Imago relationship therapy for couples: learn new ways to communicate.
You won’t always know what your partner needs, nor can they fully know what you need without communicating it.
Through Imago Relationship Therapy sessions with Chana, couples will learn new (and affective) ways to communicate so that both partners’ realities can be fully expressed and understood.
When Long Island couples sit in a therapy session, they will engage in Imago Dialogue.
Here is an example of how conversational dialogue in Imago Relationship Therapy works.
This type of dialogue can be applied to appreciations, like in this video, and also for dealing with disagreements. It can be used for couples, but really for any type of relationship, romantic or not.
“Am I Hearing You Correctly?” Imago Relationship Therapy
Here’s Long Island couple takes cues from social worker Chana Pfeifer on how to use Imago Relationship Therapy techniques to effectively listen to one another. The video, “Am I Hearing You Correctly?” is about receiving.
This type of therapy teaches couples to lead with compassion and communicate their needs while not blaming one another for the problems in the relationship. Couples are guided through the process of learning ways of expressing themselves so that things become better for both involved.
Altogether, Imago relationship therapy teaches couples how to:
- examine each childhood upbringing & how this has formed their ‘Imago’
- resolve conflict by understanding/empathizing each’s needs/desires
- create a successful and gratifying plan for the future for you as a couple