Truth be told, it counts as one of the more compelling stories of therapy. The patient recounts it in the New York Times. Her name is Samantha Silva. She writes novels and screenplays. She tells what happened when she, married with three children, fell in love with another man and decided to divorce her husband and to marry her lover. While embarking on this painful journey, she enlisted the help of an elderly London therapist, who guided her through the experience.
Apparently this woman and her husband never married, just lived together pretending that they were married. Tragic, since the lack of marrying left her desperate.
...and what the renewed marriage could have become remains forever unexplored.
Our marriages rise and fall over time, but with love and effort, they get richer and richer.
20 years in, it sure felt like we would never be happy again.
35 years in, I'm sure glad I stayed.
I'm thinking that the therapist should've recused himself and recommended a different therapist for her.
Apparently this woman and her husband never married, just lived together pretending that they were married. Tragic, since the lack of marrying left her desperate.