Not exact matches
The EA in her mind is no longer his
emotional affair, but he looks to her as he did
before to be there for him, however, she is now in competition to be his wife and has invested her time in him, making her attached.
Emotional affairs can hit us
before we even realize what is happening.
The couple is more likely to end the relationship
before therapy is over is the
affair was ongoing during therapy, if the
affair was a combined type, or if the
affair was an
emotional one for a male partner.
Couples need help to rebuild trust, change problems that existed
before the
affair, and also to withstand the
emotional roller coaster that often comes despite their best intentions.
The more people can take responsibility for their part in the problem, the more likely couples will create a deeper
emotional intimacy than they experienced
before the
affair.