Unforgivable Hurt; What Do You Do Now? by Mark Banschick, M.D. Have you been wronged ? Is it unforgivable? Sometimes bad things are done to good people; well more than sometimes. • You are betrayed by your best friend who steals your wife. • You’ve been humiliated and beaten by a narcissistic alcoholic for …
Does Cheating Automatically Mean Divorce? by Sari Eckler Cooper Is it possible to move on after a spouse has had an affair? As a certified sex and licensed couples therapist, I have worked with many couples in the aftermath of an affair. Those first few weeks and months seem crazy …
Infidelity: Abusing the Term Trauma by David J. Ley, Ph.D. Can “my partner cheated on me” really be called traumatic? A traumatic event can, and often does, change people’s lives forever. George Carlin had a delightful and compassionate stand-up routine he did, describing the genesis of the term Post Traumatic …
Affair Repair by Amy Begel Conventional knowledge suggests that extramarital affairs produce irreversible damage to a marriage. But in my long experience as a marriage and family therapist, I have heard many couples express some version of gratitude for the affair — not initially, or course, but toward the end …
Can the Infidelity-Damaged Relationship Survive? by Dr Peggy Drexler (edited) The Petraeus and Broadwell families can take comfort in one thing: this too shall pass. The TV trucks will depart. The photographers will zip up their equipment bags. The phones will stop ringing with pleas for exclusive interviews. When it …
