Optimal Strategies in Couple Therapy: Treating Couples Dealing with the Trauma of Infidelity Academic Article

abstract

• Infidelity is one of the most difficult problems to address in couple therapy, most likely because it involves a traumatic relationship event that alters the ways in which couples process information about each other and established behavioral patterns. This article presents a three-stage treatment designed to address the cognitive, behavioral, and emotional sequelae of affairs that integrates cognitive-behavioral and insight-oriented strategies with the literatures on traumatic response and forgiveness. Critical and unique features of this treatment are discussed and a case study is presented to illustrate the treatment methods. 2008 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.

authors

• Snyder, Douglas

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOTHERAPY

altmetric score

• 3

author list (cited authors)

• Gordon, K., Baucom, D., & Snyder, D.

citation count

• 25

complete list of authors

• Gordon, Kristina||Baucom, Donald||Snyder, Douglas

publication date

• September 2008

publisher

• Springer Nature  Publisher

keywords

• Affairs
• Extramarital Relationships
• Infidelity
• Relationship Trauma
• Therapy
• Treatment

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1007/s10879-008-9085-1

start page

• 151

end page

• 160

volume

• 38

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10879-008-9085-1