Dealing with Infidelity: Coping & Rebuilding Relationships After an Affair
By Pablee Wong, MC, RCC, RMFT, RPT-S
What constitutes an affair? The kind or the form of the affair your partner or spouse was engaged in may not be the most important issue. What matters the most is that the trust is broken in a committed and intimate relationship. An affair can be a sexual or emotional relationship outside of a committed relationship. It can also be pornographic addiction or online chatting with another person. Discovering your spouse’s affair with another person is a devastating and shocking experience. Infidelity is a very challenging and painful issue for a couple to face. When you find out that your spouse has been unfaithful, you will likely be experiencing various emotional and physical reactions. Feeling betrayed can be a very overwhelming and crippling experiences. The discovery of an affair may numb your senses or even fill you with tremendous rage.
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