Infidelity recovery / INF-A15-1
Sexual Health Conversation Prep — Concept brief
Understand the idea behind sexual health conversation prep and consider whether it fits your context.
8 minutes · Handout · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Lee wants an independent medical conversation before resuming sexual contact.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. Sexual health decisions require informed consent and qualified medical advice.
The idea
Sexual health decisions require informed consent and qualified medical advice.
An ordinary example
Lee wants an independent medical conversation before resuming sexual contact.
What this can look like
Prepare questions for a healthcare professional about testing, protection, symptoms, and timing without offering testing or treatment instructions.
Check the fit
What information would support a freely chosen decision? 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 would support a freely chosen decision?
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.