LoveBonds

Relationships. Betrayal. Repair.

Micro-Cheating Can Present Macro-Challenges

The term "micro-cheating" implies something insignificant and minimizes its seriousness. I mean, how can a tiny thing be wrong, you might wonder. It’s no big deal, and it...

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Conflict Avoidance Can Be More Detrimental to Intimacy Thax Conflict Engagement

While compromise and adjustment are required in all romantic relationships, chronic conflict avoidance negatively impacts intimacy and connection. Many people believe that a healthy relationship is...

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The Psychopathic Partner: Terri DiMatteo, LPC in Conversation with Steve Becker, LCSW

Love and relationships have their challenges but when the romantic partner is a personality disordered psychopath the challenges are steep.  Not for the faint of heart, this episode presents an...

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Couples that offer reassurances to one another regularly develop a more robust, more secure, and dependable relationship.  Many couples interact with one another in ways that resemble roommates or household co-managers. They often speak with...

Do This to Affair-Proof Your Relationship

The HuffPost article, 'This Science-Backed Trick Could Help Prevent Infidelity In A Relationship' by Brittany Wong, on February 14th, caught my attention. The post begins by asking if there's a way to reduce the temptation of cheating and suggests...

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Unpacking Infidelity: The Love Affair Between Married GMA Anchors T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach

Married Good Morning America co-hosts T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach allegedly had a months-long affair, sending ripples of shockwaves through marriage across the country.  According to People Magazine, the relationship between T.J....

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The Surprising Way Infidelity Makes Sense: An interview by Dini of Vigilantes Radio with Guest Terri DiMatteo, LPC

Infidelity is a relationship trauma that hurts. Affairs require lies and deception to occur. The paid and suffering in the aftermath lingers a lifetime. With all of that, is there anything about infidelity that 'makes sense'? Is there any logic to...

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Why Do People Have Affairs? The Answer May Surprise You

Many notions about why people have affairs suggest an evolutionary predisposition, that partners who stray are immoral individuals without conscience or that society and culture are to blame.  Affair recovery expert Terri DiMatteo, LPC of Open...

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INFIDELITY SPOTLIGHT: WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN AFFAIR PARTNERS GO ‘NO CONTACT’?

Bill and Jayla have just entered marriage therapy after Jayla discovered Bill’s affair with Sarah. During their first session, the therapist tells them that part of the affair recovery requires that Bill immediately enact a strict “no...

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