Betrayal and Infidelity Couples Therapy
When Trust is Broken, what’s next?
Discovering a betrayal - whether it’s emotional infidelity, physical affairs, financial dishonesty, or hidden online activity - can shake the very foundation of a relationship. Feelings of shock, grief, anger, shame, and confusion are common for both partners. Many couples wonder if their relationship can survive, or if healing is even possible.
Betrayal and infidelity couples therapy offers a structured, compassionate space where both partners can process the pain, attempt to rebuild trust, and decide on the future of their relationship.
Why Seek Therapy After Infidelity?
Working through betrayal is one of the hardest challenges a couple can face. Attempting to do it alone often leads to repeated arguments, silence, or withdrawal. With the guidance of a trained PBA couples therapist, you and your partner can:
Begin to process emotions safely and constructively
Understand the underlying issues that led to betrayal
Rebuild trust and repair emotional wounds
Improve communication and reduce destructive conflict
Reconnect emotionally and physically
Decide, with clarity, the path forward for your relationship
Approaches Used in Infidelity Recovery
Therapists often draw from evidence-based models that provide both structure and flexibility for couples in crisis:
Psychodynamic and Relational Therapy: Explores deeper patterns, attachment wounds, and relational histories that contribute to infidelity.
Trauma-Informed Therapy: Recognizes that betrayal often feels like trauma and uses approaches that avoid re-traumatization while fostering healing.
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT): Helps partners move from blame and defensiveness toward emotional connection and safety.
Gottman Method Couples Therapy: Focuses on rebuilding trust, improving communication, and developing strategies to prevent future betrayal.
What to Expect in Betrayal and Infidelity Therapy
Healing after betrayal is a gradual process. Therapy typically unfolds in three phases:
Stabilization – Creating safety, setting boundaries, and ensuring both partners have space to process emotions without escalating conflict.
Exploration – Understanding the circumstances and unmet needs that may have contributed to the betrayal, while holding accountability and honesty at the center.
Rebuilding or Resolution – For couples choosing to stay together, this stage focuses on forgiveness, rebuilding intimacy, and learning new relational skills. For couples who decide to separate, therapy supports a respectful, healthy transition.
The Impact of Betrayal on Both Partners
Infidelity does not only affect the partner who was betrayed. The partner who engaged in the betrayal often experiences guilt, shame, fear of loss, and difficulty expressing remorse. Therapy helps both partners find language for their pain, take responsibility, and create pathways to rebuild or redefine the relationship.
Inclusive Care for All Couples
Betrayal can occur in any type of relationship — heterosexual, LGBTQIA+, interracial, interfaith, or blended families. Infidelity therapy honors your unique story and provides a nonjudgmental, affirming space for healing and growth.
Begin Rebuilding Emotional Intimacy
When emotional connection feels distant, it doesn’t mean love is lost. It means healing is needed. Attachment and emotional intimacy therapy can help you and your partner move from disconnection to closeness, from fear to trust, and from loneliness to true partnership.
Schedule a consultation today and take the first step toward rebuilding your bond.
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