Affairs: Infidelity and Betrayal Trauma in Couples Therapy—Live

Affairs: Infidelity and Betrayal Trauma in Couples Therapy—Live

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2 APA CE credits are available for an additional $30. Participants who select the CE option must attend the full program and complete all required evaluation and documentation requirements to receive credit.

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Monday, December 7, 2026
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9am to 11am Pacific Time / 12pm to 2pm Eastern Time / 6pm to 8pm Central European Time
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Affairs: Infidelity and Betrayal Trauma in Couples Therapy—Live
Clinical Treatment for Recovery, Repair, and Sustainable Relationship Agreements Presented by Tammy Nelson, PhD

This live online post-licensure training for mental health professionals takes place on December 7, 2026.

Infidelity can profoundly affect trust, safety, intimacy, sexuality, identity, and each partner’s understanding of the relationship itself.

Drawing on clinical research and theory related to infidelity, betrayal trauma, couple recovery, therapist countertransference, and relationship agreements, Tammy Nelson, PhD, will present a three-phase treatment framework addressing crisis and stabilization, insight and reevaluation, and vision and renegotiation.

Participants will examine varied forms of affairs and explore how therapist bias, countertransference, triangulation, collusion, and unintentional shaming can interfere with recovery or contribute to retraumatization. Moving beyond a victim-perpetrator-rescuer framework, the training supports a more clinically balanced understanding of both partners and the relationship system.

Through clinical discussion, case material, and practical interventions, participants will learn strategies to help couples repair relational injuries, increase transparency, address implicit and explicit expectations about monogamy, and create sustainable relationship agreements for the future.

Teachings are appropriate for healthcare professionals as well as the general public. Healthcare professionals will be able to incorporate the tools and practices offered in this program in ways beneficial to clients or patients.

Participants will gain

  • A three-phase clinical framework for working with couples following infidelity
  • Strategies for reducing shame, bias, collusion, and retraumatization in treatment
  • Interventions for rebuilding trust, intimacy, transparency, and relational safety
  • Tools for helping partners create explicit and sustainable relationship agreements

Learning Objectives

By the end of the program, participants will be able to:

  1. Define infidelity using a three-part framework and describe its impact on partners in a marriage or committed relationship.
  2. Identify manifestations of betrayal trauma and explain how therapist bias, countertransference, and collusion can affect treatment.
  3. Apply the crisis, insight, and vision phases of affair recovery to clinical case conceptualization and treatment planning.
  4. Distinguish between implicit and explicit monogamy and facilitate conversations about relationship expectations and agreements.
  5. Select interventions that support accountability, trust, erotic recovery, and long-term relational repair following infidelity.

About Tammy Nelson, PhD

Tammy Nelson, PhD, is a Board Certified Sexologist, AASECT Certified Sex Therapist, Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Imago Relationship Therapist, and Licensed Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselor. She has more than 30 years of experience working with couples and individuals, including those navigating flexible monogamy and other relationship structures. Dr. Nelson is a TEDx speaker and host of The Trouble with Sex podcast. She speaks internationally and consults with institutes, think tanks, and corporations on communication, integrity, sexuality, and relationships.

Information on Continuing Education Credits (CEs) for Health Professionals

CE credits for psychologists are provided by the Spiritual Competency Academy (SCA) which is sponsoring this program. The Spiritual Competency Academy is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Spiritual Competency Academy maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE credits for LCSW, LPCC, LEP, and LMFT license renewal for programs offered by approved sponsors of CE by the American Psychological Association.

LCSW, LPCC, LEP, and LMFTs, and other mental health professionals from states other than California need to check with their state licensing boards as to whether or not they accept programs offered by approved sponsors of CE by the American Psychological Association.

For questions about your certificate or the content, logistics, or other support issues regarding this course, please contact Imago Center of Washington DC at info@imagocenterdc.com. For questions about whether APA CE is valid for you, contact your licensing board directly. For general questions about APA CE, contact SCA at ce@spiritualcompetencyacademy.com.

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