12-Week Group

Relational Empathy in Betrayal Recovery Group

Learn practical empathy skills that help rebuild connection after betrayal.

Empathy transforms connection after betrayal, but is often misunderstood - leaving partners feeling frustrated and alone. Learning what empathy is and isn't, and how to overcome your empathy barriers is a powerful way to create deeper connection in your relationship.

Next group starts Friday, July 31

This Group Is For You If

  • You've been told you don't have empathy or it's not good enough
  • You're curious about your empathy barriers and how to remove them
  • You're trying, but it doesn't feel like enough
  • You're ready to build real skill, not just awareness, in how you show up

About This Group

  • 12-week group focused on Relational Empathy in betrayal recovery
  • Relational Empathy Assessment (REA) before and after the group to track your empathy growth
  • Structured weekly topics with progressive skill-building
  • Research-based information on empathy patterns, common mistakes, and responses that help partners feel safer and more understood
  • Practical handouts and worksheets to support empathy growth
  • Live processing and practice with group support

What You'll Gain

By the end of the 12 weeks, the goal is for you to leave with:

  • Assessments of your empathy levels given before the group starts and after the program ends, to track your progress
  • A clearer picture of your empathy strengths and challenges
  • Language for naming your own empathy barriers and mistakes so you can catch them earlier and shift into more attuned responses
  • Practical empathy skills you can use in your relationship: how to listen without shutting down or arguing, how to respond to triggers, and how to stay grounded when shame shows up

Frequently Asked Questions

Who Leads This Group?

Stevie Cotet (Hall), PhD, LPC-S, CSAT-S

Dr. Cotet has spent the last seven years researching empathy - what it is, what it isn't, and how it can be strengthened in relationships. Her passion for helping individuals deepen empathy and couples repair after betrayal has led her to focus her career on helping both clients and professionals understand empathy from the inside out.

In addition to her research and clinical work, Dr. Cotet is the author of the Relational Empathy Assessment (REA), a research-based, validated tool that measures empathy across seven domains to map both strengths and barriers rooted in the Relational Empathy Model (REM).

Dr. Cotet regularly works with couples recovering from sexual betrayal, complex trauma, and attachment injuries. She also teaches and consults on empathy, betrayal trauma, and relational repair for therapists, groups, and treatment centers.

This group integrates the Relational Empathy Model and assessment work into practical skills for those who want to stop re-injuring their partner and learn to respond in ways that help healing and connection.

Research-Backed

The Relational Empathy Model is built on years of formal research and a validated assessment instrument.

Confidential

Group confidentiality is a cornerstone - what's shared in the group stays in the group.

Small Group Format

Intentionally limited size ensures every participant gets meaningful engagement and support.