What is the most effective form of therapy for treating affairs? What doesn’t work? Why are some forms of affair treatment outdated and even contraindicated? How can couples therapy help couples if done effectively? Can couples really survive the trauma of infidelity? Using a theoretical model that works, this seminar will introduce a step by step intervention to help couples recover from infidelity, with a purposeful process that gives couples hope for a future that is more than just survival after betrayal, but can create a whole new partnership, in many cases stronger and more intimate than ever before.



Using case examples to illustrate how breaches of monogamy affect sexuality and intimacy participants will learn how to help couples restore (or create) erotic energy after an affair, increase empathy and understanding instead of focusing on forgiveness as the goal, and ways to create a new vision of a new, stronger monogamy going forward.



This web conference is intermediate instructional level and designed to help clinicians:




  1. Define infidelity and how it affects a marriage or committed partnership;

  2. Identify what does not work in infidelity treatment and how psychotherapy can retraumatize clients;

  3. Discover ways to help couples negotiate monogamy after infidelity and how to create a new monogamy agreement;

  4. Identify how sexual empathy heals and will discover whether or not forgiveness is necessary for recovery.



If you have any questions about this web conference or would like more information, please contact us here.


How the Web Conference Works

In short, participants will be able to listen to the event by calling in to our teleconference center. Prior to the event, all participants will be sent an email with instructions on how to login to the teleconference center. This event will include lecture, interaction, and question and answer periods.


Continuing Education (CE) Information

1.5 CE credits will be provided by GoodTherapy.org for attending this web conference in its entirety.

GoodTherapy.org is also an Approved Education Provider by NAADAC, The Association for Addiction Professionals (provider #135463). Of the eight counselor skill groups ascribed to by NAADAC, this course is classified within counseling services.

GoodTherapy.org is an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEPTM) and may offer NBCC-approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements.

GoodTherapy.org is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. GoodTherapy.org maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

GoodTherapy.org, SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0395.

Registration Information

Premium and Pro Membership with GoodTherapy includes access to this web conference at no additional cost, as well as other member benefits such as a profile listing in GoodTherapy's Therapist Directory. Not yet a member? Sign up for a Premium or Pro Membership, here.

Just want CE credits? Sign up for a monthly or annual CE Subscription with GoodTherapy to get unlimited access to our CE Program, including this event, other live CE web conferences, and hundreds of hours of homestudy courses.

Mental health professionals who are not members can attend this live web conference for $30.95 or access the homestudy recording for $15.50. Sign up here to purchase this CE course and earn a CE certificate.

Event Reviews from Members

Great job! I am so impressed with her and her work and am excited to learn more about her contributions to our field. Thank-you. - Cindy Solliday McRoy, PhD

Meet the Presenter

Tammy Nelson, PhD

Tammy Nelson is a relationship expert and a Board Certified Sexologist with a Doctorate in Philosophy in Clinical Sexology. She is an international speaker and a licensed psychotherapist with over 25 years of experience working with individuals and couples. Dr. Nelson is a Diplomate of the American Board of Sexologists, a Certified Imago Relationship Therapist, an Advanced Imago Clinician, a Registered Art Therapist, a Licensed Professional Counselor, and a Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor. She is on the International Advisory Board of Sex Coach University and is part of their faculty. She is also a faculty presenter for the Psychotherapy Networker and a member of the American Family Therapy Academy.

Dr. Nelson is the author of several books, including The New Monogamy; Redefining Your Relationship After Infidelity, Getting the Sex You Want; Shed Your Inhibitions and Reach New Heights of Passion Together, and What’s Eating You? A Workbook for Anorexia and Bulimia. She has been a featured expert in Cosmopolitan, Redbook, New York Times, Washington Post, Self, and many others. She writes for the Psychotherapy Networker and Huffington Post, YourTango, ThirdAge, GoodCleanLove, and can be followed on her blog. Tammy is an international trainer for therapists and offers intensives and workshops for couples. She is a premier marketer and creates publicity campaigns that reach audiences in the hundreds of thousands, both for clinical and consumer audiences. For additional information about Dr. Nelson and her work, please visit www.drtammynelson.com.