Infidelity recovery / INF-A20-2
A Longer-Term Recovery Map — Practice worksheet
Create a flexible map of personal care, relational work if chosen, practical tasks, and review points without setting a forgiveness deadline.
15 minutes · Worksheet · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Lee wants a plan that leaves the relationship outcome open.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. Recovery may involve ongoing meaning-making, boundaries, and support.
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
Create a flexible map of personal care, relational work if chosen, practical tasks, and review points without setting a forgiveness deadline.
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 should remain open rather than decided for the sake of completing the plan? 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 should remain open rather than decided for the sake of completing the plan?
- 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.