Sonali, can you explain how Imago communication techniques can help individuals and groups prevent relational stress and disconnection, and how these techniques contribute to a happier and healthier life?
Imago Relationship Therapy was developed by Dr. Harville Hendrix and Dr. Helen LaKelly Hunt in 1980 and it is packed with relational skills that help to transform conflict into connection, historical wounds into wisdom, and turns battlefields into bridges for relational healing and growth.
First of all, we don’t perceive these as mere techniques. We accept them as safety and trust building skills and practices—practices that anyone can learn and actually embody. Imago helps us become conscious communicators who are being dialogical and relationship-centered with each other. Imago helps us cultivate safety—emotionally, psychologically, and relationally. It helps us become aware of the “space between” ourselves and anyone else that we may be in conversation with. We call this the relational space.
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