Trust
The willingness to be vulnerable without checking all the time.
How it shows up
Trust isn’t the belief that nobody will hurt you. It is the judgement that the risk is worth taking — and the capacity to bear it if it goes badly. After a betrayal it isn’t restored by a promise but by repeated behaviour over time.
What we do with it in therapy
With couples after an affair we work in steps: transparency, predictability, repetition. There is no faster route, and every attempt at a shortcut postpones trust.
See also
Stepfamily
The family that forms when two partners with children from previous relationships come together.
Peer consultation
Consultation between colleagues of equal standing about demanding cases — a complement to supervision.
Body image
Your picture of your own body, which often depends more on your mood than on the body itself.
