CC09 Workshop 08 - After the Affair: Trauma and Reconnection - Janis Abrahms Spring, PhD
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- Topic Areas:
- Workshops | Affairs | Couples Therapy | Trauma | Healing
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2009
- Faculty:
- Janis Abrahms Spring, PhD, ABPP
- Duration:
- 1:39:23
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- May 02, 2009
- License:
- Never Expires.
Description
Description: This workshop breaks down what actually happens to a couple in the aftermath of an affair, giving therapists a detailed map of the hurt partner’s shock, hyperarousal, numbness and cascade of psychological losses. It contrasts these reactions with the unfaithful partner’s relief, confusion and impatience, then shows how to help both partners speak honestly, manage secrets, and make grounded decisions about staying together. Participants also learn how trust is slowly rebuilt through steady presence, transparent repair and the unfaithful partner’s willingness to initiate conversations about the injury.
Syllabus Description: This workshop will give you a language to help hurt parties normalize the profound sense of psychological loss they experience after an affair. It also will spell our exactly what unfaithful partners can do to earn forgiveness and what hurt partners can do to help foster forgiveness.
Educational Objectives:
- To describe how hurt and unfaithful partners react differently to an affair.
- To describe how these differences can be used to promote healing.
*Sessions may be edited for content and to preserve confidentiality*
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Faculty
Janis Abrahms Spring, PhD, ABPP Related Seminars and Products
Janis Abrahms Spring, Ph.D., ABPP, is a board certified clinical psychologist and nationally acclaimed expert on issues of trust, intimacy, and forgiveness. Her first book, After the Affair: Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When a Partner Has Been Unfaithful, has sold more than a half million copies and was a Books for a Better Life Award finalist in the categories of Best First Book and Best Relationship Book. The completely updated second edition (2012) includes a new chapter on affairs in cyberspace. How Can I Forgive You? The Courage to Forgive, the Freedom Not To, was a Books for a Better Life Award finalist in the category of Best Psychology Book. Life with Pop: Lessons on Caring for an Aging Parent, a Living Well Award Silver Medalist, captures the extraordinary, ordinary personal challenges and moments of grace that come with caregiving and growing old.