[Infidelities: Learning from Therapeutic Conversations]

José Antonio Garciandía Imaz; Jeannette Samper Alum

doi:10.1016/S0034-7450(14)60025-1

[Infidelities: Learning from Therapeutic Conversations]

Rev Colomb Psiquiatr. 2012 Sep;41(3):496-520. doi: 10.1016/S0034-7450(14)60025-1. Epub 2014 May 10.

[Article in Spanish]

Authors

José Antonio Garciandía Imaz¹, Jeannette Samper Alum²

Affiliations

¹ Médico psiquiatra, profesor asociado, Departamento de Psiquiatría y Departamento de Medicina Preventiva y Social, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia. Electronic address: jose_garciandia@hotmail.com.
² MS, MS, terapeuta de pareja y familia. Conversesiones, Bogotá, Colombia. Sistemas Humanos, Bogotá, Colombia. Docente de la Universidad de la Sabana, Bogotá; Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Cali, y Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia.

PMID: 26572108
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-7450(14)60025-1

Abstract

Introduction: In this article the authors explore the different vicissitudes in the construction of the infidelity experience.

Objective: Increase knowledge concerning infidelity beyond existing topics in the literature. Deepen the understanding of infidelity towards a sort of complexity that includes contextual aspects of each couple.

Methods: A qualitative analysis of different cases of couples having experienced infidelity.

Conclusions: Infidelity is a painful couple event requiring an individualized understanding of its construction process.

Keywords: Couple; Pareja; acknowledgement; conversación; conversation; cooperación; cooperation; generosidad; generosity; infidelidad; infidelity; reconocimiento; sacrifice; sacrificio.

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