Welcome to betrayal trauma recovery. I'm Anne. It's summer and I remember being so excited thinking my

marriage would improve as we spent quality time together on that road trip or family reunion. If you end up

having the same experience I did where vacations left me feeling more hopeless and scared because I

found out on one of those trips that my husband was using explicit material and lying to me about it.

We're here for you every day all summer long.

You don't have to schedule an appointment or wait.

You can hop on one of our daily group sessions from anywhere.

We're an empathetic team of betrayal trauma professionals and we can help you right away.

Our daily group session support is the safest space for women to focus on their

healing without fear of being traumatized by a therapist or clergy who might seem to think that

you're part of the problem. You're not and you're not alone. If you're ready to join a community

of women who truly understand, check out our group session schedule at BTR.org slash group.

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woman who needs to hear this. It's just me today. A betrayal trauma or recovery, we hear many

women say they're angry about their husband's destructive behavior, which makes sense. Did you know that legitimate anger is not bad? In fact, it's helpful? Anger is a natural response to harmful treatment and it helps you know that something is wrong. It's like a sacred internal warning system, alerting you to danger and calling

you to action. When women take a moment to evaluate why they feel angry, we can determine the source.

Often we're experiencing anger in a reaction to our husband's lies or betrayal. We're also probably

going to feel scared, frustrated, tired, hurt, and overwhelmed. So at BTR, we encouraged victims

of betrayal to think differently about anger and how it can help you move forward.

Has anyone else ever noticed that a man's anger seems to be justified? Like if he says,

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