A Trauma-Based Physiological Approach: Helping Betrayed Partners Heal from Marital Infidelity

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-9-2016

Description

This article will address how a physiological understanding of trauma can be applied to working with couples in which an affair has initiated trauma symptoms. A brief introduction related to trauma symptomology, as well as its impact on the body, will be included. A case example will demonstrate how a counselor worked with a betrayed partner struggling with ongoing trauma symptoms. Finally, a brief discussion on why this process is particularly fitting for Adlerian clinicians will be presented.

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