tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post6828595792531797345..comments2024-03-18T03:28:36.581-04:00Comments on Shrink Rap: HBO In Treatment...The Rest of Week 7...Couples from Hell and Imago Relational TherapyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-24315001435427680512009-11-24T10:50:30.843-05:002009-11-24T10:50:30.843-05:00its taught in marriage and family therapy master&#...its taught in marriage and family therapy master's program. very interesting theoryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-20154154848616128942008-04-08T20:47:00.000-04:002008-04-08T20:47:00.000-04:00Ok. I'm a doctoral student in counseling psycholog...Ok. I'm a doctoral student in counseling psychology almost on internship. Imago therapy is definitely not something taught in credible programs. Truthfully, it sounds like Harville Hendrix has created a New Age version of object relations therapy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-34293924636157108692008-03-24T01:25:00.000-04:002008-03-24T01:25:00.000-04:00Well about Imago Relational Therapy,Dr.John Gottma...Well about Imago Relational Therapy,Dr.John Gottman's study in 1998 found that couples who stayed together almost never used this type of technique, which he described as unnatural. You can find the article on the New York Times website, use John Gottman for the search, scroll down to Scienc Watch:Men:Say "I do" 2-24-98Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-29499964634870476502008-03-16T13:57:00.000-04:002008-03-16T13:57:00.000-04:00I never heard of Imago Therapy either and find it ...I never heard of Imago Therapy either and find it interesting. A couple with a GOOD relationship ought to already be doing that without the forced structure. Shouldn't we all in our relationships REALLY listen to what our partner or friend has to say, check periodically to make sure we've got it stright, and offer empathy? It sounds like good communication to me, but with a much more intense layer of repeating back what has been said. Perhaps it might help with some couples if communication really IS the issue.<BR/><BR/>In my couples counseling with my newly EX, I said "I feel that you are not interested in what I think and feel, nor in what I do." He DID hear me and when asked by the couples counselor to respond to me my Ex said (sincerely,with no hostility, and no idea of the effect or impact) "She's right...I am NOT interested in what she does, nor in what she thinks or feels". He followed by saying there are many more important and captivating things to be interested in. So communication ultimately can only take a relationship so far, and then it points to ending the relationship.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com