he new edition of this highly-regarded book includes comprehensive discussion of the nature of an affair and the five types of affairs and their underlying dynamics. The author addresses issues regarding revealing the affair, management of the consequences, rebuilding, and treating an unmarried third party, as well as the host of complex issues regarding children and custody arrangements. New material for the second edition includes cybersex and the effects of new technology on fidelity in marriage; the effects of managed care on treatment; marriage to the third party; and a new chapter on affairs and violence. Table of Contents Introduction Section I: Patterns of Infidelity Chapter 1: An Affair is a Family Issue Chapter 2: Types of Affairs and their Messages Section II: Critical Issues in Treatment Chapter 3: Hiding, Telling, or Getting Caught: Issues in Revealing an Affair Chapter 4: Disclosing the Affair Chapter 5: Managing the Crisis Chapter 6: Rebuilding for Conflict and Intimacy Avoiders Chapter 7: Rebuilding for the Addictive Family Chapter 8: Rebuilding and the Split Self Affair Chapter 9: When the Marriage Ends with an Affair Chapter 10: The Unmarried Third Party Chapter 11: The Use of Group Treatment Chapter 12: Trust, Forgiveness, and Closure Chapter 13: Children and Affairs: Issues and Interventions Chapter 14: Affairs and Violence Section III: Legacies: Our Clients' and Our Own Chapter 15: Affairs, Divorce, and Remarriage Chapter 16: Family Therapists, Family Patterns, Family Secrets, and Affairs Appendix Bibliography Resources Author Biography Emily M. Brown, MSW, LCSW, is Director of the Key Bridge Therapy and Mediation Center in Arlington, Virginia. |