The Betrayal Bond: Breaking Free of Exploitive Relationships (2024)

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All bonds aren’t positive. Intense attachments to some people or addictive process can be destructive. The Betrayal Bond workshop, designed by renowned sex addiction expert Dr. Patrick Carnes, helps participants identify harmful patterns, get past denial, grieve losses, and find healing and freedom.

We tend to think of all bonds as being positive, but they are actually neutral and can become positive or negative. A betrayal bond is a type of negative bond that occurs when someone develops a strong and intense attachment to a person or an addictive process that is destructive to them. The Betrayal Bond workshop is designed to help participants free themselves from, and recover from, exploitive relationships, processes, and situations.

This workshop was developed under the guidance of Dr. Patrick Carnes, internationally known sex addiction expert and a Meadows Senior Fellow. Based on his groundbreaking book of the same name, The Betrayal Bond addresses exploitation of all kinds: marital, familial, relational, professional, religious, litigious, child abuse, domestic violence, cults, and addictions.

Workshop Goals

The goals of the Betrayal Bonds workshop are to help participants:

• Recognize, acknowledge, and develop insights about situations,
  people, and processes that are exploitive in nature.
• Break through denial, identify signs that a betrayal bond exists,
  and grieve losses.
• Explore the root causes of one’s involvement in relationships,
  situations, and processes that are destructive to them.
• Identify key elements that drive the cycle of abuse, betrayal of
  trust, and power.
• Learn about the psychodynamic and neurobiological concepts
  behind exploitive situations and relationships.

Cost: $3,950, which includes

• meals
• evening activities (yoga, tai chi, auricular acupuncture, live music)
• 12-Step meeting
• Brain Center access
• gym access

Lodgingis available at the Rio Retreat Center on a first-come, first-served basis. Rooms are simply appointed and designed to be conducive to the process of healing and recovery. We offer both shared and private rooms. For those staying on campus, transportation will be available from and to the Phoenix airport with three convenient pickup times. Details will be sent with your confirmation email upon completion of the sign-up process.