Infidelity recovery / INF-A18-1
Rebuilding or Separating with Care — Concept brief
Understand the idea behind rebuilding or separating with care and consider whether it fits your context.
8 minutes · Handout · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Lee is exploring whether to continue the relationship and wants practical clarity.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. Planning can support either repair or separation without privileging an outcome.
The idea
Planning can support either repair or separation without privileging an outcome.
An ordinary example
Lee is exploring whether to continue the relationship and wants practical clarity.
What this can look like
Map practical needs, personal priorities, and appropriate professional consultation for the path currently being considered.
Check the fit
What would support agency whichever path you choose? 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 would support agency whichever path you choose?
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.