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Background: Attitudes toward infidelity and intimacy are variables that can play a significant role in the tendency to marital infidelity in couples. But does solution-focused therapy help reducing attitudes toward marital infidelity and improving the marital intimacy of married people? Aims: The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of Solution-Focused Therapy on attitudes toward marital infidelity and marital intimacy of married people in Bushehr. Method: The present study was single case experimental design of multiple baseline. The statistical population of the study included couples referring to the Masire Zendeghi Counseling Center in 2019. 4 couples (8 people) were selected by voluntary – purpose sampling. Research tools include: Whatley (2006) Attitudes Toward Infidelity Scale, Bagarozzi (2001) Marital Intimacy Questionnaire and 8 sessions of 90-minute solution-focused therapy by Steve de Shazer method (Azizi & Ghasemi, 2017). Data were analyzed by visual mapping, reliable change index and improvement rate formula. Results: Solution-Focused Therapy reduced the variable of attitudes toward marital infidelity (%23/22 improvement) and its effect was maintained until the end of the two-month follow-up period (%20/07 improvement). Solution-Focused Therapy could increase the marital intimacy of couples (%14/64 improvement), the effect of which was maintained until the end of the follow-up period (%12/61 improvement). Their change in reliable index also showed that these changes were significant (P< 0/05). Conclusions: The results of analysis of research data revealed that solution- Focused Therapy is effective in reducing attitudes toward marital infidelity and increasing marital intimacy of married people