Category: Family Therapy

  • Intentional Dialogue – Imago Relationship Therapy Explained

    Intentional Dialogue – Imago Relationship Therapy Explained

    Intentional Dialogue – Imago Relationship Therapy Explained by Robin Newman, LCSW Every couple starts off the same way with an intentional dialogue: Knee to Knee. Heart to Heart. Eye to Eye. You must face each other during an important dialogue. It’s very important to check in. Ask if now is a good time to talk…

  • The communication process of Imago relationship therapy

    The communication process of Imago relationship therapy

    Learn the communication process of Imago relationship therapy at our couples workshops located in Huntington – Long Island, NY. So we break for lunch for an hour to maybe an hour and a half depending on how much material we have gone through and because we all have different ways of learning, we show videos…

  • “Selective Abstraction”

    “Selective Abstraction”

    Selective Abstraction – another cognitive error. Licensed social worker, Robin Newman, LCSW, speaking about selective abstraction at her class at Adelphi University, Graduate School of Social Work ONE DETAIL can get taken out of context between two people – the story goes south and becomes a total experience. Don’t let this small detail get in…

  • In our search to create meaning in our relationships with our significant others, we decide that perhaps children will connect us intimately.

    What saddens me about our culture, is that we tend to take our children as hostages. In our search to create meaning in our relationships with our significant others, we decide that perhaps children will connect us intimately. So we have a few. We wait and wait for the instant gratification of our connection to…

  • Relationship Tip #17: Blaming has no positive effect at all.

    Relationship Tip #17: Blaming has no positive effect at all.

    “Blaming has no positive effect at all, nor does trying to persuade using reasoning and arguments. That is my experience. No blame, no reasoning, no argument, just understanding.” Relationship Tip #17:  This quote from Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh reminds us that blaming another person does not work; what works is understanding the other. I…