Counseling Help for Infidelity
Infidelity is one of the most difficult issues for a couple to deal with head on and then overcome in a healthy way. Affairs are damaging to a couple on just about every level. Emotional dependence, long term trust issues and insecurity and resentment can become overwhelming even long after a couple decide that they still want to remain together and are willing to work for it.
Couples counselors often see couples after they have already been trying to overcome the consequences of infidelity by themselves without outside assistance.
Physical and Emotional Infidelity
Physical and Emotional infidelity are very different but just as damaging to a couple. The traditional image of infidelity has been forced to redefine itself over the past 15 years with the dramatic increase in emotional infidelity stemming from those finding online connections. Affairs that are carried out over the internet may be pushed off as “not real” because they aren’t physical, but the emotional connection is the same and the emotional damage is very real, indeed.
Attachment in Infidelity
There is real attachment during an emotional affair. This type of attachment happens when one spouse has developed and nurtures a close friendship with another person whom they feel attracted to, but by keeping the relationship non-physical, still feels as though it is within their bounds to pursue.
Eventually that dual commitment will shatter and hurt everyone involved.
If you and your partner are trying to overcome physical or emotional infidelity in your marriage, seek out couples counseling immediately.
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