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.

Click here for Dialogue Instructions

Sophie Slade, Ph.D. (514) 766-5502
email:slade.imago@bellnet.ca