Overcoming Betrayal & Addiction

By Robert Weiss, PhD, MSW and Tami VerHelst

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The Overcoming Betrayal and Addiction podcast, featuring Dr. Rob Weiss and Tami VerHelst, presents a conversational Q&A style discussion drawn from listener questions about sex and porn addictions, infidelity, cheating, and hard work required to heal relationship betrayal. Dr. Rob and Tami are very good at engaging people struggling with painful life issues in a useful, respectful way. They also invite you to join them on their live weekly webinar (Mondays, 5 p.m. Pacific at https://bit.ly/DrRobandTami), where they answer questions live Dr. Rob is Chief Clinical Officer for Seeking integrity Treatment Centers. He is a 30-year licensed therapist, a PhD sexologist, and author Sex Addiction 101, Prodependence, and Out of the Doghouse, among other books. Tami is Chief Relationships Officer for Seeking Integrity LLC. Tami brings over 40 years of personal addiction knowledge, helping supply struggling individuals and couples with the resources and direction they need to heal.

Episode Date
Engaging Your Brain in Repair and Recovery
Sep 17, 2026
How Can I Rebuild Trust?
Jul 16, 2026
Sex and Intimacy Q & A for Partners and Parents
May 26, 2026
Navigating Sexual Reintegration
May 11, 2026
Hoovering and the Narcissistic Cycles of Abuse
Apr 02, 2026
Why Is Your Spouse Not Your Priority?
Apr 02, 2026
Demonstrating Emotional Leadership
Feb 19, 2026
Stop Doomscrolling and Start Hopescrolling
Nov 20, 2025
Help! I Miss My Betraying Partner
Nov 20, 2025
Is Therapeutic Separation Right For My Relationship?
Nov 14, 2025
Understanding Disenfranchised Grief and Betrayal Trauma
Nov 14, 2025
Why Men Struggle to Show Empathy
Oct 07, 2025
5 Practices to Build Resiliency and Healthy Coping Mechanisms
Oct 07, 2025
How Long Does Recovery Really Take?
Oct 07, 2025
Building Thriving Connection Post Betrayal
Oct 07, 2025
Navigating Carried Shame
Aug 22, 2025
Betrayal Induced Existential Crisis
Aug 22, 2025
Why Doesn't My Betraying Partner Hate Himself?
Aug 07, 2025
Choosing Recovery Every Day
Aug 07, 2025
Counteractive Change Vs. Transformational Change
Jul 25, 2025
Early Recovery Slogans and Mantras
Jul 25, 2025
Are You Volunteering Yourself for Pain?
Jun 28, 2025
Does Forgiveness Equal Trust?
Jun 28, 2025
Is He an Addict or Just an A**hole?
May 15, 2025
Regaining Trust After Relapse
May 08, 2025
Healing Attachment Wounds with Troy Love
May 01, 2025
Rebuilding Trust Through Connection
Apr 24, 2025
Betrayal Brain with Debbie McRae
Apr 17, 2025
Supporting Your Partner Through Their Recovery Is Not Your Job
Apr 10, 2025
Honor Your Boundaries So You Aren't Betraying Yourself
Apr 03, 2025
When the Betraying Partner is in Recovery Limbo with Debbie McRae
Mar 27, 2025
Should I Stay or Leave?
Mar 20, 2025
How Can I Rebuild Trust?
Mar 13, 2025
Defining and Meeting Needs and Wants
Mar 06, 2025
Recovery On the Spectrum
Feb 27, 2025
Attachment Theory and Addiction Recovery
Feb 20, 2025
Dopamine Dysregulation in Sex/Porn Addiction
Feb 13, 2025
Building a Better Higher Power Relationship with Mark Anthony Lord
Feb 06, 2025
Handling Triggers and Fetishes with Erin Snow
Jan 30, 2025
Why is Porn So Addictive?
Jan 23, 2025
Navigating the Pain Field
Jan 16, 2025
Identifying and Stopping the Gaslighting with Debbie McRae
Jan 09, 2025
How Can I Prevent Relapse?
Dec 26, 2024
Triggers for Addicts and Partners
Dec 19, 2024
Setting Internal Boundaries
Dec 12, 2024
