The reasons why someone is unfaithful is often complicated and takes time and effort to understand. Therapy can help uncover deeper motives for infidelity.| Richard Nicastro, PhD
Self-criticalness can become so normal that you don’t even realize it’s occurring. Discover how self-criticalness maybe robbing you of a full life.| Richard Nicastro, PhD
Childhood sex abuse has a profound impact on one’s development and emotional adjustment. Men who experience childhood sex abuse often minimize the experience.| Richard Nicastro, PhD
Toxic shame isn’t just a painful feeling—it erodes our sense of agency, and often drives impulsive or self-defeating behaviors we struggle to explain.| Richard Nicastro, PhD
A powerful exploration of betrayal trauma and disorganized attachment, this article offers insight into the emotional journey of healing from infidelity.| Richard Nicastro, PhD
Dr. Nicastro examines how true forgiveness can emerge after infidelity trauma is fully acknowledged and processed.| Richard Nicastro, PhD
Couples healing from infidelity want to know why the affair occurred. The impact of unresolved childhood trauma is often overlooked and needs to be explored.| Richard Nicastro, PhD
Obsessive thoughts and questioning is common after infidelity. Often the answers to questions do not help. The betrayed needs a loving witness to her pain.| Richard Nicastro, PhD
The betrayal trauma caused by infidelity can be overwhelming. Understanding the emotional and relational impact helps to facilitate the affair recovery process.| Richard Nicastro, PhD
It is not uncommon for the betrayed to become preoccupied with the unfaithful’s affair partner. Understanding what drives this can help with affair recovery.| Richard Nicastro, PhD
Affair recovery requires an understanding of what goes into creating a relationship environment where healing is possible. Remorse is central to healing.| Richard Nicastro, PhD