Infidelity recovery / INF-A20-5
A Longer-Term Recovery Map — Review journal
Review an attempt at a longer-term recovery map and choose what to keep, change, or leave aside.
10 minutes · Journal prompts · 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.
Before looking back
Choose one ordinary attempt or decide to review the fictional example instead. This journal has no scores, required disclosure, or expectation of progress.
Revisit the practice
Create a flexible map of personal care, relational work if chosen, practical tasks, and review points without setting a forgiveness deadline.
Notice context and impact
Record what actually happened, including an unhelpful or neutral outcome. Note resources, power differences, accessibility, and changed conditions rather than attributing everything to personal effort.
Choose a revision
What should remain open rather than decided for the sake of completing the plan? Keep the approach, change one part, ask for support, or set it aside. A mismatch is useful information.
Prompts for this resource
- What I tried, or what happened in the fictional example:
- What I noticed before, during, and after; what remains uncertain:
- What helped, did not help, or was outside my control:
- What should remain open rather than decided for the sake of completing the plan? My optional adjustment or support request:
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.