If there has been an affair in your marriage, marriage counseling can help understand and heal difficult emotions of anger, rage, confusion, guilt, disappointment, betrayal, and loss. Directed discussion can help you both understand why the affair happened, figure out if the marriage can be saved, and begin the healing process and the rebuilding of the marriage.
Trust and boundaries are important parts of a healthy marriage. When infidelity occurs, it violates the boundaries and breaks down trust. Trust can be rebuilt but it takes time and effort. It may seem that the marriage cannot be saved, but through hard work, understanding, compassion, open and honest communication and commitment, it can happen.
Blaming, shaming, raging and punishing are common ways of dealing with the aftermath of an affair. But these reactions do continued damage to the relationship and do not bring relief. Marriage counseling can give you the tools to heal from the affair, get relief from pain, gain understanding and begin to rebuild the relationship without doing further damage.
Individual, Couples and Family Counseling
123 Center Park Drive, Suite 228
Knoxville, TN 37922
(865) 283-1777
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