Surviving Infidelity: Making Amends, Restoring Trust, Finding Forgiveness, and Living Together Happily for the Rest of Your Lives : A Couple's Journey using The 7-Step Recovery Map
After the initial explosive shock of infidelity, when emotions are less volatile, some of you may want to make things right.
Infidelity need not spell the end of your relationship.
When your spouse or partner engages in lovemaking with another person, the emotional repercussions are harsh and often destroy all that once was and might have been. Many relationships don’t survive, leaving one or both partners with deep emotional wounds.
In my role as a marriage and family therapist with more than 25 years experience, I have discovered that infidelity can be the wake-up call that actually leads to a better, more loving, more fulfilling relationship.
The good news is that many couples with whom I’ve worked have successfully repaired and renewed their relationships, and you can too.
In my many years of working with couples trying to survive infidelity, I’ve developed a 7-Step Recovery Map that offers both partners an excellent chance of recovering from infidelity.
The 7-Step Recovery Map:
Step One: Cease All Contact with the Romantic Outside Person
Step Two: Prove That the Affair Has Ended
Step Three: The Partner Who Strayed Must Feel Genuine Remorse
Step Four: The Partner Who Strayed Must Accept 100% Responsibility for the Affair
Step Five: The Couple Must Have Candid Conversations
Step Six: Couples Must Aim to Resume a ‘Normal’ Relationship
Step Seven: Couples Must Address Their Historic Relationship Issues
The partner who strayed may very well beg his wife for forgiveness, pledging to end the affair and never again stray. That is a good start to the ordeal of surviving infidelity.
However, saying “I’m sorry” is not enough. Positive steps must be taken to repair the damage caused by the affair.
The 7-Steps Recovery Map is the exact relationship tool needed to fix your broken marriage or committed relationship.
Reading my book, Surviving Infidelity: Making Amends, Restoring Trust, Finding Forgiveness, and Living Together Happily for the Rest of Your Lives includes the practical steps you need to survive infidelity.
When you complete all 7-Steps, you will be rewarded with the realistic prospect of spending many good years ahead together. The partner who strayed will have made amends for his or her mistakes, and the partner who was betrayed will find it in his or her heart to extend genuine forgiveness.