Rebuilding Trust: Guidance for Couples on the Brink - Geoff Steurer

In this webinar Geoff talks with us about rebuilding broken trust. Helping us to get clear on what exactly you need to do now to start repairing your relationship, understand why your betrayed partner is responding the way they do, learn how to create healing conditions where trust can grow and develop long term patterns for maintaining trust.

Time Markers

0:00 – Introduction: Who is Geoff Steurer?

2:01 – Why Geoff is interested in repairing broken trust

2:39 – When trust is not involved, things move at a snail pace

6:30 – How to identify when trust is broken

8:09 – Trust doesn’t have to be broken on purpose

10:25 – Be actively engaged in repairing broken relationships

13:24 – Take accountability for the trust you have broken

14:00 – The actual breaking of trust is an individual choice

17:33 – This relationship is important to both people

19:30 – Be honest, open and tell the truth

21:00 – Impact versus intention

23:04 – Two questions to ask yourself when you have broken trust

25:30 – Do the long-term work to try and rebuild trust

27:01 – Many of the time, partners don’t even know they have been traumatized

29:21 – Common betrayal trauma responses

32:18 – It is critical to break out of isolation when dealing with trauma

36:06 – When you have broken trust, get educated on betrayal trauma

38:01 – Formal therapeutic disclosure

39:35 – It is what it is, take responsibility

40:45 – Create conditions where healing is possible

43:19 – Betrayed people need to know they will be safe

46:18 – Understand the impact you have on each other within a relationship

48:36 – Q&A

About Geoff Steurer: 

Geoff Steurer has a passionate commitment to helping couples rebuild their relationships from crisis to connection. He specializes in helping couples and individuals affected by the trauma of sexual betrayal. He understands how exhilarating and stressful marriage can be and works hard at his own marriage. His goal is to show couples how his work will pay off in their own lives.

Steurer specializes in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, treating pornography and sexual addictions, infidelity, men's issues, anxiety, depression, anger management, and family therapy. He is the co-author of "Love You, Hate the Porn", creator of the "Trust Building Bootcamp", host of the podcast, "From Crisis to Connection", and author of a weekly online Q&A column.

Webinar Guest Links: 

https://www.geoffsteurer.com/

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Insights: 

Geoff Steurer: Do not let the relationship be held hostage by betrayal – work with your partner to heal. It takes long term work, but it is possible.

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