Structured work after discovery: understanding what happened, repairing the relationship, and deciding what comes next.
Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold. The break is not hidden. It becomes part of the piece.
Recovery after an affair works the same way. The goal is not to pretend it never happened. It is to understand it, repair what was broken, and build something that holds the whole story.
Tracy's couples work follows a three-stage progression. Clinical language for each stage will be finalized with Tracy.
Discovery is a trauma for the injured partner. The first stage stabilizes before any repair work begins.