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Imago Enrichment Program

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Name of Model

Getting the Love You Want Workshop for Couples

Synonyms

Imago; Imago Relationship Therapy; IRT

Introduction

Imago Relationship Therapy is a couples’ therapy developed in the 1980s by Dr. Harville Hendrix and Dr. Helen LaKelly Hunt, partners in life and work. The model was first described in their book, Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples and is now practiced by thousands of therapists worldwide (Hendrix 1988). It is delivered through outpatient office visits, and in a 2-day workshop format called Getting the Love You Want.

Prominent Associated Figures

Harville Hendrix is a couples therapist with more than 40 years of experience as an educator, clinical trainer, and lecturer, whose work has appeared on Oprah17 times. He holds graduate degrees from Union Theological Seminary (NY) and the University of Chicago, and is a former professor at Southern Methodist University. Helen LaKelly Hunt is co-author of 10 books on relationships and co-creator and distributor...

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Imago Relationships International, Washington, DC, USA

    Nedra Fetterman & Wade Luquet

  2. Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Nedra Fetterman

  3. Social Work, Gwynedd Mercy University, 1325 Sumneytown Pike, PO Box 901, 19437-0901, Gwynedd Valley, PA, USA

    Wade Luquet

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Correspondence to Nedra Fetterman .

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  1. The Family Institute at Northwestern, Evanston, Illinois, USA

    Jay Lebow

  2. The Family Institute at Northwestern, Evanston, Illinois, USA

    Anthony Chambers

  3. The Family Institute at Northwestern, Evanston, Illinois, USA

    Douglas C. Breunlin

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  1. Council for Relationships, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Heather Pederson

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Fetterman, N., Luquet, W. (2018). Imago Enrichment Program. In: Lebow, J., Chambers, A., Breunlin, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15877-8_368-1

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