Inside the Cheater's Mind: Why He Cheats/Why She Cheats
Most cheaters don’t cheat to hurt their partner. However, people demonize cheaters, seeing the behavior as a reflection on their moral character. Then people lump all cheaters into one big ‘he’s-a-dirt bag’ or ‘she’s-a-slut’ category.
Dr. Denise Wood wrote Inside the Cheater’s Mind: Why He Cheats & Why She Cheats to dispel this myth. While Dr. Wood doesn’t condone cheating, she believes that understanding rather than condemnation is more likely to save the relationship.
As a doctor of clinical psychology, Dr. Wood believes cheating should be looked at no differently than any other mental health issue. Cheating flags the marriage that it is a broken system, rather than writing it off as a character flaw that can never be fixed and maintained.
Inside the Cheater’s Mind is a compilation of Dr. Wood’s brilliant original study into personality cheaters and situational cheaters that highlight the motivation of why someone will cheat on his or her partner. These motivations provide insight into the mindset of a cheater. Do you know these cheaters?
Impulsive Cheater
Narcissistic Cheater
Pathological Cheater
Charismatic Cheater
Dependent Cheater
Puppeteer Cheater
Sociopathic Cheater
Abandoned Cheater
Eternal Youth Cheater
Emotional Cheater
Escapist Cheater
Addictive Cheater
Bored Cheater
Down-Low Cheater
Quiet Cheater
Inside the Cheater’s Mind is a user friendly book about infidelity with cheating stories adapted to relate to your life. If you’ve ever found yourself in a relationship where infidelity or suspicions cloud the relationship, Inside the Cheater’s Mind will provide useful assessments, recommendations, and tools to illuminate your relationships.
Dr. Denise Wood, M.A., Psy. D.
Dr. Denise Wood is owner and founder of her private practice, Wood Counseling Services, specializing in relationship counseling. She is the star of Cheater-Chat Podcasts and host of an online resource for infidelity and relationships website.
Colleen Hitchcock, Co-Author
Colleen Hitchcock is an author, publisher, and host of Cheater-Chat Podcasts. She wrote the suspense thriller, Rabbit Heart, published by Simon & Schuster and The Spud Gun Chronicles published by Leopard Spot Press.
