Your partner cheated for two decades? How could you ever rebuild trust? A psychologist helps a couple through the biggest crisis their marriage will ever face.
Dr. Irwin brings to life in a deeply heartfelt manner, the transformative power of vulnerably risking the sharing of our fears, our pain and our longings for connection with an essential other. Thank you Silvina for sharing such lovely clinical work with all of us.
Sam Jinich Thank you, Sam. I so appreciate your comment - I am glad that the heart of it came through in the story that I shared - you said it so well!
Wow... I listen to this and I'm hopeful for my own marriage. My husband and I have never cheated on each other or anything like that but we do both have deep scars from our past and really messed up families growing up. Stuff that's been stopping us from communicating properly. We're married 7 years but have never communicated well since the start. This makes me hopeful to know that there is a possibility of change and improvement. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you. It's great to hear how therapists view our troubles and develop their insights and how to move forward. Oftentimes therapists are a mystery...mine are to me anyway. I vacillate between they probably know everything about me to there's nothing in here worth knowing so why bother. You share very well.
Thank you very much for your comment, Barbara - and I am so glad that this short story about my work with a couple gave you a window into the process of the therapist and therapy from the therapist's point of view.
