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Amy Reast & Stephen Pitts

Your partner's had an affair? Here's how you can put the trust back into your relationship

A relationship expert has revealed the quickest way to help a couple get back on track and re-build trust after one of them has an affair. Clinical psychologist Dr Kathy Nickerson, 48, shares the quickest way to re-build a person's trust after infidelity is to be "completely transparent".

This involves the cheater sharing emails, passwords, text messages and GPS locations - to prove they have nothing else to hide. Dr Kathy also suggests the cheater must have no further contact with the person they had the affair with and says the hurt partner should "have compassion for the straying partner".

Dr Kathy, from Orange County, California, US, explained: "After an affair, trust goes all the down to zero, most of the time. As a result, it's impossible for your partner to know they can trust you.

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