Deciding to Stay or Leave
after Betrayal
What Is Decision-Making Support After Betrayal?
There is potential for healing—and even post-traumatic growth—in both staying and leaving. I can’t promise your relationship will survive sexual or relational trauma, or the deception and manipulation that often accompany betrayal. But I can promise to stand beside you when things feel unbearable—because at some point, they likely will.
I will support you and walk with you as you stretch and grow, especially when you're faced with hard, soul-deep choices. The kind that calls you to honor your own needs and act in your best interest.
Staying or leaving are not moral judgments—they are descriptive outcomes. Each reflects a decision made within the context of your unique situation. Neither one is inherently “right” or “wrong.”
What matters most is how the choice is made.
Trauma-Informed Coaching to Help You Choose from a Place of Clarity with Tricia Lawrence
The reality is you have options:
You can leave from a place of strength—or from a place of trauma and panic.
or
You can stay in your relationship from a place of health—or from a place of fear and woundedness.
The action alone doesn’t determine the emotional wellness behind it and each person’s story is different.
That’s why we will explore the deeper questions, such as:
What does staying from a place of emotional wellness look like?
What does leaving from a place of emotional wellness look like?
Will they ever get sober—or take true accountability?
Would a temporary separation help?
Would I be happier if I stayed? Or more lonely if I left?
This journey is not about what you choose. It’s about how you choose.
My wish for every betrayed partner is that you make the decision to stay or go from a place of clarity, groundedness, and freedom from shame.
I Know What It’s Like.
I’m not here to sugarcoat anything.
Healing from betrayal is hard.
I believe, wholeheartedly, in the power of transformation.
I’ve seen it. I’ve lived it.
Let me help you take your first step.