With the rise of Internet affairs, computer monitoring software can reveal the truth about whether or not a loved one is cheating. Infidelity has existed since before the Internet, but online communication has made it easy for husbands and wives to seek extramarital relationships. But what counts as an affair? Would you consider a flirtatious chat or a scintillating email cheating? Counselors and mental health workers in Australia have released guidelines defining online affairs and how to help the high number of people seeking counseling after an Internet fling went wrong, according to TVNZ News.
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A recent survey of 1,500 counselors found that 1 in 5 patients were seeking help after experiencing a negative Internet sexual experience?
Australian mental health workers have seen an increase in counseling cases involving relationship troubles stemming from one partner's Internet use. A recent survey of 1,500 counselors found that 1 in 5 patients were seeking help after experiencing a negative Internet sexual experience. In many of the cases, a husband or wife left their partner for someone they'd met online, only to have the new relationship fall apart.