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...Vikki Stark thought she had the perfect marriage. She and her loving husband of 21 years seemed unbreakable. Stark, a family therapist, had nursed her husband through a harrowing liver transplant, and he had patiently encouraged her as she wrote her first book. Then, one day in 2006, returning from a three-week book tour, Stark told her husband she had picked up fish for dinner. He responded, "It's over...
...Stark's husband, it turns out, had been having an affair for six years. "I can't tell you how shocked I was," says Stark. "In a million years, I never thought he would leave. I was blown away...
...cope with what she describes as the "torments of hell," Stark did what she does best: research. She spent months on the Internet reading about long-term marriages, what makes them work, what makes them turn sour and fall apart. She came up with a name for what she was going through, Wife Abandonment Syndrome - the pain and trauma of being left, after a lengthy and outwardly happy marriage. In November, Stark will launch a once-a-week online workshop and group-therapy session called Bouncing Back Better for women like her. Stark says, "I thought, if I'm suffering...
...Stark plans to facilitate the same kind of support, camaraderie and advice that the women might have gotten from a real-life therapy group. Stark will also give professional advice, including seven tips for recovery - including exercises that will help women focus on their future and on themselves, rather than on trying to find an explanation for their husbands' behavior. The hope is that participants will receive enough validation and the right skills to overcome their anguish and move...
...Stark's brand of distance healing is not unique. It's called telemental health - the burgeoning field of online and remotely delivered mental-health services - and while many people say they benefit from it, some experts remain unconvinced of its long-term merit. Certainly, more and more doctors and patients are taking advantage of the convenience and, in most cases, the lower cost of Web- or phone-based sessions. Organizations such as the Veterans Administration have employed e-mail and online video conferences to connect doctors with patients in isolated areas, primarily to answer questions or refill prescriptions. But live...