What Betrayal Leaves Behind

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Lisa Reidsema

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Contemporary Curriculum Press
01 April 2026

Violence in society; Sociology: family & relationships; Social, group or collective psychology; Coping with personal problems; Dating, relationships, living together & marriage

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Betrayal does not end when the relationship ends or the truth comes out. It leaves something behind. A changed relationship to trust, a new wariness about closeness, a persistent uncertainty about your own judgment. These are not irrational responses. They are the predictable aftermath of a real injury, and they deserve direct attention.

What Betrayal Leaves Behind is a structured, clinically grounded workbook for adults recovering from infidelity, broken trust, relational trauma, or the discovery that someone they depended on was not who they appeared to be. It does not ask you to forgive on a schedule or move on before you are ready. It asks you to look honestly at what the betrayal left in you, name it accurately, and begin building a path toward trusting again without requiring you to forget what happened.

The workbook traces what betrayal does to the nervous system, to self-trust, and to the way you read people and situations after the fact. It maps the specific costs: the hypervigilance, the grief, the shame that does not belong to you, the ways closeness has become harder to risk. And it builds the practices of recovering trust, not the naive trust that existed before, but the more honest and discerning trust that is possible after.

This workbook is for you if you have discovered that someone you trusted was not who you believed them to be. If you find yourself waiting for the next betrayal even when things seem fine. If you trust your own judgment less than you did before. If you have tried to move on and found that moving on without naming what happened does not actually work.

Addresses betrayal trauma, infidelity recovery, narcissistic abuse, trust rupture, relational trauma, and rebuilding self-trust after being deceived. Structured for independent use or alongside therapy.

Part of the Craft Your Wellness series, clinically grounded workbooks for doing real work on real life issues.

By: Lisa Reidsema
Imprint: Contemporary Curriculum Press
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 203mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 476g
ISBN: 9798995453369
Pages: 174
Publication Date: 01 April 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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What Betrayal Leaves Behind

Lisa Reidsema

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