Synopsis The realization that a marital partner has strayed often devastates the relationship. In this compelling, sympathetic book, Janis Abrahms Spring shows couples a path through this traumatizing experience. Spring addresses the reaction to the betrayal and the process of deciding whether to continue in the partnership, and then offers counsel for moving forward. She covers vital issues including the initial pain and loss, confronting the expected, ongoing doubts, restoration of trust, and rebuilding a loving sex life, all with the sensitivity and understanding gained from nearly three decades of counseling couples recovering from infidelity. Written in an intimate, reassuring tone, and using plenty of case histories to personalize its helpful advice, this volume will assist couples in maintaining their relationships--and their sanity--during perhaps the roughest times they will have to endure together.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1997-04-01 |
| Size | | Height: | 8.0 in | | Width: | 5.3 in | | Thickness: | 0.5 in | | Weight: | 8.0 oz |
Publisher's Note A leading therapist and expert on infidelity offers emotional support and proven strategies to help couples overcome one of the most devastating events in any committed relationship. "After the Affair" is the first book to help readers survive this crisis, and guides both the hurt and unfaithful partners through the stages of grief.
Industry Reviews For married or cohabiting couples who want to rebuild their relationship after one partner had had an affair, this tough-minded, insightful manual will be eminently practical. Clinical psychologist Spring, writing with her husband, draws on 20 years of experience treating distressed couples as she explains how both the unfaithful partner and the betrayed one can confront their doubts and fears about recommitting, constructively communicate pain and anger, restore trust, renew sexual intimacy and forgive. In jargon-free prose, she urges both partners to probe the deeper meaning of the affair, to explore why it happened and to accept responsibility for it. Recognizing unstated assumptions held by oneself or one's mate is an integral part of this process, and the authors include exercises, concise case studies and checklists of suggestions to guide readers through the difficult task of healing. This wise book fills a gap on the self-help shelf. First serial to Cosmopolitan; available on audiocassette. (May) Lopate
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