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Amanda Christenson is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 13 years of experience helping individuals and couples heal from the effects of pornography use, compulsive sexual behavior, and betrayal trauma. She is passionate about helping people move beyond shame and secrecy by fostering accountability, authentic connection, and lasting change. Her work also focuses on empowering betrayed partners to understand trauma, establish healthy boundaries, and rebuild trust. Amanda facilitates therapeutic disclosures for couples in both traditional and intensive formats, creating a structured path toward healing.

She is the co-host of the Betrayal Conversations podcast, where she shares practical tools and hope for individuals and couples navigating betrayal trauma. Amanda has also presented at the SA Lifeline Conference, SA Lifeline Women’s Retreat, BYU Summer Series therapist trainings, and numerous other conferences focused on betrayal trauma and recovery.

As an AAMFT Approved Supervisor and Adjunct Faculty member at Brigham Young University, Amanda enjoys mentoring the next generation of therapists, helping them develop confidence, clinical excellence, and authenticity in the therapy room.

Amanda is the owner of Hope Therapy, a practice she and her husband have grown over the past eight years with a commitment to exceptional client care and meaningful clinician mentorship. She was honored to be recognized as one of Utah Valley BusinessQ’s 40 Under 40 and considers it a privilege to support individuals, couples, therapists, and families in her community.

Bill Herring, LCSW, is a psychotherapist in private practice in Atlanta, Georgia, and has been a clinician for more than four decades. Since 2000 his work has centered on sexual health and the treatment of chronically problematic sexual behavior, including helping people take honest accountability for deceptive sexual behavior and repair the damage it causes to their partners and relationships.

He originated the Problematic Sexual Behavior (PSB) Framework, a description-based, theory neutral method for assessing sexual behavior across five domains: commitments, values, self-control, negative consequences, and responsibility to others. It requires no diagnostic label and no presumption of addiction. First published in 2017 in Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity, the framework received the publisher’s Article of the Year award and became the basis for the Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health’s Advanced Training in Problematic Sexual Behavior certificate program.

He has led therapy groups for this population for over fifteen years and has facilitated more than 3,000 group sessions. A past board member and three-time national conference chair of SASH, he received its 2019 Carnes Award for sustained contribution to the field. He is completing a facilitator training manual for PSB group therapy as well as a client workbook, and he writes and presents nationally on a non-shaming approach to sexual behavior that describes rather than labels behavior.

Carley Pool, MA, LPC, CSAT is the Director of Assessment and Evaluation at Daring Ventures, where she spearheads research initiatives designed to enhance therapeutic practices. With a deep commitment to uncovering the underlying patterns of behavior, Carley aims to provide transformative change through innovative experiential practices.

As a certified coherence therapist and a certified sex addiction counselor, with specialized training in Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), she employs a multi-faceted approach to foster healing and growth. Rooted in a personal and familial connection with addiction recovery, Carley is passionate about her work and advocates for those navigating the complexities of addiction. Her expertise has led her to speak at various summits and podcasts, where she shares valuable insights on sex addiction and the struggles faced by adult children of sex addicts. Carley is dedicated to advancing the counseling field and empowering individuals to achieve lasting transformation in their lives.

Carol Sheets aka Carol the Coach
LCSW, LMFT, CCPS-S, CPC-S, CSAT-S, PCC
With decades of experience in the field, Carol Sheets is a highly sought-after educator and thought leader, serving as a faculty member for APSATS for 7 years and IITAP currently —two of the leading organizations in trauma, partner betrayal, and addiction recovery training.
She is the creator of the Early Recovery Couples Empathy Model (ERCEM), a groundbreaking framework designed to help couples rebuild trust and connection after betrayal. Her ERCEM training and certification program has empowered over 250 clinicians across the globe to guide couples on their healing journeys.
In addition to her training expertise, Carol is the author of several acclaimed books, including Help. Her. Heal. An Empathy Workbook for Betrayers to Help Their Partners Heal and Unleashing Your Power: Moving Beyond Sexual Betrayal. Her newest book, Help. Them. Heal. Teaching You Both How to Navigate Your Relationship After Sexual Betrayal, offers tools for couples to navigate post-trauma recovery.

