Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Counseling, as one of the simplest methods of psychotherapy and psychological management, may be acknowledged as an infinite ground for immeasurable themes. In this regard, and among different issues, it is not rare that a counselor may meet with couples, who may, simultaneously and reciprocally, accuse each other of various misbehaviors, like boorishness, deceitfulness, fierceness, and cheating. Then again, such accusations may be used, misused, or described by them as whys and wherefores or retaliation. Alternatively, they may be applied by the said confronters, as Machiavellian tricks, crazy maneuvers, or basic characteristics. Indeed, the said challenges, which are usually among the common familial stresses and complaints, may take a considerable amount of time for every counselor, marital analyst, or family therapist. But, among the aforesaid allegations, there is a specific type of blame, which includes an initial claim of infidelity by one of the partners against the other lover, and, then, after exploration and disavowal of the abovementioned finger pointing, a similar blame is being declared by the cleared part against the earlier complainer, which may be confirmed after an appropriate interview and probe. So, the counselor may face a morbid cycle of imperative challenge,
Author: Saeed Shoja Shafti
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4409567496