Infidelity recovery / INF-A05-1
Questions with a Clinical Container — Concept brief
Understand the idea behind questions with a clinical container and consider whether it fits your context.
8 minutes · Handout · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Lee wants clarity about ongoing contact but does not want explicit imagery.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. Questions can be paced to reduce avoidable harm and preserve informed choice.
The idea
Questions can be paced to reduce avoidable harm and preserve informed choice.
An ordinary example
Lee wants clarity about ongoing contact but does not want explicit imagery.
What this can look like
With a qualified clinician, sort questions into practical information, relationship meaning, and potentially distressing detail; no graphic disclosure is required.
Check the fit
What information supports decisions, and what might add distress without helping? You may disagree with the framing, use fiction, or decide that this approach is not useful today.
A useful distinction
Understanding relationship context does not transfer responsibility for deception to the hurt partner or require a particular relationship outcome.
Prompts for this resource
- What part of this idea makes sense to me?
- What information supports decisions, and what might add distress without helping?
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.