Psychotherapy for Affair Recovery
We support individuals and couples heal after an affair. Surviving infidelity can seem like an impossible task. I am here to tell you that it is not only possible, that there is potential for your relationship to actually grow in closeness and connection. We know that this might be hard to believe right now. Right now, you are probably just trying to make it through the day. We want to help you not only make it through the day but thrive in personally and interpersonally.
We support couples to heal sexual or emotional infidelity and any other betrayals that accompanied it (hiding spending, taking secret trips, etc.). We honor both people in the room and we look for a way forward, together.
When we work with couples healing from an affair we go through a 3 step process:
Atonement – We help you to offer your apologies in a sincere way that will actually help heal your partner. If you are the betraying partner, you might have started to feel frustrated about how long the process of moving forward is taking. Perhaps you’ve apologized again and again and yet it still comes up the next day. This is usually because you need extra guidance and support into how to truly apologize and show remorse after an affair.
Attunement – Either before the affair or during and definitely following it, you have lost some connection. The connection that keep you “in tune with each other”. We want to help you get that back. You will go through a period of exploration to understand what happened to your connection and how to get it back.
Attachment – Or, as we like to say, reattachment. A secure attachment is vital to a healthy relationship. Being securely attached requires safety, trust, and commitment. After the process of atoning and attuning, you will have developed a foundation for reattaching and developing intimacy once again your relationship.
Common reactions to an affair by the betrayed partner:
Mistrust
Anxiety
Depression
Loss of Motivation
Anger
Repetitive unwanted thoughts
A need to question
A desire to “talk about it”
Frustration
Change in sexual desire (either more or less)
Preoccupation with the other person
Common reactions to an affair experienced by the partner that betrayed:
Frustration
Exhaustion
Wondering “will this ever get better”
Wishing you could just stop talking about it
Feeling angry
Feeling remorse
Feeling embarrassment
Depression
Shame
Wanting to “hide away”
Change in sexual desire (increased or decreased)