Has sexual trauma impacted your life or your marriage? Speaking with Kensi Duszynski is like drinking from a deep well of wisdom, peace, and grace. In today’s conversation, we talk about steps to heal yourself and your marriage from sexual trauma. My heart breaks for the many couples walking the road of sexual brokenness. I know it isn’t easy. But hope is real, and Kensi gently shares it with us today! I realize this is a longer episode than usual, but I just couldn’t cut much from this conversation. So if you need to, listen to half at a time! You do not want to miss this conversation! This is episode 28.

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Mentioned on the show:

Graced: How God Redeems and Restores the Broken

Jesus and Women: In the First Century and Now by Kristi McLelland

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk

Places to look for a provider.  Look for a Christian therapist who is trained in EMDR, EFT, or other trauma-informed modalities and who is an LMHC or LPCC.

• Psychology Today
• Marriage Friendly Therapists
• Emotionally-Focused Therapy
• EFT Therapist Directory

About Kensi:

Kensi Duszynski is a KY Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified Professional Coach, and relationship educator in private practice. She holds a Bachelor’s in Psychology and a Master’s in Marriage and Family Counseling from Asbury Theological Seminary. In 2015, she opened a therapy and coaching practice that focuses specifically on individual and relational growth within the marriage relationship. She’s the host of the Brave Marriage Podcast, where you can find over 150 episodes of short, faith-based, research-informed teachings on individual and marital growth. For the past year, she’s been working on a memoir about marriage counseling, gender roles, and the roles we play in bettering people’s lives within the church. And today, she coaches individual women and couples online, helping them discover mutuality, identity, and intimacy in marriage. 

Connect with Kensi:

Website: bravemarriage.com

Memoir: kensi.substack.com

Kensi‘s Book Recs:

Try Softer: A Fresh Approach to Move Us out of Anxiety, Stress, and Survival Mode--and into a Life of Connection and Joy by Aundi Kolber

She Deserves Better: Raising Girl

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