A Real Couples Session - Infidelity, Broken Trust, & Empty Nesters

The Angry Therapist Podcast

John Kim

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

In this couples session, John talks with Laura and Martin have been together for 22 years and have faced multiple betrayals and traumas in their relationship. Laura has been unfaithful on multiple occasions, while Martin had his own secret infidelity. The couple has spent years in secrecy and deception, leading to a lack of trust and respect. They are now working on rebuilding their relationship and changing their behavior. Laura emphasizes the need for Martin to prioritize showing respect and kindness, while Martin acknowledges his past mistakes and commits to improving his actions. Both partners are focused on personal growth and self-care as they strive to create a healthier and more fulfilling relationship.

Roughly ten minutes of self help in a shot glass. If you're looking for a wine glass, you've come to the wrong place. Marriage family therapist and best-selling author, John Kim, shares his life and love revelations as well as insights from his sessions. He pulls the curtain back and documents his journey as a therapist but more importantly, as a human being.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is John Kim. I'm a therapist who went through his own
0:04.3	rebirth many years ago and I've been documenting my journey ever since sharing my life
0:08.9	lessons and revelations. I believe in casual or clinical with you instead of at you. I come unrehearsed on purpose
0:16.2	because self-help doesn't have to be so complicated.
0:21.2	So just real quick I said in the email and also on social, you know, it goes for about 40 to 50 minutes and
0:31.2	the session is also going to I'm going to make it a series on my podcast and then and also for YouTube just to help people
0:41.1	Because the stuff that we go through I think is universal.
0:43.6	So this is the verbal consent, you guys go with that?
0:47.4	And yeah, so let's start wherever you want to start.
0:55.0	Um, well, um, we've been together for 22 years.
1:01.0	Mm-hmm.
1:08.1	We have three kids together. I have one from a previous relationship. So, two together. They're grown now. So our youngest just turned 18. She's off to college at the end of the month and
1:18.8	Wow. We're finding ourselves empty nesters at 40.
1:24.0	Yeah.
1:25.0	That's young actually.
1:28.0	That's really young.
1:29.0	Yeah, well I had my first when I was 16.
1:32.0	Mm-hmm. Sure. I had my first when I was 16 and we met when I was 18 and by 21 we had all three we were
1:40.7	living in a little apartment and yeah life was crazy yeah I
1:47.9	could imagine that this is kind of the story that our parents have right getting
1:52.4	married or just running
1:54.8	toward the picket fence very young having more than one child and you know the
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