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The type of extramarital relationship.The personality make up of the offending spouse.The spouses’ perceptions of the marriage and the assumptions each spouse has about his/her partner’s commitment to remaining married.Circumstances and complaints during the marriage such as alcoholism or hypoactive sexual desire” (Bagarozzi, 2008, page 1-2).
Create a safe, trusting environment for the clients to examine and explore their relationship,Provide a structured environment for the clients to feel equally validated and guided in the process of therapy,Examine the emotional, behavioral, and cognitive reactions to the trauma of infidelity,Explore past and present patterns of the relationship,Explore past and present expectations and meanings of the relationship, (f) Provide a structured process of self-disclosure to allow for understanding and a means of rebuilding attachment and trust,Examine new patterns, meanings, and expectations of the relationship on a structural, behavioral, emotional, and cognitive level in order to maintain trust, andExplore the process of forgiveness and mutual healing.
The hypersexual partner needs to develop the ability to regulate and process his own feelings and respond to his partner’s emotional needs.Core maladaptive beliefs about self and partner need to be transformed to healthy adaptive beliefs.A road map for restoring trust needs to be established.The injured partner needs to feel that her partner understands the impact of his choices to engage in hypersexual behavior.The couple needs to have some experiential evidence that they will not regret their decision to recommit to the relationship.Forgiveness for unhealthy choices needs to occur.Both partners need to reorganize their feelings and beliefs about their sexual relationship.New patterns and rituals for accessing, connecting, and responding to each partner’s emotional and physical needs must be established.