[Ailist] AI and a struggling marriage

[Cheri Torres]

Doug,
THank you for that explanation. It sounds like a wonderful practice!!

Cheri

On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 10:10 PM, Doug Hickok <bizcoach at doug-hickok.com>wrote:

> Gretchen and Cheri:
>
> The actual contents of Getting the Love You Want -- and of Imago therapy --
> are deeply from the perspective of giving to our relationships that which is
> most needed so they can thrive. The heart of the work is a respectful
> couple's dialogue process in which it is safe to experience the needs of
> "the other" and be moved, through affirmation and empathy with the other, to
> begin to meet them. Through the dialogue process, each partner finds out the
> answers to Cheri's questions, really hears them with mind and heart, and
> starts to focus more on giving. When we do that, we become the lovers we
> wish to have, giving to our partners what they most need, and the end result
> is that we naturally attract and receive the love and connection we yearn
> for in return.
>
> Doug
>
> Doug Hickok, CEO
> Institute for Provocative Leadership
> (804) 272-0140
> doug at IPLsmallbusiness.com
> http://iplsmallbusiness.com
>
> Skype name: bizcoachdoug
>
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-- 
Cheri B. Torres, Ph.D.
Ed Psych and Collaborative Learning
Asheville, NC
828-225-5088