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Helping Couples Get Past the Affair
A Clinician's Guide
A Clinician's Guide
Donald H. Baucom, Douglas K. Snyder, and Kristina Coop Gordon
I. Preparing For Treatment
1. Conceptualizing an Integrative Treatment for Affair Couples
2. Initial Assessment and Formulation
3. Creating a Therapeutic Environment
II. Stage 1 of Treatment
4. Damage Control
5. Restoring Equilibrium
6. Addressing Emotional Upheaval
III. Stage 2 of Treatment
7. Preparing the Couple to Examine Contributing Factors
8. Examining Relationship Factors
9. Examining Outside Factors
10. Examining Individual Partner Factors
11. Complex Affairs
12. Tying It All Together: Creating a Formulation of How the Affair Occurred
IV. Stage 3 of Treatment
13. Addressing Issues of Forgiveness and Barriers to Moving Forward
14. Moving Forward
15. Concluding Comments
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