Editor's Note
Livia Kent
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Table of Contents
The Betrayal After the Betrayal
How Affair Recovery is Hurting Those It's Meant to HelpHas a field that once shamed the betraying partner overcorrected to where it’s now failing the betrayed? Read more
Grief in Affair Recovery
Understanding Loss Through a Systems LensInfidelity doesn’t just wound the betrayed partner—grief ripples through the entire relational system. Sometimes, holding it in unconventional ways... Read more
5 Behaviors that Rebuild Trust After Infidelity
Because Proof You've Changed Can't Regulate a Nervous SystemBetrayed partners don’t need perfect apologies. Their nervous systems need a pattern. Read more
The Future of Affairs
Thirds, Therapists, and AI InfidelityThe landscape of infidelity has shifted dramatically—what will it take for our clinical thinking to catch up? Read more
Treating the Affair Partner
How to Help the Overlooked Third in the Infidelity TriangleIt’s easy to dismiss or villainize the affair partner. But when they bring their unique experience into the room, do you know what to do? Read more
The Surprising Truth about Betrayal-Informed Therapy
Confronting the Misapplication of Therapeutic SymmetryRushing to repair after betrayal isn’t just premature—it can deepen your clients’ pain. Read more
When Affairs Spark Transformation
Exploring Possibility After the Crisis of InfidelityEsther Perel revisits former clients to discover what separates the couples who ended up thriving after an affair from those still living in the wreckage of... Read more
Facing Our Field's History of Infidelity Treatment
What's Cringey? What's Compelling?Four decades of nuggets from our archives trace how our field’s thinking about affairs has evolved—and remind us to hold today’s certainties a little... Read more
Prenup, Meet Therapy
Legal Clarity Doesn't Prevent Emotional FalloutMore and more therapists are helping clients examine the emotional benefits and potential pitfalls of a prenup agreement. Read more
The Couples' Work We Weren't Trained For
Grief, Resilience, and Intimacy in Long-Term LoveA seasoned couples therapist discovers an overlooked stage of love our field may have missed. Read more
Therapy with Marginalized Couples
When Systemic Trauma Disrupts IntimacyTherapists working with marginalized couples often need to look beyond traditional couples therapy approaches. Read more
Extra Feature
"Quiet" Brainspotting
Trusting the Body's Timing in TherapyWhat's really happening in "quiet" Brainspotting sessions? Read more
Departments
Is Moral Injury the Defining Problem of Our Time?
Naming and Treating Trauma’s Most Elusive Dimension
Treating Clients Who Share Your Own Diagnosis
How to Navigate Empathy and Ethical Pitfalls
Passive Suicidality & the Jovial Client
Two Clinicians Respond to Subtle Suicidal Ideation in a First Session
Childhood Emotional Neglect
Treating the Wound That Leaves No Scar
Scott Galloway's Message for Men—Through a Therapist's Lens
What "Notes on Being a Man" Can Offer Your Clients