When Betrayal Shatters Your World
You never saw it coming. The lies, the secrecy, the abandonment.
Now you’re left questioning everything—your worth, your safety, your future.
You don’t need empty platitudes. You need a map to make sense of the chaos and rebuild a life you can trust again.
Surviving Betrayal: A Trauma-Informed Guide
to Healing after Deception, Infidelity, and Abandonment
More than 300 pages of practical guidance, reflective exercises, and audio lessons
This book reframes what healing requires and
provides the guidance to reclaim your life as you write the next chapters
Release date 10/17/2025
What’s Included
The Full 300+ Page Book — grounded in betrayal trauma research and clinical practice.
Downloadable Worksheets — so you can apply each chapter to your own life.
Guided Audio Lessons — listen anytime, anywhere, with practical steps for each phase of recovery.
Reflection Prompts & Healing Practices — so you’re not just reading, but actively rebuilding.
Who This Is For
If you’ve been blindsided by:
Infidelity
Abandonment
Hidden addictions or secret lives
Emotional abuse, deception, or gaslighting
…and you want healing that goes deeper than “just move on,” this book is for you.
If you’ve ever wondered whether healing requires forgiving the unforgivable,
Consider this your permission to heal in your own way.
Forgiveness is not required.
Why Trust This Guide?
I’m LaDonna Carey, MA, a licensed psychotherapist with over 35 years of clinical experience.
I focus on betrayal trauma because I’ve seen and experienced how harmful it can be — and how often traditional therapy falls short.
My approach is practical, trauma-informed, and based on many years of working with betrayed partners who needed more than just surface-level advice.
What People Are Saying
“I felt like you knew me. The worksheets and personal reflections really help.”
“For the first time since the betrayal, I don’t feel crazy. This book helped me trust my reality again.”
“Every chapter felt like LaDonna understood what was happening inside me. The worksheets made me stop spinning and start making real choices.”
“This explained what I was going through. I use the “Things to discuss with my Therapist” as we go through the chapters in my individual therapy.”
What You’ll Gain
Inside Surviving Betrayal, you’ll discover how to:
Quiet the intrusive thoughts that keep replaying the betrayal.
Navigate your grief and identify ways to soothe the pain of loss.
Rebuild your sense of self when your identity feels erased.
Managing the rage, loneliness and disgust that betrayal leaves with us.
Release the pressure to forgive before you’re ready (or ever).
Learn how to forgive your Self for the decisions you made in good faith.
Chart a path forward whether you choose repair, separation, or something in between.
Meet LaDonna!
LaDonna Carey, MA, is the author of Healing from Betrayal, which has been purchased by readers worldwide. She is a licensed psychotherapist and Betrayal Trauma Specialist with over 34 years of experience.
LaDonna trains therapists who work with betrayal trauma and leads programs that help betrayed partners heal by addressing the tough question, “Who Am I Now?” after their world has been shattered by deception, infidelity, and addiction.
Her trauma-informed, compassionate but direct approach combines clinical insight and survivor wisdom to guide healing and reclaim dignity.
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Take the First Steps Back to Yourself
You can’t undo the betrayal. But you can reclaim your boundaries, your worth and your future.
Surviving Betrayal will be released on 10/17/2025!
Secure your early copy today and start building
Questions? Email me at Contact@LaDonnaCarey.com.
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