CONTENTS

Dedication

Introduction

STAGE ONE

Reacting to the Affair: “Is What I’m Feeling Normal?”

  1 The Hurt Partner’s Response: Buried in an Avalanche of Losses

  2 The Unfaithful Partner’s Response: Lost in a Labyrinth of Choices

STAGE TWO

Reviewing Your Options: “Should I Stay or Leave?”

  3 Exploring Your Ideas About Love

  4 Confronting Your Doubts and Fears

STAGE THREE

Recovering from the Affair: “How Do We Rebuild Our Life Together?”

  5 Learning from the Affair

  6 Restoring Trust

  7 How to Talk About What Happened

  8 Sex Again

  9 Learning to Forgive

10 Sex, Secrets, and Affairs in Cyberspace: Living with the “New” Infidelity

Epilogue—Revealing the Secret: Truth and Consequences

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Praise

Also by Janis Abrahms Spring, Ph.D., with Michael Spring

Credits

Copyright

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