Betrayal Trauma Therapist in Michigan
You Trusted Someone. They Let You Down Now Nothing Feels Safe.
Betrayal trauma is one of the most disorienting experiences a person can go through. Whether it was a partner’s infidelity, years of deception, emotional manipulation, or a parent who was supposed to protect you but didn’t — the impact doesn’t just live in your mind. It lives in your body.
You may find yourself cycling between numbness and overwhelm. Questioning your own memory and judgment. Feeling hypervigilant in relationships that used to feel safe. Wondering who you even are now that your whole world has been turned upside down.
This is not weakness. This is your nervous system responding to a very real wound. And it can heal.
What Is Betrayal Trauma?
Betrayal trauma occurs when someone you depended on — a partner, parent, close friend, or institution — violates that trust in a way that threatens your sense of safety, reality, or survival. Because the person who hurt you was also someone you trusted to keep you safe, the wound is layered and complex.
Common experiences of betrayal trauma include recovering from a partner’s infidelity or hidden life, healing from childhood emotional neglect or unavailability, processing broken trust in a close friendship or family relationship, and rebuilding after religious or institutional betrayal.
You may have been told to “just get over it or forgive and move on.” Betrayal trauma therapy understands why that’s not as easy as it sounds — and offers a different path that consist of validation, guidance and support.
A Somatic Approach to Betrayal Trauma Healing
As a Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner and betrayal trauma therapist serving Michigan, my approach begins where betrayal trauma lives — in the body working with the nervous system.
Rather than pushing you to tell your story and all the painful details before your body feels safe enough to process them, we start by building your capacity for regulation. We’ll work gently with the sensations, impulses, and survival responses your body has been holding — helping your system slowly release what it no longer needs to carry.
This isn’t about forgetting what happened. It’s about reclaiming your sense of aliveness and goodness, restoring your trust in your own inner wisdom, and learning to feel safe again — first within yourself, and then in relationship with others.
What Betrayal Trauma Therapy Can Help With
Recovering from a partner’s infidelity, pornography use, or deception
Healing relational wounds from childhood — emotional neglect, parentification, or abandonment
Processing the shock and grief of discovering a hidden life
Rebuilding self-trust and identity after gaslighting or manipulation
Navigating the decision to stay in or leave a relationship after betrayal
Learning to feel safe in your body again
Restoring the capacity for genuine connection and intimacy
Working Together
I offer individual betrayal trauma therapy virtually to adults in the Greater Detroit area and to clients throughout Michigan. Sessions are 55 minutes and grounded in Somatic Experiencing®, attachment-based care, and over 20 years of trauma-focused clinical experience.
My fee is $200 per session. I provide superbills for out-of-network insurance reimbursement. One reduced-fee slot is available for those experiencing financial hardship.
I maintain a small, intentional caseload so that every client receives genuine presence and personalized care — not a cookie-cutter approach.
You Don’t Have to Keep Carrying This Alone
Healing from betrayal is possible. Many people who once felt shattered by broken trust go on to experience deeper self-awareness, stronger boundaries, and a more grounded sense of who they are. Many even say they not grateful for what brought them to therapy, but they are grateful for who they have become through the healing process.
If you’re ready to begin — or even just curious about what this work might look like for you — I’d love to connect.
📍 Based in Detroit, MI | Virtual therapy available throughout Michigan
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FAQs
How long are sessions?
Sessions typically last 55 minutes, but 75 minutes and 90 minutes sessions are available upon request and for an additional fee.
How to schedule an appointment?
Complete the contact form above and I will reach out to you with additional questions and instructions.
Do you offer telehealth therapy in Michigan?
Somatic Experiencing® (SE) is a body-based approach to healing trauma that helps restore the nervous system’s natural rhythm of regulation. Developed by Dr. Peter Levine, SE focuses on noticing and releasing the physical tension, sensations, and survival responses that can remain in the body long after a stressful or traumatic event. Instead of revisiting painful memories in detail, SE works gently with the body’s natural impulses for safety, completion, and connection. Through this process, clients often experience greater calm, presence, and resilience—allowing the body and mind to realign in support of authentic healing and wholeness.
What is Somatic Experiencing®?
Yes. All services are available via secure telehealth, allowing Michigan residents to access specialized developmental and betrayal trauma therapy regardless of location.
Do you take insurance?
I am a private pay practice. I do not bill insurance directly, but I provide superbills that you can submit to your insurance company for possible out-of-network reimbursement. Many clients with PPO plans receive partial reimbursement this way.
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📍 Based in Detroit, MI | Virtual therapy available throughout Michigan
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