380 - Caring For Partners Well

Pure Desire Podcast

Pure Desire Ministries

Sexual Addiction Recovery, Religion & Spirituality, Celebrate Recovery, Sexuality, Porn Recovery, Porn Addiction Recovery, Health & Fitness, Aa, Education, Betrayal Trauma, Recovery, Biblical Recovery, Christian Recovery, Healing, Sa, Christianity, Self-improvement

4.6 • 682 Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Jeanne Vittoni is the president of APSATS (Association of Partners of Sex Addicts Trauma Specialists) and joins the podcast to discuss the vital role of partner care in sex addiction recovery. With over 25 years of experience working with trauma survivors, Jeanne unpacks how understanding trauma symptomatology, setting up safe support systems, and getting proper training can accelerate the healing process. Jeanne shares her insights on trauma recovery for betrayed partners, why it’s important to address both the addict’s and the partner’s healing, and how proper trauma care can transform a relationship. Whether you're a struggling addict, a betrayed partner, or a professional wanting to offer better support, this episode will provide valuable strategies for navigating the road to recovery together.

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0:00.0	Hello, hello there, good listener. Welcome back. I'm your host, Nick Stumbo, and you are listening
0:10.6	to the Pure Desire podcast, your biblically based and clinically informed approach to healing
0:15.4	from betrayal and breaking free from compulsive sexual behavior. Today, you are tuning in for episode 380, and here joining me again is a guest co-host,
0:26.0	Ashley Jamison, our director, associate director of women's groups.
0:29.9	Ashley, welcome back to the podcast.
0:32.5	Hi, I'm so glad to be here again, as always.
0:34.9	Love, love doing these with you.
0:36.6	Yes, we are very excited about
0:39.1	today's episode and the guest we had on because for the last several years, Pure Desire has
0:44.0	been connecting with an organization called the Association of Partners of Sex Addicts trauma
0:49.7	specialists, which is a mouthful. So it's affectionately known, more commonly just by the initials,
0:55.9	Apsats. And our guest today is the president of Apsats, Jeannie Vatoni, as we found out, a nice
1:02.9	Italian ring to it, Jeannie Vittoni. So, Ashley, why are you excited for our listeners to hear
1:09.1	from Jeannie today and the conversation we had?
1:13.1	For me, it's just great to have somebody that's in there working day in and day out with
1:18.9	absets that can just show our listeners who they are.
1:23.6	Because I feel like as we get to know people, we hear voices.
1:27.0	We get to hear more of why the organization
1:30.2	started, what they do, what the heart is behind it. It makes it easier for us to reach out and
1:36.9	just having more networking. I mean, we're pure desire and we offered a little bit for the
1:43.7	addict, a little bit for the betrayed spouse, a little bit for the church and the parent.
1:48.3	But there's so much work to be done and there's so many different starting points for people.
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