Online Partner Betrayal Trauma Therapy Across Massachusetts
Massachusetts Partner Betrayal Trauma Therapy
Freedom From Betrayal Trauma Recovery, Anywhere in Massachusetts
You discovered your partner’s affair, cheating, or sexual secrets, and now everything has changed. You’re checking their phone, losing sleep, having panic attacks when they take a while to text you back, and replaying the discovery over and over. You understand why you feel this way, but understanding hasn’t made it stop.
I specialize in partner betrayal trauma, and I use Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) to help clients across Massachusetts gain freedom and complete healing from the trauma caused by infidelity, affairs, and partner deception in 1-5 sessions.
How Partner Betrayal Trauma Changes After Our Work Together
After 1-5 sessions, clients describe changes like these:
You sleep through the night without waking up from nightmares
You can focus at work without intrusive images interrupting every hour
You drive past the place it happened and it doesn’t register anymore
You make decisions about the future of the relationship from clarity, not anxiety, despair, or hopelessness
You have difficult conversations with your spouse or partner without your body flooding with adrenaline
The compulsive, anxiety-fueled investigating stops. This doesn't mean you stop holding your partner accountable: if you’re reconciling, transparency and verification are healthy parts of rebuilding trust. But you’ll stop losing hours to obsessive checking that never actually reassures you.
Process Upsetting Memories Without Reliving Them in Detail
Introducing Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART): The Trauma Treatment That Works as Fast as Trauma Happened
Remember how quickly your brain learned to fear? ART helps it learn safety just as fast.
Here’s what makes ART different from talking about your trauma for months or years:
Speed and efficiency that matches your life — Most clients see significant relief in 1-5 sessions. Not 1-5 months. 1-5 sessions. It is common to attend your first appointment on Monday and feel different by Friday.
Privacy and discretion — You don’t have to describe the painful details. Keep the parts that feel too raw to share. Your brain knows what happened; we just help it file the memory differently.
Impressive research findings —
94% of people complete ART treatment (compared to 60% for traditional therapy)¹
Veterans with combat PTSD: 61% showed major improvement²
Effect sizes 2-4 times stronger than traditional therapy (1.12 to 3.28 for the research-minded)³— traditional evidence-based therapy scores around 0.8 (which is considered good)
Healing through ART is like the difference between looking at an old photo versus being trapped inside it.
How your brain heals itself (with a little guidance)…
Step 1: Pick a specific memory or feeling. The car accident. The diagnosis. The moment you found those texts.
Step 2: Hold the memory during bilateral stimulation, like watching scenery from a train window while your brain sorts through its filing system.
Step 3: Choose new images to replace the painful ones. Your brain keeps the facts but drops the emotional charge.
The Evidence is Clear: ART Creates Profound Change
What Research Shows About ART’s Effectiveness
Military Veterans Study (2013)² — A randomized controlled trial with combat veterans showed a 61% response rate for PTSD symptoms. These are veterans who often struggle with traditional therapies, yet over half experienced significant improvement with ART.
Complicated Grief Research (2021)⁸ — Effect sizes reached 2.13 for PTSD symptoms and 1.79 for grief symptoms. To put this in perspective, an effect size over 0.8 is considered “large.” ART’s numbers are extraordinary.
Treatment Completion Rates⁹ — 94% of clients complete ART treatment. Compare this to 60-65% completion rates for traditional PTSD therapies. People stick with ART because they feel better quickly.
Recent Cancer Survivor Study (2024)¹⁰ — Preliminary results show promising outcomes for medical trauma, expanding ART’s applications beyond traditional PTSD.
Systematic Review Findings¹¹ — Across multiple studies, ART consistently shows effect sizes ranging from 1.12 to 3.28.
A 90-minute Accelerated Resolution Therapy session is $500.
ART sessions are $500 per session. Each session runs as long as needed to complete the protocol, typically 60-90 minutes. The average length of treatment is 3-4 sessions for most issues.
Total investment for most clients: $500-$2,500
ART is an investment in your freedom and well-being.
About Allyson Clemmons, LICSW
Massachusetts Betrayal Trauma Therapist
My specialization in partner betrayal trauma emerged from years of treating affairs as a couples therapist. While couples work was essential for the relationship, I noticed betrayed partners also needed specialized individual therapy that wasn’t available. They would only find generic trauma treatment that kept them talking in circles for months, while their nervous systems remained hijacked by the betrayal.
I noticed that partner betrayal creates a specific type of trauma that requires targeted treatment. The neurological impact is profound, and it doesn’t resolve through insight or understanding alone.
Now I exclusively use Accelerated Resolution Therapy to help people move from obsessive investigating and constant triggering to genuine peace in just 1-5 sessions. You don’t need to manage partner betrayal trauma indefinitely. You can actually resolve it.
Independently licensed in Massachusetts, LICSW #126480
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Sources
- Kip et al. "Accelerated Resolution Therapy for treatment of pain secondary to symptoms of combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder." European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2014.
- Kip et al. "Randomized controlled trial of accelerated resolution therapy (ART) for symptoms of combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)." Military Medicine, 2013.
- Multiple studies systematic review. "Accelerated Resolution Therapy: A systematic review of effectiveness and mechanisms." Journal of Traumatic Stress, 2024.
- Buck et al. "Accelerated Resolution Therapy: Randomized Controlled Trial of a Complicated Grief Intervention." American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 2021.
- International Society of Accelerated Resolution Therapy. "Research and Evidence Base in ART." 2024.
- "Accelerated Resolution Therapy for Cancer Distress and Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms: Results of a Pilot Study." PubMed, 2024.
- Multiple studies systematic review. "Accelerated Resolution Therapy effectiveness across populations." Journal of Traumatic Stress, 2024.
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