Infidelity recovery / INF-A13-2
Grief for the Assumed Relationship — Practice worksheet
Name expectations or meanings that changed and identify support without prescribing stages or closure.
15 minutes · Worksheet · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Lee misses the certainty they previously felt.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. Grief can concern lost expectations as well as the relationship's future.
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
Name expectations or meanings that changed and identify support without prescribing stages or closure.
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 loss needs acknowledgment without being rushed toward a lesson? 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 loss needs acknowledgment without being rushed toward a lesson?
- 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.