"Intimacy anorexia" is one of the most talked-about — and most misunderstood — terms in betrayal recovery. In this episode, I set out to understand it honestly, with one of the most credentialed voices in the field - Dr. Janice Caudill.
This conversation is built for couples. Whether you're the betrayed partner or the one working to rebuild trust, we look at how intimacy breaks down, how to tell the difference between active withholding and a trauma response, and what realistic, body-aware recovery can look like when two people choose to heal together. It's a grounded, compassionate, and refreshingly honest look at a hard topic — with practical takeaways you can both carry into the week.
Connect with Dr. Janice Caudill:
Janice is a psychologist, licensed through PSYPACT for tele-therapy in most states. She is a certified Intimacy Anorexia Therapist, Certified Sex Addiction Therapist-Supervisor, Certified Clinical Partner Specialist-Supervisor, Certified Partner Trauma Therapist–Supervisor and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. She is one of the founding members of the APSATS, and participated in the development of a trauma model for partner betrayal.
Janice is the founder of Intensive Recovery Healing and Intensive Recovery Coaching. Janice and Dan Drake are the authors of his and hers companion workbooks for helping couples navigate a therapeutic disclosure of sexual betrayal:
Full Disclosure: Seeking Truth After Sexual Betrayal – 3 Volume Series
Full Disclosure: Sharing the Truth After Sexual Betrayal
https://intensivehope.com/
info@intensivehope.com
https://www.facebook.com/IntensiveRecoveryHealing?mibextid=ZbWKwL
Intimacy Anorexia Freebies: https://intensivehope.com/resources/freebies
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If today’s episode resonated with you, you don’t have to walk the healing journey after betrayal alone. Here are a few ways to stay connected and continue your healing:
Download my free guide: The Six Ways Betrayal Hides in Your Body
Learn more about Reclaiming You: Healing after betrayal starts with reclaiming yourself. Reclaiming You is a high touch, trauma-informed group experience designed to help you restore nervous system safety, rebuild self-trust, and come home to who you are.
Join the Help Her Heal weekly support group for men working to rebuild trust and create safety.
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Join me at a Retreat or Intensive
I’m helping facilitate upcoming experiences created specifically for betrayed partners:
The Revive and Thrive Somatic Healing Intensive takes place October 6-9 in Spanish Fork, Utah.
Email Hali to join the Interest list for an upcoming course for parents called Intentional Parenting After Betrayal, hosted by Hali and her daughter, Morgan Ellsworth.
Free Resources & Downloads
Access free tools, guided practices, and educational resources designed to support nervous system regulation, self-trust, boundaries, and clarity after betrayal.
👉A Mini Guide to Mindful Healing After Betrayal
👉Your First Steps to Rising After Betrayal
Listen to My Other Podcast
If you are a betrayed partner, I also host a second podcast called Rooted & Rising Healing After Betrayal, created specifically for women healing from betrayal trauma.
This show offers grounded, trauma-informed conversations, solo reflections, and tools to help you reconnect with yourself, reclaim your voice, and rise with clarity and strength.
👉 Rooted and Rising Healing After Betrayal
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