Infidelity Counseling
Professional Help to Save Your Marriage
Infidelity is potentially one of the most devastating acts to harm your marriage. Many believe or tell themselves that infidelity is only limited to physical acts, but, in reality, emotional infidelity can be just as harmful to your partner and to your marriage. It is possible to salvage your marriage, but it takes a lot of work from both parties to identify the problems that led you here.
Begin Your Journey Counseling is ready to work with struggling marriages that have been upended by infidelity. Our goal is not to condemn or judge any individual with personal bias, but to accurately identify the mistakes and problems that are associated with and led to the act, so that you might be able to overcome problems and keep your marriage intact.
1. Allow your partner to express their emotions, so that you can understand the significance.
2. Work to identify what issues the person who was unfaithful is experiencing.
3. Address these problems head-on and decide together if you want to save your marriage.
4. Learn how to properly navigate day-to-day life, while giving your partner a chance to heal.
The First Steps in Rebuilding a Foundation
Unfaithful acts effectively destroy marriages at their very foundation. The result leads to nothing but anxiety, stress, arguing, blaming, and so on. This is why partners must be willing to be open to finding a new way to start rebuilding.
The process can be long and difficult requiring a hefty amount of patience from both parties. Both partners need to be able to frame their perspective in a compassionate way to understand all the problems involved and the grievances. This is not saying that the betrayed party should be blamed for pushing someone to infidelity, but we also cannot ignore problematics factors in the marriage.
Those who act on infidelity typically do so because they express that their needs are not being met in some way. If we can identify these needs, how to approach them, and how to communicate those problems, so that your partnership is strong enough to overcome before it leads to harmful acts. This is the new basis for the foundation that was lacking, and can give your relationship a fighting chance to start anew.
Striving to Regain Intimacy
If you're able to reduce stress and pain, taking steps to build a new foundation, you need to remind yourself that intimacy is something you need to actively work toward.
This is especially true among couples who have been together for years, have gone through many problems, and maybe are even devoting their emotions and attention to raising children.
Give Your Marriage Attention and Effort
The problem is that your marriage will not magically get the attention it needs just because you stated your vows at one time. It's an active practice that requires your commitment.
It is possible to overcome a challenge like infidelity, and Begin Your Journey Counseling wants to help you through it. Give us a call today if you and your partner are ready and willing to take steps forward.
