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Polyamory and Infidelity

Success with Polyamory and Infidelity; We Could all Learn a Lot by Tracy Deagan Success with Polyamory and Infidelity Ben and Claire came in to therapy with me to work on the common couples issues of not being sexually faithful and jealousy. They were unusual in the manner that they are working on these issues […]

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Non-Monogamy: Can Open Relationships Work?

Related article: When Non-Monogamy isn’t an Affair ~ Wayfarer Non-Monogamy: When Three (or More) is NOT a Crowd by Dr Jennifer Harman What do you know about polyamory? Can polyamory or open relationships really work? This is a timely question, as there has been a surge of interest lately on this topic. In fact, according to […]

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Ignoring a Partner’s Infidelity

Can I Ignore his Infidelity? by Suzie Johnson My partner of almost three years continually cheats on me. I have come to understand that there hasn’t been a time when he hasn’t been with at least one other woman, all while claiming to be in a “committed” relationship with me. When I have broached the […]

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Affairs & Immunity

Don’t Think Your Marriage is Affair-Proof! by Harriet Lerner Ph.D When you feel threatened by a partner’s relationship outside the marriage, speak up. You can’t stamp out his desire for others, nor can you stop her from being unfaithful. But that doesn’t mean that you have to shut up, or blind yourself to a potential […]

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Affairs & Infidelity: Choice not Addiction

As we explored in It’s Not Infidelity - It’s Sex Addiction, despite popular culture labels, the idea of sex addiction is not based on any diagnostic criteria and was again recently excluded from the DSM (American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders). Claiming ‘sex addiction’ as cause and justification for infidelity seeks […]

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