Recovery Fundamentals

Start with the basics when first walking the road to recovery. Developing a systematic plan for recovery will enable you to stick to your basic recovery principles even when things get tough.

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Video icon Q&A Does My Husband Really Have to 'Get It' to Be Safe For My Own Healing?
Video icon Q&A How Do I Repair The Damage I Caused from Trickle-Truth?
Video icon Q&A Can You Explain the FANOS Exercise from EMS Weekend?
Video icon Q&A Should I Disclose to My Wayward Spouse Who I Shared Details With After Discovery?
Video icon Q&A How Does an Accountability Partnership Work?
Video icon Q&A Should We Wait to Participate in EMS Online?
Video icon Q&A How Do We Overcome This Destructive Cycle?
Video icon Q&A Can You Remind Me How to Do the Voice of Love/Voice of Fear Exercise?
Video icon Q&A What Online Therapy Recommendations Do You Have for People Outside of the United States?
Video icon Q&A How Do I Stop Feeling Rejected When I Sense That Some of My Husband’s Affection is Something He’s Offering Only to Support Me, Rather Than Something He Genuinely Feels?
Video icon Q&A How Do I Resolve the Conflict Between My Betrayed Husband and My Parents?
Video icon Q&A How Do We Handle Intense Intrusive Thoughts When Working High-Demand Jobs?
Video icon Q&A What Can I Do to Help Myself, and Us, At the One Year Mark?
Video icon Q&A What Exactly Do I Grieve and Do I Have to Grieve Before I Can Forgive?
Video icon Q&A What Advice Would You Give to a Couple Who Feels Safe Now and for the Future, but Is Struggling with ‘Getting Right’ with past Infidelities and Traumas?
Video icon Q&A Is There Anything the Wayward Spouse Can Say or Do That Has Been Effective in Helping the Betrayed Spouse Feel Better?
Video icon Q&A How Can I Prove to My Betrayed Spouse That I Finally ‘Get It’?
Video icon Q&A After a Polygraph Is Done to Confirm the Couple Is at Ground Zero, What Should Each Partner Expect from the Other Going Forward?
Video icon Q&A Are My Requests for Relapse Prevention Measures Unreasonable?
Video icon Q&A How Do I Protect My Own Boundaries While Navigating This Complex Relationship?
Video icon Q&A Can You Please Give Some Direction on the Various Courses and the Best Way to Go Through Them?
Video icon Q&A Do I Take Action Against the Affair Partner or Just Letting It Go?
Video icon Q&A What Advice Do You Have for Healing or Blending Two Different Attachment Styles?
Video icon Q&A Is There Any Hope That My Husband Will Change?
Video icon Q&A As the Betrayed, Is It Wise to Seek Closure with the Affair Partner?
Video icon Q&A How Do We Move past This Set-Back in Our Recovery?
Video icon Q&A Do You Suggest He Focus On Healing Himself First, Then Our Marriage?
Video icon Q&A How Do We Restore the Relationship with Our Adult Children?
Video icon Q&A Is It Healthy for Me to Gather Evidence in Order to Move On from This?
Video icon Q&A How Do I Find a Way to Show Compassion or Empathy When I Find Myself Empty of It in the Moment?
Video icon Q&A Can You Shed Light on Pass/Fail Outcomes and Eye-Scan Polygraph Tests?
Video icon Q&A What Advice Do You Have for Journaling as a Betrayed Spouse?
Video icon Q&A Can You Give Me Insight on What Therapy Modalities Would Be Best for Me?
Video icon Q&A Does It Matter Who Ended the Affair?
Video icon Q&A How Do We Create Safety When My Husband Had an Emotional Affair with a Coworker for Approximately 7 Years?
Video icon Q&A How Do I Find Closure When the Affair Partner Is a Close Family Friend?
Video icon Q&A How Detailed Should the Disclosure Be for a 7-Year Emotional Affair With a Coworker?
Video icon Q&A Do You Think I Should Reach Out to Affair Partner’s Wife and Disclose the Affair?
Video icon Q&A How Important Is Attunement When Recovering from an Affair?
Video icon Q&A What Advice Do You Have for Our First Wedding Anniversary After Discovery?
Video icon Q&A How Do We Navigate Outside Advice and Establish Boundaries to Protect Our Relationship?
Video icon Q&A How Do I Support My Partner and Accept That I Can’t Control Their Recovery Journey?
Video icon Q&A Am I a Fool for Being Vulnerable With My Mate?
Video icon Q&A How Do I Feel Special Again After I Have Lost So Much Including Places That Were Just Ours?
Video icon Q&A What Else Can I Do to Help Facilitate the Healing Process for My Betrayed Spouse and Myself?
Video icon Q&A How Do I Help My Mate Get back the Dignity and Self-Worth I Took From Her With My Betrayal?
Video icon Q&A Would Viewing Surveillance Footage of My Husband’s Affair Be Helpful?
Video icon Q&A Do We Tell My Wife Parents About Her Behavior in Their House?
Video icon Q&A What Do I Do When My Wayward Spouse Refuses to Meet My Emotional Needs?
Video icon Q&A How Can I Believe My Mate When They Say the Affair Is Over?