Transcending Post-Infidelity Stress Disorder
The Six Stages of Healing

There are some great insights in this book but you have to trawl to find them. Firstly, it is good to have the experience of being betrayed up-front and in constant focus. That some individuals are traumatised by their partner's betrayal is fully explored and is in fact the background to the title o......more

I hope you never have to read this book, but if you find yourself here, know you are not alone. I read this slowly. My therapist suggested I not read ahead but just read one chapter every two weeks, and we would discuss the chapter in our sessions. I’m glad I took this approach. While the reader in......more

I thought this would be a scientific based book by a therapist. Instead it was a book by an ex catholic priest who also does Christian based therapy. The author did not market his book correctly at all. The title or cover should include that this book is based in Christianity so it reaches the corre......more

The second half of this book is where there is some good and helpful advice, however I would never recommend this to one of my clients (I’m an LPC) be they Christian or otherwise. The first section seems more of a detriment than anything, especially the section on “men and women” and “vulnerable to......more

Good but very heavy on childhood There were definitely some gems and aha moments in this book. Some situations seemed very simplistic and related back to childhood mistreatment of some type. I’m not sure every case if infidelity stems from childhood neglect but I do understand the pattern of emotion......more