May 31, 2023
Discovering a partner’s affair, an affair by ‘the one person who’s supposed to love and care for you, protect you from the rest of the world, and treat you with respect, dignity, and honesty’, can be devastating. ‘For many people, few betrayals can be more hurtful and...
Oct 14, 2020
As a therapist, I assume clients will be honest with me, naive as that might sound. This is not to say that people will be completely transparent; I appreciate that we all need to protect ourselves from our wounds and sometimes withhold things that might be difficult...
Jan 30, 2020
‘The revelation of an affair is eviscerating. If you really want to gut a relationship, to tear out the very heart of it, infidelity is a sure bet. It is betrayal on so many levels: deceit, abandonment, rejection, humiliation – all the things love promised to...
Oct 6, 2019
Hilary Clinton was speaking to ABC’s Good Morning America this week to promote a book she wrote with her daughter Chelsea The Book of Gutsy Women. When asked “what was the gutsiest thing Hilary had ever done” she replied “politically running for President and...
Jan 18, 2016
I have noticed during my work as a couple counsellor that the loss of the early interest, acknowledgement and admiration of each other is often cited when a couple’s presenting problem is an affair. When lack of desire is the presenting problem, loss of interest,...
Nov 19, 2015
Many couples believe that an affair means that their relationship is over and beyond repair. They are certain that they will never be able to trust their partner again and they believe that the relationship can’t possibly be viable after their partner cheats. They...
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