After the Affair: Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When a Partner Has Been Unfaithful Paperback - 1997 - 1st Edition

For the 70 percent of couples who have been affected by extramarital affairs, this is the only book to offer proven strategies for surviving the crisis and rebuilding the relationship –;–; written by a nationally known therapist considered an expert on infidelity. When I was 15, I was raped. That was nothing compared to your affair. The rapist was a stranger; you, I thought, were my best friend. There is nothing quite like the pain and shock caused when a partner has been unfaithful. The hurt partner often experiences a profound loss of self–;respect and falls into a depression that can last for years. For the relationship, infidelity is often a death blow.After the Affair is the first book to help readers survive this crisis. Written by a clinical psychologist who has been treating distressed couples for 22 years, it guides both hurt and unfaithful partners through the three stages of healing: Normalizing feelings, deciding whether to recommit and revitalizing the relationship. It provides proven, practical advice to help the couple change their behavior toward each other, cultivate trust and forgiveness and build a healthier, more conscious intimate partnership.

Details

• Title After the Affair: Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When a Partner Has Been Unfaithful
• Author Janis Abrahms Spring; Michael Spring (With)
• Binding Paperback
• Edition number 1st
• Edition 1
• Pages 304
• Volumes 1
• Language ENG
• Publisher Harper Perennial, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
• Date March 26, 1997
• ISBN 9780060928179 / 0060928174
• Weight 0.5 lbs (0.23 kg)
• Dimensions 8.06 x 5.32 x 0.76 in (20.47 x 13.51 x 1.93 cm)
• Library of Congress subjects Married people - United States - Psychology, Interpersonal relations - United States
• Library of Congress Catalog Number 95053682
• Dewey Decimal Code 306.736