Introducing the . . .
Imago Dialogue
The Art of Seeing Things From
Your Partner's Point of View
The Imago
Dialogue, orginally
conceived by Dr. Harville Hendrix and his wife, Dr. Helen
Hunt, is a unique and powerful tool that has been utilized
by Imago therapists for over twenty five years.
When properly practiced, Dialgoue
has the power to move participants from the surface content
of a discussion down to the core of an issue in rapid order.
The depth of understanding found at that level typically results
in a "shift" in one or both partners that allows
empathy and connection to be restored and problems to be solved.
Communication Skills
Communication skills alone may not solve
problems, but seldom can problems be solved without them.
It is unfortunate but true that although we humans seem to
require good communication in order to thrive, we do not seem
particularly well designed to deliver it.
Here is how things seems to go on their
own, without conscious effort:
The Romantic Love Stage
Communication in the bath of romantic love feels
so easy. Lovers enveloped in romantic bliss are under
the influence of their bodies' natural drugs that convince
them (us) we have found someone whose reality is almost identical
to ours.
Truth is, Nature needs us to be paired
with someone who is more our opposite than our clone. Those
feel-good drugs function to mask this little fact so that
we will bond, heal, grow and re-produce.
The Power
Struggle. Now, the two of us are one,
but the battle has begun for WHO will be
THE one!
 
(Well, at least we all
know this describes our partners, yes?)
In the Power Struggle,
as in the Romantic Love Stage, communication is largely driven
by a host of unconscious forces, only now the result is painful
communication, mis-communication and/or non-communication.
The Stage We
All Seek:
A Conscious Marriage/Relationship
The Conscious
Marriage or
Relationship is a partnership of mutual respect,
where neither partner dominates; the realities of both are
equally heard and respected:
The
Imago Dialogue
is the primary tool for achieving a
Conscious Marriage/Relationship.
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here for Dialogue Instructions
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