Compassion. Hope. Connection.

You Are Not Alone – Specialized Help for Betrayal Trauma, Problematic Sexual Behavior, and Relationship Healing. Led by Dr. Jake Porter and the Daring Ventures team, we help individuals, couples, and families move from crisis to clarity through specialized therapy, intensives, coaching, and structured recovery programs.

Compassion. Hope. Connection.

You Are Not Alone – Specialized Help for Betrayal Trauma, Problematic Sexual Behavior, and Relationship Healing. Led by Dr. Jake Porter and the Daring Ventures team, we help individuals, couples, and families move from crisis to clarity through specialized therapy, intensives, coaching, and structured recovery programs.

Trusted Care for Partners and Couples Healing from Betrayal

Just Discovered Betrayal? You’re Not Alone.
Get immediate guidance to understand what’s happening and take your first step toward healing.

Just Discovered Betrayal?
You’re Not Alone.
Get immediate guidance to understand what’s happening and take your first step toward healing.

Dr. Jake Porter

LPC, NCC, CSAT-S, CMAT, CDWF, CCPS, CPC, CCTP, CPAP

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Dr. Jake Porter

LPC, NCC, CSAT-S, CMAT, CDWF, CCPS, CPC, CCTP, CPAP

A Different Path for Healing Betrayal,
Trauma, Addiction, and Relationships

A Different Path for Healing Betrayal, Trauma, Addiction, and Relationships

At Daring Ventures, we help individuals and couples heal from betrayal trauma, addiction, disconnection, and relational pain through Couple-Centered Recovery® — an approach grounded in attachment, neuroscience, emotional regulation, integrity, and relational healing.

Couple-Centered Recovery® is a relational model of healing developed by Dr. Jake Porter through years of clinical work, academic study, personal recovery, and work with couples navigating trauma, betrayal, addiction, and relational pain.

Rather than focusing only on symptom reduction or crisis management, our work centers on helping people build the capacity for emotional regulation, honesty, empathy, integrity, and meaningful connection.

We believe both trauma and healing are relational. Fear isolates. Connection transforms. And recovery is about becoming a different person — not performing a different behavior.

Dr. Jake’s Counseling Practice

Dr. Jake’s Counseling Practice

Trusted Care for Partners and Couples Healing from Betrayal
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Daring Ventures Counseling, Coaching, and Consultation is the Houston-based clinic established by Dr. Jake in 2017, specializing in the treatment of addiction and trauma for individuals and couples. The exceptional multidisciplinary team of Daring Ventures is what makes this practice the premier place for healing from the devastating effects of trauma and addiction. Dr. Jake takes on a small number of executive and corporate clients for leadership development, business coaching, and consultation.

Daring Ventures offers psychotherapy and recovery coaching for individuals and couples seeking to find relief and healing from trauma and/or addiction. We utilize a number of models, including DBT, RO-DBT, EMDR, ETT, brainspotting, somatic psychotherapies, EFT, PACT, coherence therapy, and more.

The licensed mental health therapists of Daring Ventures can only work within the State of Texas. However, Daring Ventures has exceptional, highly trained relational recovery coaches who are able to provide support to clients across state lines. You can make an appointment with a relational recovery coach by calling 855.602.2554.

We also now have the limited ability to offer therapy in Arizona, Florida, Montana, and Virginia and are currently working on licensure in Ohio and Tennessee. 

Dr. Jake occasionally does limited work via video conference with individuals and couples in a coaching and consulting capacity. However, he will absolutely not engage in psychotherapy across state lines.

What others say…

What others say…

Contact Daring Ventures for betrayal trauma help, coaching, therapists, training, speaking, and more.

Contact Daring Ventures for betrayal trauma help, coaching, therapists, training, speaking, and more.

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