Author: Barbara Y. Stuart, Ph.D

ISBN: 0595343503

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Dr. Barbara Y. Stuart is a Licensed Clinical Pastoral Counselor, Conflict Management Consultant, and a Minister of the Gospel. She lives in Georgia with her son, Stephen. Betrayal of Sacred Trust was inspired after Stuart engaged in a doctoral study on women living with their unfaithful husbands. She states, "This is a contribution to the participants, whose voices need to be heard."

Counselors, pastors, friends, families, husbands and wives – anyone who comes into contact with marital infidelity issues will find answers and insights inside the pages of Betrayal. Without dramatization, but instead a studied approach to understanding the why's and how's behind adultery, Dr. Stuart explores this subject in depth.

Divided into four sections, The Structure of Marriage, Marital Unfaithfulness, Consequences of Infidelity and Interpersonal Conflict, the author delves into the issues surrounding a couple faced with betrayal. Through interviews with women who have chosen to remain with a husband who was the adulterer in these cases, Stuart answers questions such as:

·        What is Jesus' view of infidelity?

·        What are the reasons for infidelity?

·        Why do men cheat?

·        Why do women stay?

·        Can infidelity also be a form of domestic violence?

·        What are the consequences of infidelity, including spiritual, psychological, and emotional.

·        If divorce is the result, what happens next?

With easy to understand prose and well-organized text that flows logically and naturally, Stuart provides the modern world with a tool that can change lives. Based in God's Word, the principles and problem-solving scenarios she suggests are doable and healing. Perhaps by understanding infidelity on a deeper level, we can then choose to defeat its infiltration into today's society of married couples.

Stuart has given us a manual into treating those who suffer from the sin of adultery and is clear that not all cases result in forgiveness and healing. Realistic in her conclusion, she recognizes that healing begins with the victim who must take the first step.

Both secular and Christian readers can benefit from reading Betrayal. If you are a victim of adultery, are an adulterer, know someone affected by adultery, or are in a position to counsel a person involved with adulterer, read this book. When you are finished, pass it on. Our world needs the kind of medicine Dr. Stuart dispenses through her dispenser filled with healing words of truth.