Online counseling for women navigating infidelity, sex addiction, and relationship trauma — with calm, clarity, and nervous system repair.
If you are searching for a therapist who specializes in betrayal trauma after infidelity or sex addiction discovery, you are in the right place.
I am Teresa Zuvela, LMHC.
For over 25 years, I have worked with women navigating relational trauma, attachment injury, and emotional destabilization.
I provide specialized online therapy for women across Washington State.
Because this is focused trauma work, I maintain a smaller caseload to preserve depth, quality, and clinical attention. Availability is limited and determined through consultation.
When Trust Breaks, the Nervous System Reacts
When trust is broken—through infidelity, secrecy, emotional betrayal, or long-term relational harm—your body and nervous system react.
Many women arrive here feeling anxious. They also feel overwhelmed and hyper-vigilant. Some feel disconnected from themselves, even when they appear strong and capable on the outside.
You are not crazy.
You are responding to betrayal.
Betrayal trauma is not simply emotional pain.
It is a disruption of attachment safety and nervous system regulation.
You may experience:
- Intrusive mental replay
- Hypervigilance
- Panic or numbness
- Difficulty trusting your perception
- Sleep disruption
- Urgency to decide whether to stay or leave
These are trauma responses. Not weakness.
Your nervous system is our guide.
Stability comes before major decisions.
A Specialist Model of Care
If you needed heart surgery, you would seek a skilled cardiac surgeon — not a general primary care physician to perform the operation.
Therapy is similar.
Some therapists provide generalist, entry-level support.
Others focus in specialized trauma domains requiring advanced training and experience.
Your Safety Matters
My work falls into the second category.
With over 25 years of clinical experience, and advanced certifications in sex addiction and partner trauma, I provide focused, structured betrayal trauma therapy.
I have worked with women who have experienced:
- Intimate partner betrayal
- Ritual abuse
- Spiritual abuse
- Parental and sibling abuse
- Coercive control
- Long-term attachment trauma
Your story is unique to you.
If you have told your story before and not been believed, I will hold space for your experience.
Who This Work Is For
Who This Work Is For
This work is appropriate for women who:
- Discovered infidelity or sexual acting out
- Learned of a partner’s sex or love addiction
- Feel destabilized after disclosure
- Are unsure whether to stay or leave
- Want structured trauma therapy
- Value clinical depth over casual conversation
- Are ready for nervous system-based healing
If you are searching for:
“Betrayal trauma therapist Washington State”
“Infidelity counseling telehealth WA”
“Therapy for partner sex addiction trauma”
This is my specialty.
This Work Is Designed For Women Who Are Ready for Deep Healing
Not a Fit If
This practice may not be the right fit if:
- You are seeking brief, solution-focused coaching
- You want immediate answers about whether to divorce
- You prefer general supportive therapy without trauma processing
- You are not ready to explore nervous system stabilization
- You are looking for couples therapy as the primary focus
I believe in appropriate referrals when needed.
Credentials & Clinical Training
Teresa Zuvela, LMHC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor – Washington State
Advanced Certifications:
- Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT)
- Certified Partner Trauma Therapist (CPTT)
- EMDRIA-trained in EMDR
My approach integrates:
- Attachment-focused therapy
- EMDR for trauma processing when appropriate
- Nervous system regulation
- Boundary and identity rebuilding
This is structured relational trauma work.
It is not surface-level support.
Core Philosophy
Emotional Safety Matters
I believe healing happens in safe, compassionate relationship — where calm replaces confusion and clarity emerges at your own pace.
Betrayal trauma is not just something you “think your way through.” The body carries the impact. Your nervous system holds important information about what is safe. It also knows what is true and protective for you.
When we work together, we focus on:
- Restoring internal safety
- Understanding your emotional and bodily responses
- Strengthening self-trust
- Rebuilding boundaries rooted in calm rather than fear
You remain the authority on your life.
We move at your pace.My Approach
About Teresa
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I’m Teresa Zuvela, LMHC, a licensed therapist with over 20 years of experience. Clients often describe my work as calming, steady, and deeply attuned—especially after years of emotional chaos.
Working with me is a collaborative, contained, depth-oriented process.
I am not afraid of the darkness you may have encountered. I don’t ask you to live inside it.
My role is to hold steady while you find your footing. To help you stay grounded as you make sense of what has happened, without being consumed by it.
Many women discover that when they stop fighting themselves, clarity begins to emerge naturally. Decisions become less reactive. Self-respect becomes steadier. A deeper sense of protection and self-trust develops from within.
Calm is a boundary.
Steadiness is not avoidance — it is strength.
This Work Is a Meaningful Investment
Depth healing of your nervous system may be possible.
Deep healing requires a meaningful investment of time, emotional energy, and financial resources.
My work is designed for women who are ready to prioritize their healing. They want to engage in consistent therapeutic or intensive work.
If you are seeking a contained, trauma-informed, long-term healing process, this work may be aligned for you.
Next Step
If you’re wondering whether this work is right for you, I offer a 15-minute consultation call. This is a brief, no-pressure conversation to explore fit and answer questions.
Summary
Woodland Pathways Counseling provides specialized betrayal trauma therapy for women throughout Washington State via secure telehealth.
Teresa Zuvela, LMHC, is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with over 25 years of clinical experience. She is a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT), Certified Partner Trauma Therapist (CPTT), and EMDRIA-trained in EMDR.
Her practice focuses exclusively on women experiencing betrayal trauma after infidelity, partner sex addiction, attachment injury, and relational destabilization.
She has worked with hundreds of women navigating complex relational trauma, including intimate partner betrayal, spiritual abuse, ritual abuse, parental and sibling abuse, and long-term attachment injury.
She maintains a limited caseload to provide depth-oriented, nervous system-informed trauma therapy.
Teresa is referred to by physicians, attorneys, and other licensed therapists across Washington State for her specialization in betrayal trauma and partner trauma recovery.
Services include individual telehealth therapy, structured betrayal trauma groups, and private intensives.