Helping Couples Navigate the Devastating Impact of Infidelity

Infidelity breaks more than promises — it breaks hearts.
As a counsellor, you are often the first safe space a couple turns to when their world is shattered by betrayal. Do you feel fully equipped to handle the emotional chaos, trauma, and complex dynamics that follow?

This two-day practical course is designed to give you the confidence, tools, and structure to walk couples through one of the most painful experiences in their relationship journey — and help them decide what healing or closure looks like.

Course Format: Real Tools for Real Counsellors

Day 1: Understanding Infidelity

• Root causes, types, and impact

• Emotional and relational consequences for everyone involved (including children)

Day 2: The Counselling Process

• A structured roadmap for restoration or dignified separation

• Tools to help each partner move from crisis to clarity

What You’ll Learn

• The different forms infidelity can take (not just physical)

• Psychological and emotional impacts on both partners

• Common reactions: shock, rage, shame, depression, guilt

• How to create emotional safety in the counselling room

• A practical, compassionate structure for:

  • Crisis intervention after disclosure

  • Decision-making support (stay or go)

  • Rebuilding trust, if repair is chosen

  • Guided closure, if separation is the outcome

Infidelity is one of the leading causes of divorce in South Africa.
Whether it’s a one-time encounter, an emotional affair, or secret digital behaviour like sexting or pornography — the outcome is the same: devastation, shame, anger, and deep disconnection.

As a counsellor, you need more than empathy.
You need a step-by-step process to help couples:

• Navigate the trauma and emotional fallout

• Understand what led to the betrayal

• Begin the hard work of either rebuilding — or respectfully ending — the relationship

Who This Is For

This course is ideal for:

• Specialist wellness counsellors

• Psychologists and coaches working with couples

• Counsellors-in-training seeking practical tools to handle difficult sessions

After This Course, You Will Be Able To:

• Confidently counsel couples dealing with betrayal

• Address shame, trauma, and anger with insight and empathy

• Offer a clear, structured pathway forward for healing or letting go

• Feel equipped with real tools — not just theory

Enroll Now and Make a Difference When It Matters Most

Infidelity is messy, emotional, and difficult — but it doesn’t have to mean the end.
Be the calm in your clients’ storm. Learn to hold space for truth, emotion, and possibility.

• Limited seats
• SACSSP : 8 CPD points, ASCHP: Can apply for external CPD points
• Investment: R2750