After the Affair: Rebuilding Relationships After Infidelity (110 mins)

Aimed at therapists, this talk explores the many aspects that affecting couples after an affair, & what it means for therapists supporting one or both parties. This was prepared for College of Sex & Relationship Therapists.

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2. Part 1: Introduction; prevalence of affairs; entering dangerous territory; what does monogamy mean?; is extra-marital sex a problem?; possible negative effects of an affair; consequences of having an affair.
3. Part two: The therapist’s job; shame with William Ayot.
4. Part three: The Pesso Boyden System of Psychotherapy; the therapist’s job continued; the three phases of a relationship; mastering the anxiety.
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5. Part four: Kinds of affairs.
6. Part five: Conversation with Lottie Passell Syms & Nicola Jones; what do couple therapists need to know in relation to dealing with affairs?; therapist holding the hope; impact on children (adult/younger); confidentiality & secrecy with the therapist.
7. Part six: Triggers for having an affair.
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8. Part seven: Emotional fusion and its impact on affairs; raising the couple’s differentiation; monogamy as a contract with oneself.
9. Part eight: Lies; should you reveal an affair?; why keep it secret?; finding out information; jealousy and trust; the perceived threat; after the affair.
10. Part nine: Re-checking your expectations; rebuilding the relationship; pair bonding behaviours; reminiscence sessions; saying sorry; Landscapes of the Heart.
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About this workshop

£35.00
112 mins
Downloadable audio
CPD certificate

Speaker

Juliet Grayson is an experienced couples therapist, trainer, facilitator, and coach. Her work has been distilled out of a twenty-five year exploration of the ways in which people limit themselves, both personally and professionally.
Having specialised in working with relationship and sexual issues since 1994, she decided to write a book :Landscapes of the Heart: the working world of a sex and relationship therapist, published April 2016. She used to write for the Huffington Post, and has done many radio a few TV appeareances.

She designed and, with her team, runs a six module course on How to Work With Couples: for therapists who usually work one to one. She combines her extensive business experience - she ran her own company for fifteen years, and a second company for twenty years - with a profound knowledge of NLP (Neuro-linguistic Programming), PBSP (Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor) and a deep understanding of systemic thinking.
Juliet is known in training circles for her warmth, for the thoroughness of her trainings, and for her ability to maintain a sense of fun whilst challenging those behaviours that call for a change.

She is a fully qualified psychosexual psychotherapist (UKCP Registgered, NLPtCA Acc), and a recognised supervisor (NLPtCA ) and a PBSP trainer. She has a private practice in Chepstow, South Wales.