Carrie Holladay is a trauma-trained somatic practitioner, Betrayal Trauma Coach, APSATS CPC-Candidate, and host of the Resiliently Rising Podcast. After spending more than a decade navigating the effects of betrayal trauma in her marriage, Carrie discovered that insight alone was not enough to help her feel safe, connected, and whole again. Somatic work became a turning point in her healing, helping her reconnect with her body, understand her protective responses, and rebuild trust in herself and others.

Today, Carrie helps people all over the world move beyond simply understanding their trauma and begin healing through a body-first approach. Using her training in Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy, Somatic Attachment Therapy, Felt Sense Polyvagal Model for Trauma and Addiction, and more, Carrie supports clients in tending to their nervous systems, developing compassion for the ways they learned to survive, navigating triggers and protective patterns, and creating greater safety within themselves and their relationships.

Cat Etherington is the Director of Recovery for Naked Truth Project, an international charity opening eyes and freeing lives from the damaging impacts of pornography. Cat is an Integrative Counsellor and Certified Professional Coach, working with individuals and couples impacted by problematic sexual behaviour and betrayal. The first ever European practitioner to be certified by the Association of Partners of Sex Addicts Trauma Specialists (APSATS) Cat now serves on their Board of Directors and co-delivers their clinical training. With personal and professional experience in both addiction and betrayal, Cat has unique insight into the journey of recovery and healing and has been a vocal advocate for trauma-informed approaches to working with this population, hoping to end the harm so sadly often experienced by those seeking support.

Debbie Laaser is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and was involved in recovery with her husband, Mark for over thirty years. She and her husband Mark co-founded Faithful & True, a Christian counseling center treating men struggling with sexual addiction and their spouses experiencing betrayal trauma. Debbie has facilitated therapy groups, individual counseling, and intensives for betrayed wives for over 20 years. She authored From Trauma to Transformation, Shattered Vows, and co-authored Seven Desires and A Toolkit for Growth with Mark. She also published research, “Posttraumatic Growth in Relationally Betrayed Women”, available on their website, faithfulandtrue.com. Since Mark’s death in 2019, Debbie continues to counsel and direct the growth of Faithful & True in the Minneapolis area.

Geoff Steurer is a licensed marriage and family therapist, author, presenter, and podcaster with over 28 years of experience. He is the co-author of “Love You, Hate the Porn: Healing a Relationship Damaged by Virtual Infidelity” and co-hosts the podcast, “From Crisis to Connection”, with his wife, Jody. He is the creator of Courageous Together®, an online couples betrayal trauma recovery program. He has produced workbooks, audio programs, and other courses to help couples and individuals heal from the impact of sexual betrayal, unwanted pornography use, partner betrayal trauma, and rebuilding broken trust. He earned degrees from Brigham Young University and Auburn University and has extensive training and experience treating sexually compulsive behaviors and betrayal trauma. He has also completed additional training in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT), and is master certified in Accelerated Resolution Trauma Therapy (ART). Geoff has been married for 30 years and he and his wife, Jody, are the parents of four children.

Married therapists and life coaches Sharon Rinearson and James Annear own CORE Relationship Recovery and are known for their down to earth, practical and creative interventions and antidotes when it comes to helping couples heal from relational and sexual betrayals in relationships, as well as, tackling developmentally damaging experiences in custom created intensives. Creating safe spaces for folks to do work that can help free them from their old unhappy and unhealthy lives, James and Sharon use unique techniques based in neurobiology, addiction science, PTSS trauma techniques and their own methods of interpersonal therapies to create dramatic differences with their clients. Sharon, a former child and family trauma specialist and James, a former director of drug and alcohol inpatient facilities have combined their skill, 37 years of experience in the mental health field and know how for the past 13 years in intensives for individuals and couples. Extensive pre-intensive testing and analysis, pre-intensive sessions and collaboration with referring therapists create the perfect environment for the custom experiences they create with you for your healing. Working from South Florida in the winter and the beautiful Smoky Mountains in Tennessee in the summer and fall, Sharon and James welcome travelers from all over the world into the safety and joyous experience of breaking out of old behaviors and embracing new ways to live.

James is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), Certified Professional Coach, Certified Clinical Partner Specialist – Supervisor (APSATS), Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT) – Supervisor, and a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional.

Sharon is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Certified Professional Coach, Certified Clinical Partner Specialist (APSATS), and a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional.

