When addressing the affair during the counseling session, therapists use the integrative model that is broken down into three stages. The first stage is presented with dealing with the effect of the marital affair. During this stage, therapists are more concerned with focusing on gathering information from both partners at a conjoint session by paying closely attention to details that leads to information on what the partner may have known about the affair, how did the affair was discovered, and how the couples are now dealing with the impact of the affair.
