{"podcast":{"title":"Betrayal Trauma Recovery","slug":"betrayal-trauma-recovery-945822","podcast_index_feed_id":945822,"rss_url":"https://feeds.podcastmirror.com/btr","website_url":"https://www.btr.org/","image_url":"https://feeds.podcastmirror.com/~images/2361271778004748.png","author":"Anne Blythe, M.Ed.","episode_count":215,"summary":"No woman wants to face the horror of her husband’s betrayal. Or have to recover from the emotional, physical & financial trauma and never-ending consequences. But these courageous women DID. And we’ll walk with you, so YOU can too. If you’re experiencing pain, chaos, and isolation due to your husband’s lying, anger, gaslighting, manipulation, infidelity, and/or emotional abuse… If he’s undermined you and condemned you as an angry, codependent, controlling gold-digger… If you think your husband might be an addict or narcissist. Or even if he’s “just” a jerk… If your husband (or ex) is miserable to be around, this podcast is for YOU.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-10T04:20:01.940148+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/betrayal-trauma-recovery-945822"},"episode":{"title":"Before Scheduling “Couples Therapy Near Me” Here’s What You Need To Know","slug":"before-scheduling-couples-therapy-near-me-here-s-what-you-need-to-know","published_at":"2026-01-20T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/betrayal-trauma-recovery-945822/before-scheduling-couples-therapy-near-me-here-s-what-you-need-to-know","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/betrayal-trauma-recovery-945822","url":"https://www.btr.org/intensive-couples-therapy-near-me/","audio_url":"https://media.blubrry.com/betrayal_trauma/media.blubrry.com/betrayal_trauma/ins.blubrry.com/betrayal_trauma/Before_Scheduling_Couples_Therapy_Near_Me.mp3","summary":"Has your husband betrayed your trust, lied to you, or left you feeling confused about what’s really happening? Many women think, “Maybe we just need couples therapy near me to fix this.” It makes perfect sense to want support when the marriage feels unstable. But here’s what most women don’t learn until much later: After interviewing over 200 women who experienced their husband’s betrayal, I discovered that couple therapy often makes things worse if he has a history of lying. Many women told me they walked out feeling even more confused than they were when they walked in. Before you schedule couple therapy near me, here’s what you need to know. Why Couple Therapy Near Me Often Backfires After Betrayal Any couple therapy, whether it’s near you or if you do in online, is designed for two people who are honest, transparent. But when betrayal or deception happened, couple therapy sessions tend to shift in the wrong direction. Women describe: feeling talked in circles being treated as if both partners contributed equally having their concerns minimized or reframed leaving sessions with more confusion instead of clarity Instead of addressing the real issue, his choices, his patterns, and his secrecy, therapy often redirects the focus onto “communication skills,” or “relationship dynamics.” Meanwhile, the woman is still left without the one thing she needs most: Answers. Consider taking my free after infidelity email course . What You Need Before Looking For Couple Therapy Near Me Before you sit in a room with a couples therapist near you and try to explain what’s been happening, you need a clear, simple framework for understanding: what his behavior actually means the signs that indicate whether therapy will help—or harm That’s why I created the Clarity Aft…","meta_description":"Has your husband betrayed your trust, lied to you, or left you feeling confused about what’s really happening? Many women think, “Maybe we just need coupl…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1361,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/betrayal-trauma-recovery-945822/episodes/before-scheduling-couples-therapy-near-me-here-s-what-you-need-to-know/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/betrayal-trauma-recovery-945822/before-scheduling-couples-therapy-near-me-here-s-what-you-need-to-know.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}