Janice is a Texas psychologist, also licensed through PSYPACT for tele-therapy in most states. She is a Certified Clinical Partner Specialist and supervisor, and Certified Sex Addiction Therapist and supervisor. She was one of the founding members of the Association for Partners of Sex Addicts Trauma Specialists and participated in the creation of the Multidimensional Partner Trauma Model.
Janice is the author and co-author of his and hers companion workbooks for helping couples navigate a therapeutic disclosure: Full Disclosure: Seeking Truth After Sexual Betrayal – 3 Volume Series, Full Disclosure: How to Share the Truth After Sexual Betrayal.

Janice is the founder of Intensive Recovery Healing and Intensive Recovery Coaching, a practice that specializes in customized intensives for individuals and couples recovering from sex addiction, betrayal trauma, intimacy anorexia or other life traumas. She also spent 10 years of her career specializing in behavioral medicine and providing care to clients 60 and above.

Jason Martinkus has lived in recovery from sexual addiction for the past 22 years. He and his wife, Shelley, run Redemptive Living – a marriage coaching practice helping men, wives and marriages find healing and redemption after betrayal. Jason is a coach, speaker writer and is the author of the best-selling book, Worthy of Her Trust.

Jenna Riemersma, LPC, is a leading authority in the integration of Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy with compulsive sexual behavior and betrayal trauma treatment. As a Certified IFS Therapist, IFS Clinical Consultant, and CSAT Supervisor, Jenna brings over a decade of specialized expertise to the intersection of these critical therapeutic modalities. She is the #1 best-selling author of Altogether You, IFS Integration, and her newest book Move Toward.

Kim Hansen Petroni, MA, BCC, APSATS CPC-S, is a betrayal trauma specialist, Board Certified Coach, Certified Divorce Coach®, High Conflict Divorce Coach, Brainspotting practitioner, and supervisor. For more than a decade, she has worked exclusively with individuals and couples navigating the complex impact of intimate betrayal—whether their path leads toward reconciliation, therapeutic separation, or divorce.

Kim is the founder of CoachingHope4U, where she provides trauma-informed coaching, education, relationship recovery support, and mediation preparation. She also founded Not a Casserole Widow®, a nonprofit created to provide Education, Advocacy, Support, and Empowerment for women divorcing or considering divorce after intimate deception. Her work addresses a critical gap in betrayal recovery: helping partners understand that divorce involving betrayal is rarely “just a divorce.” It may involve trauma symptoms, incomplete or shifting information, coercive dynamics, financial uncertainty, parenting concerns, and legal decisions made while the nervous system is still struggling to regain stability.

Drawing from advanced professional training and lived experience, Kim helps betrayed partners prepare for divorce without losing sight of their emotional safety, values, voice, or future. She also equips therapists, coaches, clergy, and divorce professionals to recognize the hidden trauma that can shape a client’s ability to gather information, communicate clearly, evaluate options, and participate effectively in the legal process.

Kim has presented for APSATS, LITPATH, and the Choose Connection Summit. Through her coaching, writing, workshops, and professional education, she brings structure and compassion to an experience that can feel disorienting, helping betrayed partners move from overwhelm toward informed, grounded decisions.

Kristin M. Snowden, MA, LMFT, is a licensed marriage and family therapist, author, educator, and media contributor specializing in betrayal trauma, infidelity, gaslighting, hidden addiction, relationship crisis, and trauma recovery. With more than 15 years of clinical experience, she has helped individuals, couples, and families navigate the emotional devastation caused by deception, broken trust, and complex relational trauma. Her clinical work is informed by advanced training in EMDR, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Dr. Brené Brown’s Daring Way™, interpersonal neurobiology, and addiction recovery models.

She is the co-author of *Life Anonymous: 12 Steps to Heal and Transform Your Life*, which applies the wisdom of the 12 Steps to personal growth, healing, and transformation beyond addiction. Through her website, YouTube channel, podcasts, and speaking engagements, Kristin educates audiences on topics including betrayal trauma, emotional abuse, shame resilience, boundaries, recovery, and healthy relationships.

