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Normalize therapy.

by Caleb & Verlynda Simonyi-Gindele

Formerly: The Marriage Podcast for Smart People. Co-hosted by Caleb and Verlynda Simonyi-Gindele. We are married to each other and are both counselors who have worked extensively with couples and individuals. We own Therapevo Counselling Inc., a counselling agency that delivers hope and healing to clients across North America and beyond via secure Zoom video call.

Latest episodes

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When You Find the Money: Financial Infidelity After Sexual Betrayal

For the betrayed partner who found the hidden card, the cash withdrawals, or the monthly transfer, and was surprised by how much the money part hurt. Caleb and Verlynda e

Sep 14
27 min

Lonely in Marriage: Why You Can Share a Bed and Still Feel Alone

If you have ever sat next to someone you love and felt completely alone, this episode is for you. Verlynda and Caleb unpack why loneliness inside a committed relationship

Sep 11
28 min

Betrayal Trauma or PTSD? Why You Can't Just Get Over It

If you have the flashbacks and the hypervigilance and the sleep that will not come, and someone has told you it is time to move on, this episode is for you. Caleb and Ver

Sep 7
24 min

Why the Betrayer Shuts Down: The Shame Collapse Behind the Silence

If you have gone completely blank while your partner asked questions about what you did, this episode is for you. Caleb and Verlynda break down what is actually happening

Sep 3
31 min

When Porn Talks Back: AI Companions, Deepfakes, and Why Interactive Porn Hooks Harder

AI porn is not one thing: it is four, and the kinds that talk back reach deeper than video ever could. Caleb and Verlynda explain why AI companions hook the attachment sy

Aug 31
27 min

Narcissist or Sex Addict? How a Therapist Reads the Pattern Behind Betrayal

If everyone keeps telling you your partner is a narcissist but part of you wonders if this is addiction, this episode is for you. Caleb and Verlynda walk through the two

Aug 24
28 min

What Does My Husband's Porn Type Say About Me? Healing the Body-Image Wound of Betrayal

For the betrayed partner who saw exactly what kind of porn their husband was watching, and hasn't felt at home in their own body since. Caleb and Verlynda explain why his

Aug 17
25 min

Meeting the Needs Porn Was Meeting: How to Rebuild Real Connection in Recovery

If you know why you watch porn but your needs still feel unmet, this episode is the "now what." Caleb and Verlynda walk through how to actually meet the connection, comfo

Aug 17
21 min

Why Does Porn Escalate? Tolerance, Arousal Templates, and the Way Back Down

If your porn tastes have intensified over time, even into content that disturbs you, this episode explains the mechanism behind the drift: tolerance, novelty, and your ar

Aug 10
28 min

Intrusive Images During Sex After Betrayal: How to Stay Present Instead of Powering Through

If trauma images interrupt intimacy since the betrayal, this episode is for you. Verlynda explains why the freeze, lost arousal, and dissociation are your body's protecti

Aug 6
26 min

A Relapse Is Not a Reset: Why Counting Days Sets You Up to Binge

If one slip keeps turning into a three-day binge, the problem may not be your willpower. It may be your day counter. This episode is for anyone in porn addiction recovery

Aug 3
20 min

Surviving Infidelity When Your Partner Won't Do the Recovery Work

You have waited one year, or three, or seven, and the person who broke your trust still isn't really doing the recovery work. This episode is a discernment framework for

Jul 27
25 min

How to Stop Thinking About Porn: The White Bear Effect and Urge Surfing

If trying not to think about porn has only made the urges louder, this episode is for you. Caleb, a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist, explains why willpower fails by des

Jul 20
26 min

The Repair Most Couples Skip: How to Reconnect After a Fight

If your fights technically end but the distance lingers for hours or days, this episode is for you. Caleb and Verlynda unpack why repair, not the absence of conflict, is

Jul 16
20 min

Should I Stay or Leave After an Affair? Why You Don't Have to Decide Yet

If you just found out about an affair and everyone is asking you whether you'll stay or go, this episode is the permission you may not know you need. Caleb and Verlynda e

Jul 13
28 min

Why Am I Attracted to Certain Porn? Reading the Wound Underneath

If you have ever wondered why one specific kind of porn pulls you in when you scroll past everything else, this episode is for you. Caleb and Verlynda unpack the idea of

Jul 9
26 min

Hysterical Bonding: Why You Want Him More After Betrayal

If you discovered a betrayal and found yourself wanting your partner more instead of less, this episode is for you. We unpack what hysterical bonding is, why your nervous

Jul 6
24 min

Why Discovering Betrayal Feels Like You're Going Crazy

In the first days after discovering a partner's betrayal, the disorientation can feel like losing your mind, and your nervous system has a clinical reason for doing exact

Jul 2
31 min

The Year-Two Wall in Betrayal Trauma Recovery: Why You Still Feel Dead Inside

Eighteen months in, your partner is sober, transparent, and doing the work. And you still feel like a stranger in your own life. In this episode we name what we call the

Jun 29
35 min

Restitution After Betrayal: The Repair Work an Apology Cannot Do

You apologized. You meant it every time. And it still isn't reaching your partner. In this episode, we walk through restitution after betrayal: the named clinical work th

Jun 27
34 min

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