--- title: "Infidelity & Affair Recovery · Couples Therapy in Maryland" url: https://cghealththerapy.com/infidelity-and-affair-recovery description: "Couples therapy after infidelity across Maryland, by secure video, using the Gottman method with Hélène Ndoye Diop, LCPC." lang: en --- Image: A wooden chair by a window in a quiet study lined with bookshelves (https://cghealththerapy.com/assets/hero-about-1beYxTZD.jpg) Affair recovery · couples # After a betrayal, before you decide what happens _next._ Couples therapy after infidelity, across Maryland by secure video. Sessions of 75 minutes. Book an appointment: https://cghealththerapy.com/contact In the period straight after a disclosure, most couples are trying to have three conversations at once: what happened, why it happened, and whether the relationship continues. Attempted together, they tend to produce the same argument on a loop. The work separates them and takes them in order. That alone lowers the temperature enough for anything else to be possible. ## The order the work takes First, stabilizing: agreeing what is disclosed now, what is not, and how the two of you will get through the week without further damage. Detail released at the wrong moment injures without informing. Then the meaning of the affair, which is not the same as excusing it. Then, and only then, whether and how the relationship is rebuilt. Image: A woodland path curving into morning light (https://cghealththerapy.com/__l5e/assets-v1/971b41c8-ec16-432a-a08b-3440f77cf863/nature-path.webp) ## The clinical basis The approach draws on the Gottman method (https://cghealththerapy.com/gottman-method)'s structured sequence for recovery after betrayal: atonement, attunement, and eventually attachment, in that sequence rather than in parallel. Schema therapy (https://cghealththerapy.com/schema-therapy) is used alongside it, because what each partner does in the aftermath usually has roots well before this relationship. A few markers before you get in touch. Image: A single oak in soft golden morning light (https://cghealththerapy.com/__l5e/assets-v1/3348e537-1d51-4564-8440-58301fd5df83/nature-oak.webp) ## Both outcomes are legitimate The work is not organized around keeping the relationship together at all costs. Some couples rebuild (https://cghealththerapy.com/couples-therapy), and some conclude clearly that they will not (https://cghealththerapy.com/separation-and-divorce-support). A decision reached with understanding is a better outcome than a reconciliation reached through exhaustion. Whichever direction it goes, the aim is that it is chosen rather than defaulted into. ## The practical frame Couples sessions are 75 minutes at $280, by secure video, with both partners physically in Maryland at the time. Canceling inside 24 hours is billed at $130. Inquiries are answered within 24 to 48 hours. Sessions are available in English or French. Image: Warm sunlight across a reed bed at the water's edge (https://cghealththerapy.com/__l5e/assets-v1/7e89d700-5d67-4611-85d3-2d1e4638e594/nature-reeds.webp) Is this a fit? ## Is this the right fit? A few markers before you get in touch. You'll likely get the most from this work if you are: - Couples in Maryland after a disclosure or discovery - Partners who want to decide deliberately rather than react - Couples willing to attend together The work asks for: - Both partners present at sessions - A pause on major irreversible decisions during the early work - Honesty about the week, including the difficult parts Related pages ## Keep reading - ### Couples therapy Read more https://cghealththerapy.com/couples-therapy - ### Gottman method Read more https://cghealththerapy.com/gottman-method - ### Separation and divorce support Read more https://cghealththerapy.com/separation-and-divorce-support Ready when you are ## Become the _author_ of your own life. Telehealth psychotherapy across Maryland, in English or French. Individual and couples appointments; request one and a confirmation comes back within 24 to 48 hours. 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