Am I Really Ready to Forgive?
Dec 05, 2024
How and Why to Apologize with Jon Taylor
Nov 27, 2024
Lying Will Not Help You Regain Trust
Nov 21, 2024
I Want to Leave, But….
Nov 14, 2024
How and When Can We Connect Intimately Again?
Nov 07, 2024
How Do I Know When It's Time to Get Help?
Oct 31, 2024
Is My Sex Addict's Empathy Actually Gaslighting?
Sep 12, 2024
Is It My Fault He Cheated On Me?
Aug 01, 2024
When Do I Need Help for My Addiction?
Jun 27, 2024
I Just Love My Addict Spouse, But Yet They Always Hurt Me
May 30, 2024
FAQ for 12-Step Programs for Sex Addicts Answered in this Podcast!
May 06, 2024
My Sex Addict Says It's All My Fault; Is This True?
Apr 25, 2024
I Am Married to an Addict and I Don't Want to Break Up My Family
Dec 14, 2023
He Betrayed Me And Yet Believes All The Flirting He Does Is Completely Innocent!
Dec 07, 2023
He Feels So Uncomfortable In Recovery. Will It Get Better?
Nov 30, 2023
I Have a Restraining Order. Is There Any Hope He'll Ever Stop Using?
Nov 23, 2023
The Separate Journeys of Couples in Recovery
Nov 21, 2023
Am I Just Having Fun, or Is This a Full-Blown Addiction?
Nov 08, 2023
My Wife Has a Pattern of Infidelity, but I Love Her
Nov 03, 2023
She Cheated on Me! And Yet, I'm the One in Recovery?
Oct 26, 2023
Why Should I Write Down All My Anger and Hurt?
Oct 20, 2023
Can Harm Reduction Be Considered Sober?
Oct 11, 2023
I Really Want to Change but My Empathy is Broken
Oct 10, 2023
He Is Super Jealous Despite Being the One Who Cheated on Me!
Sep 28, 2023
The 12-Steps Just Don't Work For Me. I Just Don't Fit In
Sep 22, 2023
What Are the Triggers of a Midlife Addiction?
Sep 14, 2023
Am I Ready to Date Again as a Sex Addict?
Sep 07, 2023
He Blames Me for All of His Affairs. What?!
Aug 31, 2023
My 9-Year-Old Daughter Found Out About His Affairs and Now She's Self-Harming
Aug 28, 2023
No! You Ruined My Life and I Hate You!
Aug 10, 2023
I'm Sober But I Still Get Turned On by My Own Body
Aug 03, 2023
She Hates My Past. How Can I Support Her?
Jul 28, 2023
I'm Not Ready to Tell My Spouse I'm an Addict
Jul 21, 2023
My Husband Publicly Exposes Himself for Fun
Jul 13, 2023
Why Is My Addict Such a Liar?!
Jul 06, 2023
He Just Doesn't Care About Sobriety. Can An Addict Ever Recover?
Jun 29, 2023
Can My Children Inherit This Addiction Disease?
Jun 22, 2023
If They Really Knew Who I Am, They Would Leave Me
Jun 15, 2023
How to Set Healthy Boundaries with Your Addict
Jun 08, 2023
Can You Cure Narcissism?
Jun 01, 2023
Why Can't I Get Past the 9th Step?
May 25, 2023
When Do I Know It's Time to Completely Separate from My Addict?
May 19, 2023
My Addict's Family Blames Me for His Addiction
May 15, 2023
Can I Learn How to Be Intimate Again?
May 05, 2023
I'm an Addict and I'm Attracted to My Female Coworker
Apr 27, 2023
I'm in Recovery, but My Partner Is in Active Addiction
Apr 19, 2023
I'm in Recovery and I Still Have No Empathy
Apr 18, 2023
I'm So Hurt. How Do I Even Begin to Process the Betrayal?
Apr 18, 2023
My Brother-In-Law Intentionally Triggered My PTSD. Do I Disown the Family?
Mar 31, 2023
He Watches Incest Porn. Are My Children Safe?
Mar 27, 2023
His Sexual Fantasies are Out of Control and It's Turning into Sexual Abuse
Mar 15, 2023
My Addict Doesn't Trust Me! The Audacity. He Thinks I'll Cheat Back.
Mar 15, 2023
She Had a Ring On, and He Respected It. Yet He Still Cheated in Our Marriage.
Mar 07, 2023
He Cheated. Was My Entire Marriage a Lie?
Mar 07, 2023
My Betrayed Spouse Thinks I'm Disgusting. Can We Reconcile?
Feb 16, 2023