This workshop will explore the essential steps to rebuild trust in marriages impacted by pornography, adultery, addiction, or abuse. Licensed mental health professionals and ministry leaders will identify six key areas where trust often breaks down: emotional betrayal, dishonesty, physical infidelity, lack of accountability, broken promises, and unmet needs. Participants will discuss two critical indicators for distinguishing old marital history from new, helping clients create a fresh foundation based on transparency and vulnerability. Additionally, participants will develop key considerations to assess whether broken trust is repairable, such as determining if both partners take responsibility for their actions and share the same long-term goals for the marriage. Reconciliation extends beyond forgiveness, focusing on restoring the trust that forms for the marriage. Participants will develop practical tools to guide couple through the healing process, promoting lasting restoration and deeper connection.
109 | Can Broken Trust be Rebuilt: The Repair Kit
PRESENTERS
Leslie Vernick, M.S.W.
CE CREDITS
1.25
Approved For CE
ASWB, NBCC, IBCC, Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling
Approved For CME/CEU
LEVEL
Intermediate
Summary
Learning Objectives
1 Identify six specific areas where trust can deteriorate in a marriage, including emotional betrayal, dishonesty, and infidelity, and understand how these factors impact relationship dynamics.
2 Discuss two critical indicators that help differentiate past patterns of behavior from new ones, enabling couples to build a fresh foundation based on transparency, accountability, and vulnerability.
3 Develop the ability to assess whether broken trust in a marriage is repairable by evaluating whether both spouses take responsibility for their actions and share the same long-term vision to the relationship.