Been There Got Out
Been There Got Out
Been There Got Out

High-Conflict Divorce, Custody, & Co-Parenting Strategists

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A maze of white walls marked with multiple EXIT signs, illustrating how trauma bonding can make leaving feel impossible.

Trauma Bonding is as Powerful as Heroin Addiction: Why It’s So Hard to Escape Toxic Relationships

Leaving isn't the hardest part. Staying gone is. Therapist Matt Phifer on why trauma bonding grips the same part of the brain as heroin, and how to finally loosen its hold....
A smartphone glowing on rumpled bedsheets, illustrating secret phone use and betrayal in a relationship.

Porn Addiction and The Cheating Husband

When does porn stop being a habit and start becoming betrayal? Where the line sits, what compulsive use can signal, and how it quietly erodes trust and intimacy....
A torn newspaper scrap reading #MeToo, illustrating narcissistic abuse coming to light in the #MeToo era.

#MeToo Meets Narcissistic Abuse

Four years out, and his ex still uses their boys to get to him. Chris on the abuse that hides behind charm and respectability, and why it's so often believed last....