Can an Affair Really Save a Marriage? ; No One Can Condone Infidelity. Yet a Controversial New Book by a Relationship Expert Poses This Provocative Question ...
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MIRA KIRSHENBAUM has worked in psychotherapy for 30 years and counselled hundreds of couples. In her controversial and provocative new book When Good People Have Affairs -- with which many will disagree -- she argues that while infidelity is wrong, affairs don't have to be disastrous: it's how we handle them that matters. And one of the worst things we can do is feel guilty. Here, Mira argues her case . . ..
AFFAIRS, while they can be hurtful and destructive, can also save marriages. What makes affairs dangerous is guilt, because guilt stops people thinking clearly and often leads to them making disastrous decisions which destroy relationships.See the full content of this document
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Can an Affair Really Save a Marriage? ; No One Can Condone Infidelity. Yet a Controversial New Book by a Relationship Expert Poses This Provocative Question ...
I know it flies in the face of conventional wisdom, but having worked in psychotherapy for 30 years and counselled hundreds of men and women, I am convinced of this.
I also believe that a lot of people who have affairs aren't bad; they have simply made a mistake and got themselves into a complicated, messy, dangerous situation.It's because they're good people that they lie awake at night feeling guilty and scared, agonising about how to avoid hurting the people they care about.Infidelity can be an...See the full content of this document
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