Infidelity recovery / INF-A03-2
Safety before Joint Work — Practice worksheet
Privately identify questions about safety and control to discuss with a clinician before any joint disclosure or vulnerability exercise.
15 minutes · Worksheet · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: A fictional person fears punishment for asking questions about a relationship breach.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. Joint repair depends on freedom from coercion, violence, and retaliation.
1. Choose a workable example
Use the fictional example below or an ordinary situation of your choosing. Keep identifying details out of shared copies.
2. Try the practice
Privately identify questions about safety and control to discuss with a clinician before any joint disclosure or vulnerability exercise.
3. Compare possibilities
Generate at least two interpretations or options. Mark what you know, what you are guessing, and what remains outside your control.
4. Decide together
What assessment or individual support must come first? Choose one small action, a support request, or no action. Review the fit with your clinician when relevant.
Prompts for this resource
- My chosen or fictional situation, and what I know about it:
- My response to the practice task above:
- What assessment or individual support must come first?
- An optional next step, support, adaptation, or reason to stop:
Conceptual background
Integrative Model of Affair Recovery — American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
Background on the approach only. Original exercises and wording are by More Than Therapy with AI assistance; the source does not validate or endorse these materials.