They each had a Ph.D, had been married for three years, and obviously trusted and loved each other. And neither one knew a vagina from, well, a hole in the ground.
Their parents were pressuring them to have children as soon as possible, but it “just wasn’t happening,” so they figured they’d have to go through artificial fertility treatments.
Su’s gynecologist suggested they see me before they did, “just in case” I could say something helpful.
Every single week for the last 42 years I have spoken with one or more clients who have cheated or been cheated on.
Survey data regarding cheating keeps changing as social definitions of cheating evolve. And the invention of cars, telephones, and the internet—not to mention mixed-gender schools and workplaces—have multiplied people’s opportunities for a broader range of physical and emotional relationships.
I do believe I’ve heard every possible reason for infidelity, and…
The Ohio legislature is about to join 16 other states in declaring pornography a public health hazard.
What these legislators really mean is that “we don’t like pornography.”
I presented a training webinar to therapists last Friday. The title was Infidelity: After An Affair, Who Owns the Relationship?
I offered some ideas that are contrary to much conventional wisdom in the therapy field, involving power dynamics, assumptions about monogamy, and if/when to trust someone after they have cheated.