The world’s leading expert on how unhealed betrayal and shattered trust Impacts human performance.
My research uncovered something most people never learn: betrayal is its own distinct trauma — and there’s a proven, predictable pathway through it. That discovery changed everything. For hundreds of thousands of people. For coaches. For companies. Maybe for you.
Dr. Debi Silber
PHD · 2 time TEDX SPEAKER · BESTSELLING AUTHOR · TOP-RANKED PODCAST HOST
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From Betrayal to Breakthrough
Real conversations about what betrayal actually does to you — and what it takes to move through it. Research-backed, warmly delivered, and unlike anything else out there.
Hosted by Dr. Debi Silber — the researcher who uncovered The Five Stages of Betrayal Recovery™. New episodes weekly for people who’ve been betrayed and for the coaches and practitioners who support them.
GLOBALLY TOP-RANKED PODCAST
From Betrayal to Breakthrough
Real conversations about what betrayal actually does to you — and what it takes to move through it. Research-backed, warmly delivered, and unlike anything else out there.
Hosted by Dr. Debi Silber — the researcher who uncovered The Five Stages of Betrayal Recovery™. New episodes weekly for people who’ve been betrayed and for the coaches and practitioners who support them.
GLOBALLY TOP-RANKED PODCAST
From Betrayal to Breakthrough
Real conversations about what betrayal actually does to you — and what it takes to move through it. Research-backed, warmly delivered, and unlike anything else out there.
Hosted by Dr. Debi Silber — the researcher who uncovered The Five Stages of Betrayal Recovery™. New episodes weekly for people who’ve been betrayed and for the coaches and practitioners who support them.
The Breakthrough Brief
Weekly insights on betrayal, trust, and transformation
— for those healing, those helping, and those leading.
Ways to Work Together
Where would you like to start?
Whether you want to work with me directly, get certified to bring this research into your practice, or bring this framework to your organization — there’s a right fit for where you are.
PBT® Certification Program
For coaches, healers, practitioners
The #1 betrayal recovery certification for life, business, health and leadership coaches. ICF-approved CE provider. The perfect addition to the great work you're already doing — and the one thing you were never taught to spot. Once you see it, it's everywhere. And once you can help with it, you become the coach they can't stop talking about.
About Dr. Debi
I didn’t choose betrayal research.
It chose me
After going through my own experience of betrayal, I wanted to understand what was actually happening — not just emotionally, but physically, psychologically, neurologically. So I went back to school for my PhD (at age 50) and started researching.
What I found changed everything. Betrayal isn’t just a painful experience. It’s a distinct type of trauma. There's also a physical, mental and emotional cluster of symptoms so common to betrayal it's now known as Post Betrayal Syndrome® that over 100,000 people across 50+ countries have now confirmed through my research.. And, there’s a predictable, universal pathway through it — The 5 Stages of Betrayal Recovery™.
That research became the PBT® methodology. A podcast. A certification. A movement. And now, two TEDx talks, bestselling books, even a National Holiday (National Forgiveness Day-September 1st). And 34+ years in the field later — I’m still doing this work because it matters more than anything I’ve ever done.
The Research Behind the Work
Three discoveries.
One proven pathway.
Discovery 01 —
Betrayal is its own distinct trauma Requiring its Own Way to Heal
Unlike other trauma, betrayal comes from someone we trusted — and that specific wound requires a specific approach to heal. Generic healing approaches don’t reach it.
Discovery 02 —
Post Betrayal Syndrome® is real and measurable
The physical, mental, and emotional symptoms of betrayal are consistent, identifiable, and validated across 100,000+ people worldwide. There’s a name for what you’ve been experiencing.
Discovery 03 —
The Five Stages of Betrayal Recovery™
There is a universal, predictable pathway through betrayal. Knowing where you are in it changes everything about what to do next — for yourself, or for the people you serve.
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