Overcoming Infidelity & Rebuilding Trust - Emotional & Physical Affairs

To say that infidelity is devastating is an understatement.  Emotional and physical affairs send shock waves through marriages and family relationships.  Worlds are torn apart when the news hits, and lives are changed forever. 

If you or your partner has been unfaithful, you’re probably experiencing a roller coaster of intense emotions.  Anger, hurt, sadness, betrayal, and fear are commonly experienced after the news of an affair is disclosed.

You probably have many questions right now.  How could this happen?  Why me?  What did I do to deserve this?  Can I ever trust again?  What do I do now? 

First, I want to encourage you not to make any drastic decisions today.  Take some time to allow yourself to feel and begin to process through what has happened.  You can make those big decisions later on, but you can’t do that during a flood of emotions.  You simply want to avoid making a decision now that you will regret later.

Second, your relationship can be repaired.  With God’s help, healing can take place.  The road to recovering from an affair is long and hard, but recovery is possible.



The Connection Place wants to guide you through the process to healing your broken relationship.  If you would like to begin your journey towards rebuilding your relationship, contact us today for a free 15-minute phone consultation!

The Connection Place

Guiding Clients in Their Personal Journey Towards Wholeness

100 Hazel Path, Lexington Building, Suite B
Hendersonville, TN 37075

Phone:  (615) 308-7804  

E-Mail: info@theconnectionplace.org

http://www.theconnectionplace.org/

Warning Signs of Anxiety & Depression

Anxiety and depression are two of the most prevalent mental and emotional challenges that exist in our world today. These issues can be experienced in the teenage years and adulthood, and children may shows signs of anxiety and depression as well. It is interesting that the symptoms of anxiety and depression are often experienced differently from person to person. Symptoms of anxiety can include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Racing thoughts
• Shortness of breath
• Shaking or trembling
• Dizziness
• Sweats
• Racing heart
• Fear of dying
• Chest pain
• Blurred vision
• Fear of death
• Excessive worry
• Sleep disturbance
• Irritability
• Muscle tension
• Restlessness
• Fluctuations in appetite

Symptoms of depression can include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Depressed mood
• Sleep disturbance
• Appetite disturbances
• Weight loss or weight gain
• Feelings of hopelessness
• Loss of motivation
• Difficulty concentrating
• Pessimism
• Irritability
• Fatigue
• Indecisiveness
• Poor memory
• Inappropriate guilt
• Social isolation
• Diminishes sex drive
• Preoccupation with death
• Crying spells
• Suicidal thoughts or feelings
• Aggression
• Alcohol or drug abuse
• Apathy Feelings of worthlessness

Anxiety and depression can often leave people frustrated and stuck, not knowing where to turn. At The Connection Place, I take a two-prong approach to the treatment of anxiety and depression. My first goal is to give you some tools to cope with the anxiety or depressive symptoms. Through these tools, I will try to help you reduce the symptoms you are experiencing. However, treatment does not stop there. My second goal is to answer the questions, “Why does this make sense?” I want to help you figure out what is causing your symptoms. I want to get to the root of the symptoms as I assist in guiding you and other clients to a place of hope and healing in your journey.

Connecting Couples Through Counseling

Do you want to be closer to your significant other in your life? If we were really honest with ourselves, we would admit that one of the things that we want the most is to be close to our spouse. We want to be real with them. We long for a safe and secure relationship with our mate. Unfortunately, this connection doesn’t always happen. Sometimes, for whatever reason, we just don’t feel close to our spouse. The list of obstacles that get in the way of us being close is long. Past relationships, fear of intimacy, fear of abandonment, emotional and physical infidelity, traumatic events, and childhood wounds are only some of the things that get us off track.

So, what keeps you and your spouse from being close? What keeps you from experiencing that intimacy that you long for…that intimacy that you were created for? You see, that’s how you were originally designed. God made us for relationships. He made us to want a connection. He made us with a longing for closeness...a longing to experience true intimacy with Him and with our spouse.

My goal in couples counseling is to help you and your spouse find the answers to the questions above. I want to help you to experience a connection like you’ve never experienced before. No matter what keeps you from being close in your marriage right now, with God’s help and a lot of work, you can be close once again.