Kristin has been featured on numerous podcasts and educational platforms and serves as a clinical expert for the upcoming season of Hulu and ABC’s *Betrayal*. She is a trusted voice for media seeking expert insight into the psychological effects of deception, trauma, and relationship dynamics. Whether working with clients, speaking to professional audiences, or contributing to national media, Kristin’s mission is to bring clarity, hope, and evidence-informed guidance to those navigating life’s most challenging relational experiences.

Leslie Vernick is a popular speaker, author, counselor and relationship coach.

She is the author of seven books, including the best selling, The Emotionally Destructive Relationship and her most recent The Emotionally Destructive Marriage.

Leslie has been a featured guest on Focus on the Family Radio, Family Life Today with Dennis Rainey, New Life Radio and Television with Steve Arterburn, and Moody Mid-Day Connection.

Leslie has spoken nationally and internally in Cuba, Romania, Russia, the Philippines, Hungary, and Iraq.

In 2013,she received the American Association of Christian Counselors Caregiver Award.

Leslie’s heart is to equip and empower people to grow strong and be brave so that they can become all God calls them to become.

She’s been married to Howard for over 50 years and together they have two grown children and three grandchildren.
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For more information, visit her web site at www.leslievernick.com

Lyschel Burket is the Founder and Lead Hope Caster of Hope Redefined, a ministry devoted to walking alongside women whose lives have been impacted by relational betrayal. Through online support groups, individual and triad coaching, intensive retreats, and a private online community, Lyschel creates spaces where women feel seen, believed, and supported as they heal.

Having personally witnessed the isolation, shame, fear, and trauma that betrayal can bring, Lyschel approaches her work with deep empathy and understanding. Since 2008, she has helped women navigate the painful realities of sexual betrayal and infidelity, gently guiding them toward clarity, strength, and renewed hope.

In addition to serving on the APSATS Board of Directors, Lyschel is also the co-founder and co-host of the Hope For Wives Podcast, a trusted and validating resource that many partners describe as the first place they felt understood on their healing journey. In 2025, she began collaborating with Dr. Barbara Steffens to develop Shepherding Through Crisis, a faith-rooted, trauma-informed training designed to equip ministry and faith leaders to serve as wise, compassionate first responders for those impacted by betrayal.

Lyschel makes her home in Tennessee and is mom to five adventurous kids who ensure she never has a dull moment.

An enlightening psychologist, international speaker, and New York Times bestselling author, Dr. Marisa G Franco is known for digesting and communicating science in ways that resonate deeply enough with people to change their lives. She works as a professor at The University of Maryland and authored the New York Times bestseller Platonic: How The Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends and Worth: The New Science of Self-Esteem and Secure Attachment. She writes about relationships for Psychology Today and has been a featured connection expert for major publications like The New York Times, The Telegraph, and Vice. She speaks on belonging and self-worth at corporations, government agencies, non-profits, and universities.

For tips on friendship, you can follow her on Instagram (DrMarisaGFranco), or go to her website, www.DrMarisaGFranco.com, where you can download a list of practices to improve self-worth.

Matt is the Executive Clinical Director of Begin Again Institute, a treatment center that offers 14day Trauma Based Intensives for Men seeking recovery from porn and sex addiction. Begin Again Institute also offers intensives for Betrayed Partners. He has served more than 1,500 families in that setting since 2019. Matt’s expertise is in men’s addiction, betrayal trauma, childhood trauma, couple’s recovery and the spiritual aspects of recovery. Matt holds a Master’s degree in Couples and Family Counseling and is credentialed as Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT), and Certified Clinical Partner Specialist (CCPS). Matt lives near Boulder, Colorado and enjoys spending time with his family, reading, art and being in nature.

Matthew Raabsmith is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the International Coaching Federation (ICF), a Restoration Coach, and an APSATS Certified Partner Coach (CPC). He serves clients nationwide via telehealth, specializing in addiction recovery, betrayal trauma, relationship health, leadership development, and personal growth. With more than 15 years of experience as a pastoral leader, counselor, and coach, Matthew brings a unique blend of compassion, insight, and practical strategy to his work. He holds a Master of Divinity from Fuller Theological Seminary.

Matthew’s coaching approach helps clients identify their authentic selves, build on their strengths, and access the internal and external resources needed for lasting transformation. Known for his contagious enthusiasm and genuine empathy, he creates a supportive environment where individuals and couples can pursue meaningful change.

