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Teresa Zuvela, LMHC, CSAT, CPTT

Betrayal trauma therapist · 25 years in the field · Developer of The Woodland Pathways Model

“Betrayal is first a nervous system event before it is a relationship decision.”

About Teresa

Teresa Zuvela is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 25 years of clinical experience specializing in betrayal trauma and partner trauma. She is a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT), a Certified Partner Trauma Therapist (CPTT), and an EMDRIA Certified Therapist trained in the Parnell Attachment-Focused Method.

Teresa is the founder of Woodland Pathways Counseling, a telehealth practice serving women in Washington State, and the developer of the Woodland Pathways Model — a five-stage clinical framework grounded in nervous system science and attachment repair.

The Woodland Pathways Model

A five-stage clinical framework for healing from betrayal trauma.

Stabilize

Settle the nervous system. Before any decision.

Clarify

Name what happened. Separate her body’s truth from his story.

Reclaim

Recover the self she set down to survive.

Integrate

Weave the experience into a self that can hold it.

Live Well

Build forward from chosen ground, not survival.

Sample Episode Topics

Why “Should I Stay or Should I Leave?” Is the Wrong First Question

Betrayal as a Nervous System Event: What Her Body Knows Before Her Mind Does

Trickle Truth, Gaslighting, and the Body: Why She Can’t Think Her Way Out

The Five Stages of Healing After Partner Betrayal — and the One Most Women Try to Skip

What Forgiveness Is Not: A Clinical Reframe for Women in Early Discovery

Betrayal at Every Stage: Why Your Twenties and Your Fifties Are Different Wounds

As Heard On

Rebuilding Trust with Carol The Coach · September 2026

How to Calm Your Body After Betrayal

Teresa joined betrayal trauma coach Carol Juergensen Sheets to talk about why betrayal is first a nervous-system experience, why the urgency to decide isn’t the same as being ready, and simple ways to steady the body enough to think clearly again.

Listen on Spotify

About 37 minutes

What Teresa Brings As a Guest

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Twenty-five years of clinical depth, distilled into language listeners can use that night

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A defensible clinical framework — not aphorisms — grounded in van der Kolk, Porges, Freyd, Minwalla, and Parnell

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A warm, unhurried voice that sits beside women where they are, and speaks the language of what they’re living

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Specific named symptoms and clear next steps — never “just take care of yourself”

Credentials & Affiliations

Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Washington State — License LH00004733

Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT) — International Institute for Trauma & Addiction Professionals (IITAP)

Certified Partner Trauma Therapist (CPTT) — IITAP

EMDRIA Certified Therapist — EMDR International Association

Trained in the Parnell Attachment-Focused Method

Member — American Counseling Association (ACA)

Booking Inquiries

Bring this conversation to your audience

Teresa welcomes interview inquiries from podcast hosts, producers, and journalists covering betrayal trauma, partner trauma, sex addiction, EMDR, attachment, and women’s mental health.

Email Teresa