Working with affairs in couples therapy can feel like stepping into a storm. The betrayal, grief, rage, confusion, and the silence that often follows, can leave even experienced therapists feeling unsure about how to move forward.

This two-hour CPD webinar is here to support you with grounded, applicable skills to help you hold both partners safely and ethically in the aftermath of an affair. You’ll leave with practical tools, clinical clarity, and a more confident understanding of how to sit with what affairs stir in the room, and in you.

Led by Karen Murphy, this training explores the real-world complexities of working with affairs in couples therapy:

• How affairs show up in the therapy room: from rupture and crisis to distance and shutdow
• Core dynamics and presentations that follow the discovery of an affair
• Supporting both partners without collusion, blame, or over-identification
• Understanding affairs as a developmental stuck point in the relationship
• Supporting both partners ethically, without taking sides
• How to structure sessions around clarity, containment, and movement
• Using both differentiation-based and systemic approaches, helping you support couples in moving beyond entrenched patterns
• Practical skills and strategies you can implement right away in your work

By the end, you’ll feel more equipped to face affairs in couples therapy with steadiness, clarity, and clinical confidence.