12: Overcoming the Hurt - Affair and Betrayal Recovery with Katie Leminux

The Addicted Mind Podcast

Duane Osterlind, LMFT

Medicine, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.7 • 655 Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2017

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Addictions can infiltrate and influence so many aspects of relationships, and affairs and betrayal are no exceptions. Here to speak to her experiences as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist is Katie Leminux. Katie fell into working with couples in affair and betrayal recovery because she loved to see the huge potential for improvement. Time and again, she realized that addictions of all kinds play into affairs and why they happen or as a result of the trauma.

We as therapists can provide the structure and framework for couples to work through intense, emotional struggles. Katie believes in the power of the Gottman Couple Counseling Model to help couples reclaim their relationship and recover fully from any addictions. Today is your opportunity to see the hope that Katie sees, and to really understand how a complex recovery is really possible.

In this episode we also discuss:

How Katie “fell into” working with couples.
The Gottman Couples Counseling Model.
Changing the language of an affair to make it easier to talk about.
The essential structures that help couples work through the difficult problems in an affair.
Therapists have the power to help couples work through trauma as well as the unique types of hurt emotions that stem from betrayal.
Learn the three phases of reclaiming a hurt relationship.
The role of addiction in betrayal.
Strategies that couples use to rebuild their relationship.

Resources

http://familyandcouplescounseling.com/

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone. Welcome to episode 12 of the Addicted Mind podcast. I'm excited that you're listening today. I have a wonderful guest. Her name is Katie Lemieux. And she is going to talk about a very important topic that we see in addiction. And that is affairs and portrayal recovery. So she specializes in working with
0:24.4	couples who have this issue and she shares her insight and knowledge on this podcast. So it's a
0:31.6	great episode. I definitely encourage you guys to listen. Before we start, I want to ask a little bit of a favor. If you're enjoying the
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0:46.7	It really does help get us noticed and get the word out about this podcast. So thank you so much
0:52.5	to those who have done that. I really appreciate it.
0:56.5	Also, I want to add that if you have a question for me, please go to the website,
1:01.7	the addictedmind.com. Right on the side is a button for you to leave a voice message for me.
1:07.5	If you have any question you want featured on the addicted mind podcast, please leave it there. I will try and answer it myself. If you have any question you want featured on the Addicted Mind podcast, please leave it there.
1:12.6	I will try and answer it myself. If not, I will try and find an expert that can. So I'd love to
1:18.7	hear from you. Welcome, everybody. This is episode 12 of the Addicted Mind podcast. I've got a
1:24.7	wonderful guest today. Her name is Katie Lemieux. And she's going to talk about a very
1:30.7	relevant topic that comes up in addiction treatment all the time, especially with couples, affairs,
1:38.3	and portrayal. And Katie, you want to introduce yourself before we get going? Sure. I just wanted to say
1:44.0	hello to everybody and thanks for tuning into this podcast.
1:47.3	And it's a pleasure to be here and be with you guys.
1:50.2	So yes, my name is Katie Lemieux.
1:51.8	I'm a licensed marriage and family therapist here in South Florida.
1:55.5	And I do specialize in working with couples and further specialize in working with couples through affair and
2:01.6	betrayals. So thanks for having me, Dwayne. Oh, you're welcome. Great to have you. And that's a,
2:06.4	that's a very specific kind of niche right there is working with affairs and betrayal. Can you talk a
2:13.5	little bit about how you got into that and how you kind of got into specializing with couples
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