Together with his wife, Joanna, Matthew co-leads The Raabsmith Team, co-authored Building True Intimacy (2023), and co-developed The Intimacy Pyramid™, a relationship framework designed to help couples build lasting emotional connection. They also founded Renewing Us™, one of the first long-term group coaching programs created specifically for couples healing from betrayal and pursuing relational thriving.

Matthew lives in Tennessee with Joanna and their three children. Outside of work, he enjoys family adventures, creating memorable moments with his kids, and starting the day with a homemade espresso.

Michelle Mays is a Licensed Professional Counselor and expert in treating sexual betrayal and trauma. She is the author of The Betrayal Bind: How to Heal When the Person You Love the Most Has Hurt You the Worst and she is the founder of the Relational Recovery Institute.

Michelle has created a new attachment-based treatment approach called The Braving Model® to address the devastating dilemma that betrayed partners face when their significant other is unsafe to connect to, yet connection is the key to healing. She offers professional training and certification in The Braving Model® to clinical professionals treating partner betrayal trauma.

Michelle is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Supervisor in both Virginia and Washington DC, and a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist and Supervisor. She was trained by Pia Mellody in the Post Induction Therapy model for treating developmental trauma, is trained in Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples and is a Certified Professional Coach.

Nathaniel Gustafson is a Betrayal Coach and Licensed Professional Counselor who works with men and couples navigating the painful aftermath of sexual betrayal. As the founder of TenderHearted Men, he provides practical, compassionate guidance to men who want to rebuild trust, reclaim integrity, and do the deep inner work of healing, in themselves and their relationship.
Nathaniel leads two specialized workshops: the Know Your Why Workshop, helping men uncover the root drivers behind their choices, and the Reemerge Couples Workshop, which supports couples ready to rebuild with honesty, humility, and hope.
Nathaniel’s clinical and personal experience allow him to walk closely with men through some of their hardest moments. He is known for a honest style that focuses on emotional engagement, and he always incorporates the needs of the wife and relationship into session, with the hope that truth, responsibility, and redemption can begin to take root.

Dr. Robert Weiss, LCSW, CSAT, is the Founding Director of Seeking Integrity LLC, a network of residential and online treatment programs specializing in the treatment of men struggling with sex and pornography addiction, with and without co-occurring substance use disorders.
Dr. Weiss is the author of Prodependence, Sex Addiction 101, and Out of the Doghouse, among many other publications. To date, he has sold more than 50,000 self-help books.
He hosts the popular Sex, Love & Addiction podcast, which has received more than 2 million downloads. His Psychology Today blog, Sex and Love in the Digital Age, has been read more than 1.8 million times.
A respected educator and clinical expert, Dr. Weiss has trained professionals at institutions including the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. military. In addition to being an adjunct professor at UCLA, he has also developed treatment programs for sexual addiction, betrayal trauma, and intimacy disorders throughout the United States, Europe, and Southeast Asia.

Scott Peacock is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over thirteen years of clinical experience. He earned his master’s degree from Houston Graduate School of Theology in 2013 and is currently a doctoral student at Kairos University.

Scott holds advanced clinical certifications through IITAP as a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT), APSATS as a Certified Clinical Partner Specialist (CCPS), and as a Certified Clinical Sex Addiction Specialist (C-SASI). He is also a Diplomate Clinician of the Viktor Frankl Institute of Logotherapy, integrating meaning-centered therapy into his clinical work.

His professional experience includes both private practice and inpatient psychiatric treatment settings. Currently, Scott serves as a Clinical Therapist with Daring Ventures in Houston, Texas, where he specializes in helping individuals and couples heal from compulsive sexual behaviors and betrayal trauma.

Scott’s clinical approach is deeply informed by both professional training and lived experience. Having experienced personal recovery from pornography addiction (in sustained remission since 2012) and betrayal trauma from an earlier marriage, he brings authenticity, empathy, and hope into his work—particularly in supporting betrayed partners and men seeking recovery. His mission is to foster deep emotional healing, relational restoration, and lasting change.

Scott has been married to his wife, Marilyn, since 2002 and is the proud father of Chloe (born 2003) and Iain (born 2008).

