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Steady BRIDGE – APSATS Betrayal-Trauma Coaching

A dedicated window for betrayal-trauma healing

Clear, structured coaching for partners, couples, and families rebuilding after sexual betrayal or compulsive behaviors.

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Find steadiness when betrayal or compulsive behavior shatters trust

Relationships are living systems.

When betrayal or chronic secrecy enters the story, everyone feels the rupture.

Maybe you’ve tried to patch things up or keep the peace—but painful patterns keep repeating.

Tension builds, communication collapses, and you may feel like you’re walking on eggshells.

Steady Bridge is for these turning-point moments:

when discovery first shatters trust, when you’re preparing for a formal therapeutic disclosure, or as you re-enter daily life after treatment or intensive therapy.

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What is Steady Bridge Coaching

Steady Bridge offers non-clinical, APSATS-informed coaching for partners, couples, and families navigating sexual betrayal, compulsive behaviors, and the trauma these create.

Unlike therapy, we don’t diagnose or treat—we guide you through the now and help reshape the patterns and dynamics you want to change as you move forward.

This work supports you in:

  • Healing after sexual betrayal or compulsive behaviors

    Build safety, stabilize your nervous system, and reduce intrusive memories.

  • Preparing for or integrating after therapeutic disclosure or residential treatment

    Develop clear plans, boundaries, and communication agreements before disclosure and during the critical re-entry phase.

  • Parenting through secrecy, rupture, or high-conflict dynamics

    Provide children and teens with reliable structure and language when trust has been shaken.

  • Rebuilding trust and intimacy in a partnership

    Use structured conversations and steady rituals to begin relational repair.

  • Shifting long-standing relational patterns

    Break cycles of silence or chaos with conscious, decisive choices.

Steady Bridge coaching helps you co-regulate, not control.

It creates room for honest reflection, nervous-system repair, and practical next steps—meeting each person at their own pace.

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Meet Your Steady Bridge Coaches

JENNIFER ACKER · SARA LEBOW · JENNIFER ROSS

Together we bring complementary strengths to APSATS-informed betrayal-trauma coaching.

As trauma-informed coaches, APSATS partner-trauma trainees (Jennifer Ross & Sara Lebow) and APSATS-certified therapist (Jennifer Acker)—as well as Certified RTT® practitioners—we help partners and families move beyond crisis and into lasting repair.

Our approach is clear, structured, and deeply attuned to nervous-system safety, emotional repair, and conscious communication.

Jennifer Acker, LCSW, brings over 35 years of clinical and trauma-specialist experience, weaving EMDR, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Mother Hunger work, and advanced relational healing into coaching that is both precise and compassionate.

Sara Lebow draws on decades of family-systems coaching and leadership, mapping patterns and guiding complex relational dynamics.

Jennifer Ross offers lived understanding of family rupture and rebuilding, integrating RTT® and somatic tools into practical, forward-focused coaching.

Relationships don’t have to be perfect.

They need a steady space to feel seen, heard, and supported—that’s what Steady Bridge creates.

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How Family Bridge Coaching Works

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    Step 1: Discovery Call (20 minutes)

    Share what you’re navigating—whether immediate discovery, planning a formal disclosure, or seeking steadier ground after betrayal.

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    Step 2: Steady Bridge Intake (90 minutes)

    Map relationships, triggers, and dynamics. Together we create a plan for safety, disclosure preparation, and long-term relational repair.

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    Step 3: Ongoing Coaching (60 minutes)

    Meet weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly—sometimes as a couple, sometimes individually or in smaller configurations—to stabilize boundaries, rebuild trust, and practice new relational skills that support sustainable healing.

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Core Modalities

APSATS Partner-Trauma Model

safety, stabilization, disclosure preparation, and long-term restoration

RTT® & trauma-informed hypnotherapy

reduce anxiety, shame, and intrusive memories

Somatic & attachment-based coaching

regulate the nervous system and rebuild trust

Narrative & meaning-making practices

reauthor your story and create new family scripts

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Your Outcome

By the end of Steady Bridge, you and your loved ones will have:

A predictable daily rhythm that supports recovery and relational repair

Boundaries and relapse-prevention tools everyone understands

Renewed trust and connection—between partners, within families, and within yourself

A clear plan for ongoing support—whether continued coaching, group work, or community resources

Important: Steady Bridge is a coaching program, not therapy.

Clients experiencing suicidal ideation, domestic violence, or acute psychiatric needs will be referred to licensed clinical care.

Ready to reclaim steadiness and rebuild trust?

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