Infidelity: A PractitionerÆs Guide to Working with Couples in Crisis

by Peluso; Paul R.

• ISBN13: 9780415953900
• ISBN10: 0415953901
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-06-15
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

When one partner in a relationship is unfaithful to the other, it takes a lot of work by both parties involved to salvage the relationship. In today?s therapy-friendly climate, marriage/couples counseling is often a part of that rebuilding process. Many couples seek out professional therapy after an affair is out in the open, but often the act of infidelity is revealed while uncovering and discussing unrelated issues for which the couple is in counseling. And yet, amazingly, as common as this complex and difficult topic arises in therapy, there is relatively little professional literature devoted to understanding and treating infidelity.

Table of Contents

About the Editor	p. xi
Contributors	p. xiii
Series Editor's Foreword	p. xix
Preface	p. xxi
Acknowledgments	p. xxv
Infidelity: Introduction and Overview	p. 1
Understanding Infidelity
Sex in Intimate Relationships: Variations and Challenges	p. 11
An Evolutionary Psychological Perspective on Infidelity	p. 31
The Treatment of Infidelity in Couples Therapy
Research on Couple Therapy for Infidelity: What Do We Know About Helping Couples When There Has Been an Affair?	p. 55
The Intersystems Approach to Treating Infidelity	p. 71
Treating Infidelity: An Integrative Approach to Resolving Trauma and Promoting Forgiveness	p. 99
Forgive and Forget: A Comparison of Emotionally Focused and Cognitive-Behavioral Models of Forgiveness and Intervention in the Context of Couple Infidelity	p. 127
The Affair as a Catalyst for Change	p. 149
The Impact of Infidelity on Couples and Families From Different Social, Cultural, Generational, and Sexual Perspectives
Cyber-Infidelity	p. 169
Infidelity: A Multicultural Perspective	p. 191
Male Couples and Monogamy: Clinical and Cultural Issues	p. 207
Lesbian Couples: The Infidelities of Women, Sexual and Otherwise	p. 229
"An Affair to Remember": Infidelity and Its Impact on Children	p. 247
Professional Reflections and Conclusion
Reflections of a Master: An Interview with Frank Pittman	p. 279
Reflections on the Affair: An Experiential Perspective	p. 291
Summarizing Infidelity: Lessons Learned Along the Way	p. 319
Index	p. 325
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