The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity
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| Rating | : | 4.11 (728 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01N5PY4ZN |
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| Number of Pages | : | 230 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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The State of Affairs is Still Sad Back in the early 90's I read an excellent book on infidelity by author Frank Pittman entitled "Private Lies: Infidelity and the Betrayal of Intimacy." Psychiatrist Frank Pittman's work made me understand the psychology and consequences of affairs and it is an authoritative wo
About the AuthorEsther Perel is a couples and family therapist with a private practice in New York City. She lives in New York City with her husband and two children.. She is on the faculty of the International Trauma Studies program at Columbia University, is a member of the American Family Therapy Academy, and has appeared on many television programs, including The Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Day New York, CBS This Morning, and HBO's Women Aloud
Through examining illicit love from multiple angles, Perel invites readers into an honest, enlightened, and entertaining exploration of modern marriage in its many variations.An affair: it can rob a couple of their relationship, their happiness, their very identity. So what are we to make of this time-honored taboo—universally forbidden yet universally practiced? Why do people cheat—even those in happy marriages? Why does an affair hurt so much? When we say infidelity, what exactly do we mean? Do our romantic expectations of marriage set us up for betrayal? Is there such a thing as an affair-proof marriage? Is it possible to love more than one person at once? Can an affair ever help a marriage? Perel weaves real-life case stories with incisive psychological and cultural analysis in this fast-paced and compelling book.For the past ten years, Perel has traveled the globe and worked with hundreds of couples who have grappled with infidelity. As Perel observes, “Love is messy; infidelity more so. And yet, this extremely common human ex
Esther Perel is a couples and family therapist with a private practice in New York City. She is on the faculty of the International Trauma Studies program at Columbia University, is a member of the American Family Therapy Academy, and has appeared on many television programs, including The Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Day New York, CBS This Morning, and HBO's Women Aloud. She lives in New York City with her husband an