What is Imago?
Sally K. Palaian, Ph.D.
    Based on Dr. Harville Hendrix's popular book, Getting the Love You Want, this marriage
counseling technique combines intensive self-awareness work with behavior techniques that
couples can use outside of counseling sessions to create more safety and security with each
other.

    Sally is a Certified Imago Relationship Therapist and she uses this technique with her
    Michigan
clients to establish a safe and neutral place where couples can quickly begin real healing.

    Imago therapy is based on the premise that our childhood experiences form an
    unconscious
image or Imago. Our unconscious images play a powerful role in the formation of our identity
and choice in partner selection.  These unconscious forces that attract us to our partner are
also the source of conflicts and power struggles that develop in any committed relationship.

    Imago therapy provides a pathway for learning how to heal rather than hurt by becoming
conscious of the childhood wounds which so greatly influence our patterns of perception and
behavior.

    Imago therapy also helps in the development of important skills for the resolutions of
    ineffectual
behaviors and self-defeating defensive strategies.

    Imago relationship therapy is also for singles as well as couples who want to...

    •  Understand Past Relationships
    •  Prepare for healthy relating
    •  Break destructive patterns
    •  Put old hurts to rest
    •  Create the groundwork for a satisfying and fulfilling relationship

    You and your partner will learn how to break patterns of habitual conflict using the Imago
Dialogue.  This involves exercises taught to you by Sally that you can take and use at home
which will make it easier for you to discuss important issues with your partner.  Issues that
always ignite arguments that solve nothing.

    Don’t wait for a marital crisis to cause serious problems.  Contact Sally so that she can
    learn
more about your situation and tell you how she could help.  For more information or else to
schedule an appointment please call (248) 645-5960 or send an email to sally@sallypalaian.
com.
Serving individuals and couples in Bingham Farms, Michigan  sally@sallypalaian.com
Couples Counseling and Therapy