Omar’s speciality in helping couples navigate the challenges of infidelity, affairs, and betrayal is outstanding.
A path back to trust — specializing in betrayal trauma and affair recovery through using narrative therapy to help you both move forward without either of you being defined by what happened.
If you’re navigating the aftermath of infidelity, you may recognize yourself in some of this:
If any of this sounds familiar, you’re not alone, and you don’t have to figure it out by yourselves.
My infidelity couples counseling is built on a narrative therapy framework, which shapes how I approach infidelity specifically: the affair is not who either of you are. We name what happened — the betrayal, the secrecy, the pattern that allowed it — as something separate from your identities, something you can examine and work against together rather than a permanent verdict on either of you as a person.
Betrayed partners often fear being permanently defined as “the victim.” Partners who were unfaithful often fear being permanently defined as “the cheater.” Narrative therapy doesn’t erase what happened or minimize its impact — but it opens space for both of you to be more than the worst thing that happened in your relationship, while still doing the real work of understanding it and rebuilding from it.
Omar’s speciality in helping couples navigate the challenges of infidelity, affairs, and betrayal is outstanding.
If you’re a couple in need of help, especially when it comes to communication issues & infidelity, I would highly recommend you consider contacting Omar.
Omar was supportive to our non-monogamous marriage and was extremely helpful in complexities of this new-to-us relationship structure…
Look for someone with specific experience in affair recovery, not just general couples counseling. Licensure and direct experience with infidelity cases both matter, as does whether they use a structured approach.
The idea that affairs sometimes happen when someone believes another person can provide the 20% their primary relationship seems to lack — without acknowledging no relationship meets 100% of anyone’s needs. It’s a starting point for reflection, not a clinical diagnosis or excuse.
Generally: initial crisis and shock, obsessive review of details, understanding and accountability, decision-making about the relationship’s future, and — if the couple stays — active trust rebuilding. It’s rarely linear.
This is exactly what the Talk, Think, Thrive path above is built to walk you through
Yes, often — and some couples report their relationship is stronger afterward. It depends on both partners’ willingness to do the work. I’ll be honest with you early about what I’m seeing in your specific situation. For more, read my guide on how to save a marriage after infidelity.
It can, when both partners are willing to do the work and the therapist has specific experience with affair recovery, not just general couples counseling. It works best when the affair has ended and the work follows a deliberate order: stabilize the crisis, understand what happened, rebuild trust, then decide what’s next. I’ll tell you early what I’m seeing in your situation.
It’s worth it when it’s built for the affair itself. General marriage counseling can treat an affair as one problem among many, which is how couples end up re-fighting the same fight for months. Marriage counseling for infidelity moves in a deliberate order, and I’ll tell you honestly if I don’t think it’s the right fit yet.
Yes. Infidelity isn’t limited to physical contact — emotional affairs and sustained secretive online relationships can cause the same betrayal trauma, because the injury is about broken trust and hidden secrecy, not just the specific act.
This is normal. Discovering infidelity often triggers trauma responses similar to PTSD. Healing isn’t linear and often takes longer than either partner expects.
Varies by couple. Stabilization can happen in weeks; full trust rebuilding is a longer process that isn’t rushed without risking relapse into old patterns.
Typically yes for the couples work, though individual sessions are sometimes recommended alongside joint sessions.
Yes, standard therapist-client confidentiality applies, with the limited legal exceptions required of all licensed therapists.
Private pay, with documentation available for out-of-network reimbursement.
Completely normal starting point. Some couples benefit from a shorter, structured process focused on making that decision before committing to longer-term repair work.
Based in Wellesley, working with couples throughout MetroWest and Greater Boston — including Newton, Natick, Needham, Weston, Dover, Waltham, Wayland, Sherborn, Medfield, Brookline, Framingham, and Lincoln — in person and via telehealth.
