Helping Couples Get Past the Affair: A Clinician's Guide

By Donald H. Baucom, Douglas K. Snyder, Kristina Coop Gordon, et al.

Book Overview

Now in a thoroughly revised second edition reflecting new clinical insights and key societal changes, this book presents a three-stage therapy approach for helping couples recover from infidelity. Clinicians learn empirically grounded strategies to guide both partners to process what happened and why, consider what needs to change in their relationship, and move on emotionally, whether or not they reconcile. The authors are leading couple therapists who share vivid clinical examples and skillfully designed exercises for use in and between sessions. Twenty-four reproducible client handouts and other tools can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.

New to This Edition

Increased attention to different relationship types, orientations, and cultural diversity.Heightened focus on helping couples identify and honor their own relationship boundaries. Chapter on adapting treatment for various contexts, such as when only one partner seeks therapy or when one or both partners have complicating mental health concerns.Includes 24 reproducible/downloadable tools.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1462564801
• ISBN13: 9781462564804
• Release Date: December 2026
• Publisher: Guilford Publications
• Length: 360 Pages