Questions you might be carrying.

Betrayal trauma happens when someone you deeply trusted violates that trust in a profound way — often through infidelity, pornography addiction, narcissistic abuse, or hidden sexual behavior. Unlike ordinary relationship conflict, it creates a genuine trauma response. Your nervous system registers it as a threat to your safety, not just a disagreement. That's why symptoms like hypervigilance, intrusive thoughts, sleeplessness, and physical shock are so common — and why specialized treatment matters.

CSAT stands for Certified Sex Addiction Therapist, a specialized credential requiring advanced training in sexual addiction and its impact on partners and families. Only a few thousand therapists in the country hold it. It means I've been specifically trained to understand betrayal in the context of out-of-control sexual behavior, not just general relationship conflict.

My primary focus is supporting betrayed partners. I also work with couples navigating their healing using the Early Couples Recovery Empathy Model — but the entry point is typically the betrayed partner's stability first. If you're the partner who caused harm and you're looking for how to help the relationship heal, please reach out — we can talk about what that path looks like.

Rebuilding trust after betrayal is not about simply 'letting go' or moving on — it is about repairing a deep rupture in safety, attachment, and emotional security. Trust is rebuilt through consistent, accountable behavior over time, where actions align with words and the betraying partner demonstrates empathy, transparency, and reliability. With the right therapeutic support, healing becomes possible, not just in learning to trust your partner again, but in reconnecting to your own instincts, boundaries, and sense of inner safety.

No. That pressure is one of the most unfair things about where you are right now. You don't have to know. The goal of therapy is to stabilize you first — to help you feel safe in your own body again — so that any decision you eventually make comes from clarity, not panic.

Individual therapy is private, one-on-one, and goes as deep as you need. Groups offer something different — being in a room with people who understand exactly what you're going through, often at different points in the same process. Both have a place in recovery, and many of my clients do both.

Both. My office is in Mesa, AZ, and I offer telehealth therapy to anyone in Arizona — about half my clients work with me in person and half online. If you're outside Arizona, we can still work together through coaching, which I offer to clients anywhere in the world.

I'm a private-pay practice and don't bill insurance directly. I can provide a superbill you can submit to your insurer for possible out-of-network reimbursement, depending on your plan. Private pay also keeps our work fully confidential — no diagnostic label required by a third party.

Individual sessions are $180 ($210 for the initial intake); couples sessions are $210 ($240 for intake); groups are $280/month for four sessions. I accept Cash, Credit Card, and HSA. Full details are on the Pricing page.

Sessions are typically 50 minutes. Frequency depends on where you are — many people start weekly while we stabilize things, then adjust as you find steadier ground. We'll figure out the right rhythm together.

Yes. Everything shared in individual therapy is confidential and protected by law. Your spouse, partner, or anyone else cannot access your session records without your written consent. The only exceptions are narrow legal requirements, which I'll explain clearly at the start of our work together.

You don't have to feel ready. Most people start in the middle of acute pain, not after it's resolved. If you're in it right now and you've been trying to manage alone, that's usually enough of a sign. A free 15-minute consultation is a low-pressure way to ask questions and see if this feels like the right fit.

It's a short, no-pressure call — about 15 minutes. You tell me a little about what's going on, I tell you how I work, and we see together whether I'm the right person to help. There's no obligation to book anything afterward.

Not at all. You don't need any experience or the "right" words. You just need to reach out — I'll guide the rest.

Both are body-based trauma therapies that work without requiring you to talk through every painful detail. EMDR uses bilateral stimulation — often eye movements or tapping — to help your brain process stuck memories. Brainspotting uses your field of vision to access where trauma is held in the body. Most people describe both as feeling different from regular talk therapy — more settled, less reactivated, more spacious.