An Interactional Approach to Marital Infidelity: Including the Other Woman in Therapy

Author(s)

Shelley K. Green, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Monte Bobele, Our Lady of the Lake University - San AntonioFollow

ResearcherID

M-4708-2019

Publication Title

Journal of Strategic and Systemic Therapies

ISSN

1935-1577

Publication Date

12-1988

Abstract

This paper describes the treatment of a couple who presented for therapy complaining of difficulties arising from an affair that the husband was having. The couple had been unable to resolve the difficulty partly because they believed that the trio had been close in previous lifetimes and that their current situation was spiritually ordained. The paper presents a strategy for treatment that relies upon extending an invitation to the “other woman” to attend the therapy session. The factors contributing to the successful outcome of this case are discussed as well as cautions for therapists who might wish to employ the methods discussed.

DOI

10.1521/jsst.1988.7.4.35

Volume

7

Issue

4

First Page

35

Last Page

47

NSUWorks Citation

Green, S. K., & Bobele, M. (1988). An Interactional Approach to Marital Infidelity: Including the Other Woman in Therapy. Journal of Strategic and Systemic Therapies, 7 (4), 35-47. https://doi.org/10.1521/jsst.1988.7.4.35