Recently, I was asked a fascinating question… Has anyone stayed friends with their affair partner?

Wow! That could be anywhere from a somewhat harmless to a profoundly self-absorbed line of inquiry. Here’s why,,,

How are affairs discovered? I’ve always been fascinated by learning about that moment.

Couples sometimes call it D-Day. They usually mean Discovery Day…, and they rarely mean Disclosure Day.

Research and studies on infidelity have found that affairs are often discovered through a combination of behavioral cues, technological clues, and gut feelings.

It’s well known how women having affairs with unattainable men flock into individual therapy, often lamenting getting dumped.

Research on the re-ignition of affairs suggests that while some affair partners do reconcile and rekindle their relationship… the likelihood of this happening is relatively low.

There are challenging implications for marrying your affair partner.

While your mileage may vary… 5 common themes play out in this challenging situation…

As a Marriage and family therapist, I often need to grasp why my client, in conducting an affair, sought out less satisfying relationships.

This is commonly known as downgrading, cheating down, affairing down, or, most cruelly, slumming…

Here are 5 reasons why it happens…

This one behavior triples the likelihood you’re being cheated on…

But don’t get your knickers in a twist… you probably got this already…

Because infidelity is so widespread in American culture, it is studied extremely carefully.

Here are 3 personality traits tightly correlated with infidelity…

Researchers suggest that one attachment style, more than others, presents a greater risk for infidelity.

Is this way of looking at infidelity a good idea?

My clients have taught me many things.

Perhaps the most important is that forgiveness is more truly heart-felt, genuine, and enduring when it is earned instead of merely bestowed.

Forgiveness is a shared project. Here are 3 steps toward authentic forgiveness.

Evolutionary Psychology studies never fail to annoy.

It seems that men with lower voices, and women with higher voices engage in more infidelity?

A better question is why are these vocal registers so attractive?

For the first time, research correlates professional misconduct with a greater incidents of infidelity.

What is this research telling us about men behaving badly?

New research from Israel explains how a specific emotion increased resilience in the face of sudden sexual temptation…