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Laura Burton

Laura Burton, co-founder at Becoming Well Institute

Laura Burton

“Helping Partners and Couples Heal”

Laura is a trained and certified Partner’s Recovery Coach (PRC),  Betrayal Trauma Coach (PBTC), Sexual Recovery Coach (SRC), and Intimacy Anorexia Coach® (IAC) through the American Association for Sexual Addiction Therapy (AASAT). She is also a nationally certified life coach (NCLC) through The Addictions Academy. Laura earned her M.S. in Family Counseling from the University of West Alabama and a PhD in Christian Counseling from Northwestern Christian University.

What makes Laura such an amazing coach and guide for partners is her own personal journey as a partner through the impacts of pornography addiction, infidelity, and intimacy avoidance.

Impact

Understands Living With Addiction

Partners are often overlooked. Laura’s ability to walk through the healing process as a partner, find profound healing and health, learn to be a part of a healthy marriage, and then turn around and help others to do the same is invaluable. She understands how living with an addict can negatively impact people in all areas of their lives and wants to help partners of sex addicts, unfaithful partners, and intimacy avoidants become more balanced in mind, soul, and body.
Laura Burton, co-founder at Becoming Well Institute
Laura Burton, co-founder at Becoming Well Institute

Experience

Education

Outside of her work as a recovery coach, Laura is an accomplished business leader. She is an experienced and successful entrepreneur with 25+ years of experience focused on advancing positive societal change through business, including roles as COO, EVP of Operations, Senior Project Manager, and Director of Operations. Her academic accomplishments include a Bachelor of Applied Science in Applied Management and an M.S. in Management and Leadership from Western Governors University.

Matt and Laura Burton have trained over 1,000 leaders and staff from the Oregon Dept of Health and Human Services and Hawaii Dept of Human Services on

Sexual Trauma, Emotional Trauma, Physical Trauma, Porn/Sexual Addiction, Intimacy Avoidance/Anorexia,  Betrayal Trauma, Rejection-Abandonment-Inadequacy & Loss, Grief & Partner Grief, Medical Trauma, Impacts of Trauma and Addiction on Communities of Color, Impacts on the Partners

Matt and Laura Burton Keynoted the 2021 Kawai Fatherhood Conference

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What Our Clients are Saying

"​I am so grateful that Laura was there for me when I needed her. She has been a constant source of encouragement as I move through the grieving process, while I simultaneously learn to cope with the realities of life with a sex addict."
Leslie
Leslie
"My experience with Laura Burton as the spouse of an IA/SA has been remarkable. 3 months ago she met me as an angry, wounded and resigned partner, not even sure I wanted to try again. I learned quickly that for true recovery it takes the work of both partners. Laura has worked with me through issues personal to me with knowledge, honesty and compassion. She has been through all that I’m working on and that is very relevant and comforting. I feel free to contact her out of session via text and she responds quickly with understanding and kindness."
Vanessa
Vanessa
"​I am so grateful that Laura was there for me when I needed her. She has been a constant source of encouragement as I move through the grieving process, while I simultaneously learn to cope with the realities of life with a sex addict."
Leslie
Leslie
"My experience with Laura Burton as the spouse of an IA/SA has been remarkable. 3 months ago she met me as an angry, wounded and resigned partner, not even sure I wanted to try again. I learned quickly that for true recovery it takes the work of both partners. Laura has worked with me through issues personal to me with knowledge, honesty and compassion. She has been through all that I’m working on and that is very relevant and comforting. I feel free to contact her out of session via text and she responds quickly with understanding and kindness."
Vanessa
Vanessa
“The intensive made biggest impact I’ll probably ever have in healing my relationship and myself.”
“This intensive is going to transform my marriage from unsatisfactory to great!”
“I feel this intensive is actually going to give me an actual real life and freedom from fantasy of living a pretend life.”
“If I am able to follow the plan and use the tools that I gained during the intensive, it will be life changing.”
“The information learned and the tools I gained in the intensive are already changing the destructive dynamics of our marriage. I believe if we both use the tools and practices presented, our marriage will be transformed.”
“Our experience with the intensive was super positive. More content, better understanding of the root of our problems. The trauma was never looked at or understood by the myriad of professional counselors and pastors that we sought out to help us in the past.”
“I believe the intensive will have a large impact on my recovery journey. I feel like this is now the most important thing for me to work on.”
“Because of Matt and Laura, I think I will finally be able to have true intimacy and authenticity with my spouse. We will certainly improve our relationship.”
“The intensive helped me to see and understand things that will make me a better person and a better husband and father.”
“I believe this intensive will have a great impact to help me get unstuck in my recovery and learn how to grow my relationship with my wife.”
“I believe the validation, encouragement and tools given during the intensive will have a positive impact on my life as I work to heal and reclaim my life.”
“The intensive helped us both so much and cemented so many things that brought hope, peace, clarity and direction for our future together.”
“I finally have hope that I will be to understand me and be able to receive the help to overcome my challenges.”
“The intensive has taught me skills to heal. Not only from the betrayal, but from my past trauma. To heal some of my own demons and insecurities.”
“The intensive far exceeded our expectations. We now have a plan of action that includes a better understanding of why certain behaviors are occurring.”
“Careful, objective counsel and awesome game plan created!”
“The intensive exceeded our expectations. Matt and Laura went above and beyond to offer support!”
“Matt and Laura are both very understanding, compassionate, empathetic, and flexible.”
“It's very clear Matt and Laura have put an incredible amount of time and energy into developing their intensives and their passion for helping couples is remarkable.”
“Matt and Laura use a very tactical approach and real life tools that I can use to heal the relationship.”
“Our intensive gave my husband the wake up call he needed, and I really liked how validating the experience was for me as the wounded partner.”
“I feel like I learned useful information and gained some great tools that I will be able to use to help me move in the right direction.”
“The intensive was more than I imagined. It answered so many questions concerning the destructive patterns of our relationship.”
“Lots of information and a clear and manageable plan for recovery.”
“The intensive went beyond my expectation. The knowledge and the tools gained will increase my chances of healing as I work with them.”
“This is a safe place. Matt and Laura offer their own testimony to model success and setbacks along the way.”
“I would recommend the intensive to a friend because you are educated, compassionate, empathetic, and passionate about recovery.”
“It is clear that Matt and Laura know their stuff and are good at what they do.”
“I have already recommended this intensive to a friend and have another I plan to contact in the coming week.”
“Matt and Laura were both able to customize the program to our situation. They had a really big box of tools to bring to the situation based upon what they saw, both at the beginning and during our sessions.”
“I would absolutely recommend the intensive to someone. I believe this type of recovery work can be a game changer.”
“Lots of practical in depth knowledge that I can apply immediately to my situation.”
“Gaining skills from those who have walked where we are suffering and have risen above the chaos to live and operate in health is encouraging.”
“Receiving all of this incredible information helped us learn and gather the tools necessary for our healing in only three days as opposed to many months of weekly or bi-weekly sessions.”
“The tools are valuable and the personal attention and affirmation by Matt and Lara is impactful.”
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