Healing after infidelity involves restoring safety, rebuilding trust, and understanding the deeper issues that led to the betrayal. While recovery is a challenging, non-linear process, with time, remorse, and commitment from both partners, it is possible to rebuild a stronger relationship. Avoid rushing decisions and allow for emotional healing.
Understanding Affairs: The Gottman Approach
Secrets tend to begin with omission. While in loving relationships, interactions with others that have the potential to hurt our partner are avoided, in unhealthy relationships, connection with others are used to fill an emotional need that isn’t being met in the relationship. As avoidance and hiding behaviour increases with our partner, there is an active turning toward others. At a vulnerable moment boundaries are crossed, and actual betrayal begins. Read More
Overcoming Parenting Challenges Together: How to Stay Connected as a Couple
Learn how to navigate the challenges of parenting as a couple, from handling newborns to managing teen years, to strengthening your relationship.
Understanding Attachment in Romantic Relationships
In Hold Me Tight, Dr. Sue Johnson explores how attachment theory influences romantic relationships. By examining emotional responses and “demon dialogues,” Johnson explains how feelings of vulnerability and disconnection can lead to patterns of behaviour that erode intimacy. Understanding these patterns helps couples rebuild security and emotional connection.