ABSTRACT
The new edition of this highly-regarded book includes comprehensive discussion of the nature of an affair and the five types of affairs and their underlying dynamics. The author addresses issues regarding revealing the affair, management of the consequences, rebuilding, and treating an unmarried third party, as well as the host of complex issues regarding children and custody arrangements. New material for the second edition includes cybersex and the effects of new technology on fidelity in marriage; the effects of managed care on treatment; marriage to the third party; and a new chapter on affairs and violence.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |49 pages
Patterns of Infidelity
chapter |15 pages
An Affair is a Family Issue
chapter |21 pages
Types of Affairs and their Messages
part |262 pages
Critical Issues in Treatment
chapter |8 pages
Disclosing the Affair
chapter |24 pages
Rebuilding for Conflict and Intimacy Avoiders
chapter |24 pages
Rebuilding for the Addictive Family
chapter |26 pages
Rebuilding and the Split Self Affair
chapter |19 pages
When the Marriage Ends with an Affair
chapter |22 pages
The Unmarried Third Party
chapter |21 pages
The Use of Group Treatment
chapter |17 pages
Trust, Forgiveness, and Closure
chapter |16 pages
Affairs and Violence
part |28 pages
Legacies: Our Client'S and our Own