Category Archives: Partners

  • Betrayed Partners: Setting Healthy Boundaries
    Monday, May 18th, 2026

    Betrayed Partners: Setting Healthy Boundaries

    Alex Hardwicke To begin this discussion, let me first identify three primary categories of boundaries: External Boundaries: Protect the body, control distance, control touch. Internal Boundaries: Protect thinking, feelings,...
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  • What Is Prodependence?
    Monday, March 16th, 2026

    What Is Prodependence?

    Tamara Cooper Prodependence vs. Codependence If you’re a betrayed partner, especially if your significant other is sex, porn, or substance addicted, you’ve probably had someone suggest that you read...
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  • Loss Aversion, Life, and Addiction
    Monday, February 16th, 2026

    Loss Aversion, Life, and Addiction

    Tami VerHelst What is Loss Aversion? Loss Aversion is a cognitive bias where the emotional impact of a loss is felt more intensely than the joy of an equivalent...
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  • Did Your Cheating Partner Gaslight You?
    Monday, February 16th, 2026

    Did Your Cheating Partner Gaslight You?

    Tamara Cooper If you’ve been cheated on, it’s likely that you also experienced some degree of what psychologists refer to as gaslighting. Gaslighting, in case you’re wondering, is a...
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  • Neglect is a Form of Abuse
    Monday, January 26th, 2026

    Neglect is a Form of Abuse

    Dr. David Fawcett Many sex, porn, and paired substance/sex addicts, when they enter treatment with us at Seeking Integrity, tell us that they were not in any way abused...
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  • What Is Covert Incest?
    Monday, January 12th, 2026

    What Is Covert Incest?

    Scott Brassart It is well understood that addictions tend to be caused by a combination of genetic and environmental influences. Among the most potent environmental risk factors is childhood...
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