Married therapists and life coaches Sharon Rinearson and James Annear own CORE Relationship Recovery and are known for their down to earth, practical and creative interventions and antidotes when it comes to helping couples heal from relational and sexual betrayals in relationships, as well as, tackling developmentally damaging experiences in custom created intensives. Creating safe spaces for folks to do work that can help free them from their old unhappy and unhealthy lives, James and Sharon use unique techniques based in neurobiology, addiction science, PTSS trauma techniques and their own methods of interpersonal therapies to create dramatic differences with their clients. Sharon, a former child and family trauma specialist and James, a former director of drug and alcohol inpatient facilities have combined their skill, 37 years of experience in the mental health field and know how for the past 13 years in intensives for individuals and couples. Extensive pre-intensive testing and analysis, pre-intensive sessions and collaboration with referring therapists create the perfect environment for the custom experiences they create with you for your healing. Working from South Florida in the winter and the beautiful Smoky Mountains in Tennessee in the summer and fall, Sharon and James welcome travelers from all over the world into the safety and joyous experience of breaking out of old behaviors and embracing new ways to live.

James is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), Certified Professional Coach, Certified Clinical Partner Specialist – Supervisor (APSATS), Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT) – Supervisor, and a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional.

Sharon is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Certified Professional Coach, Certified Clinical Partner Specialist (APSATS), and a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional.

Do you mind sending me my bio from last year? I can’t remember if it’s this one or something else:

Shelley walked through the unthinkable just three years into her marriage. The love of her life, the one man that she thought would protect her at every turn, was living a separate life filled with sexual integrity issues, addiction and deceit. Shelley stood up for herself, engaged in healing work and looked for massive change from her husband, Jason, in order to choose to stay. She and Jason built a life together in Denver, CO where they are currently raising their three boys. Recovery is life-long but not near as grueling as those early years.

Shelley has been helping women heal from betrayal for two decades as a coach, group leader, mentor, author and speaker. She is the author of Rescued and co-authored Understanding and Loving a Person with Sexual Addiction. Jason co-authored the best selling book Worthy of Her Trust. Shelley has a Bachelors in Physical Therapy and a Clinical Doctorate in Physical Therapy which gives her a unique understanding into the somatic and neurophysiological work that helps the women she works with heal from the trauma of betrayal.

Shelley and Jason are the founders of Redemptive Living and Redemptive Living for Women – organizations dedicated to helping men (heal from integrity issues) and women (heal from betrayal) and couples (finding redemption beyond betrayal). Their team of approximately 20 offers coaching, support groups, masterclasses and in-person events including retreats / workshops and the She Heals Conference.

Shelley and Jason also host Redemptive Living Radio – a podcast for those looking for hope, redemption and practical tools after sexual betrayal.

Dr. Sheri Denham is a cohost of the nationally syndicated radio talk show New Life Live! with an audience of more than two million listeners. For over twenty-five years, she’s worked as a Doctor of Marriage and Family therapy. As a Certified Partner Trauma Therapist Supervisor (CPTT-S), Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT), Certified Clinical Partner Specialist (CCPS), Certified Couples Betrayal Recovery Therapist (CCBRT), Certified Clinical ERCEM Specialist (CCES), and a Consultant in EMDR, she brings new tools and a fresh look at what partner’s need not only to heal but to heal well. Dr. Sheri’s a keynote speaker and recipient of 2019 IITAP Outstanding Publication Award for her book Intimate Deception: Healing the Wounds of Sexual Betrayal. She is also the Founder of BraveOne.com, the International BraveOne Community braveone.com/community, and Bravery After Betrayal: It Takes Fierce Strength Intensive. Dr. Sheri also holds a Master’s in Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary.

Dr. Stefanie Carnes is the president of the International Institute for Trauma and Addiction
Professionals and a senior fellow at The Meadows where she works with clients struggling
with sexuality and intimacy issues such as compulsive and addictive sexual behaviors,
infidelity, sexual trauma, and sexual assault. Dr. Carnes is a clinical sexologist, licensed
marriage and family therapist and an AAMFT-approved supervisor. She is also the author of
numerous publications including her books Mending a Shattered Heart: A Guide for
Partners of Sex Addicts, Facing Heartbreak: Steps to Recovery for Partners of Sex Addicts,
and Facing Addiction: Starting Recovery from Alcohol and Drugs. Her latest book is called
Courageous Love: A Couples Guide to Conquering Betrayal.