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The Myth of the Almighty Polygraph
In brief, here’s why I don’t use or recommend the polygraph for infidelity therapy disclosures: A husband1 , usually with a representative, a therapist or coach, sits across from his wife and her representative. Beforehand, there’s often considerable back-and-forth between representatives negotiating exactly what must be disclosed. Not confessed. Disclosed. No explanation. No context. No expression of remorse. Just a list of the husband’s sexual sin, read in a vacuum to his wife. Soon afterward, often the same day, a