violence.

If you need help  please reach out to the National Domestic Violence hotline.  You can chat with someone online at https://www.thehotline.org/ or call 1-800-799-7233

This episode is from a listener question: How do I know if I am making progress?  The hosts discuss their healing journey and looking back on where they were and how far they have come and discuss tools that you can use to gauge your own recovery and where you are at today? 

Do you have a question you would like us to answer on the podcast?  Email us at [email protected]

To learn more about our WORTH groups and the programs we offer head to our website at http://healingwithworth.org/

For a free copy of the book "Like Dragons Did They Fight" by Maurice Harker:  https://www.lifechangingservices.org/freebook/

This bonus episode is from a class previously recorded in WORTH taught by one of our Betrayal Trauma Coaches Ashly.  

Ashly shares with us tools that help with the effects of betrayal trauma.  Listen as she relates the scriptures to how boundaries, self care and relying on the Lord are all things that help us in our times of need.

If you are interested in working with Ashly as a betrayal trauma coach you can contact her at [email protected] or book with her at choose.clientsecure.me

For more information about our Men of Moroni program for men struggling with sexual addiction and acting out of the marriage you can head to the Men of Moroni website at:  https://lifechangingservices.online/menofmoroni/

Trust is the foundation of the relationship between romantic partners. When addiction appears, it can wear down trust over time or shatter it all at once.  The hosts discuss how to distinguish between forgiveness and trust, what trust may look like before a partner is in recovery and after recovery, and how long the process takes for husbands to rebuild it depending on where they are at.  

Hosts discuss concepts from Brene Brown in her book "Daring Greatly". 

To join one of our therapeutic led groups for betrayal trauma head to our website https://lifechangingservices.online/worth/

WORTH therapists Kimberly Day LMHCA, CCPS and Alana Gordon MFT-I, discuss the aspect of Spiritual abuse in a relationship and give us tools to decipher if you may be experiencing this in your relationship.

What does it look like, feel like when it's right?  What does it look like, feel like when it's off?  How to tell the difference between spiritual abuse or if our partner is having an opinion different than our own.

If you would like to join one of our free therapist facilitated peer support groups for married and divorced women experiencing betrayal trauma due to a spouse's pornography use, sexual addiction, and/or sexual acting out head to our website http://healingwithworth.org/

This bonus episode is from a class taught in WORTH where we discussed a holistic approach to healing trauma in your body and how trauma affects our body.

If you would like to join one of our free therapy facilitated support groups you can find out more and enroll at http://healingwithworth.org/

To learn more about our WORTH YSA and enroll in our class http://healingwithworth.org/

Do you have inner turmoil and conflict around the concept of forgiveness?

In this episode, we talk about our experiences with forgiveness. We talk about why we chose to forgive, the benefits of forgiveness, how it is complicated in addiction, and what forgiveness is not. We know first hand how forgiveness is a delicate topic that creates confusion, pain, and even guilt for partners who’ve been betrayed and traumatized by the addict in their life. 

We can relate, the pain is real. 

So tune in today! 

Therapists Maurice W. Harker, CMHC and Kimberly Day MHCA join Healing with WORTH host Naomi to discuss litmus tests to know the intent of your partner.  They make the very important point that whether or not a partner is intending to harm and abuse, the pain is still real and needs to be addressed.  

To learn more what Life Changing Services has to offer head to our website:  https://www.lifechangingservices.org/

To join a therapist led support group for your betrayal trauma head to:  http://healingwithworth.org/