• Recognizing Conflict, Resolving Tensions, and Rebuilding Your Relationship

    Conflicts in a marriage are inevitable and perfectly normal, but many couples struggle to resolve these conflicts alone. This inability to communicate effectively with one another can cause dissatisfaction in one or both parties. Seeing a marriage counselor is one of the best ways to help clarify and resolve the issues that arise between couples. It’s a common misconception that…

  • How we bring baggage into our relationships.

    Emotional baggage is what people often carry into relationships. Simply put, “baggage” is the collection of unpleasant memories from the past that continue to negatively affect our perception and behavior in the present. How and why do we bring baggage into our relationships from the past? Unmet Needs: Each of these must be met or we will not feel secure:…

  • Marriage (even for marriage experts) is never easy.

    Imago therapy is a highly effective form of relationship and couples therapy that has positively affected thousands of couples around the world. This transformational method of therapy was developed 25 years ago by Dr. Harville Hendrix & Dr. Helen LaKelly Hunt, and provides resources for couples & individuals seeking to find a way to be more effective in their life…

  • Allow yourself to be fully seen by your partner.

    Allow yourself to be fully seen by your partner. Couples workshops with Robin Newman, LCSW. Really being seen. We feel loved when we feel seen, deeply perceived, and validated. When another human being responds to us, we feel understood. Being able to be seen requires being vulnerable. It means that we reveal ourselves or that we put ourselves in such close…

  • Our partners think & love differently from us

    Not Like You: our partners think & love differently from us – NY Couples Workshop – Getting The Love You Want   Not like you. The person you love won’t look at love or your relationship in exactly the same way that you do. He or she may have very different feelings about how it should be conducted, how you…

  • Are we really drawn to partners like our parents?

    Couples Workshop February 2020: Are we really drawn to partners like our parents? Our parents’ business: No person is without a history or context. We are all living out untold, unfinished emotional legacies passed down to us by our parents as conscious discovering individuals. We must live our way through all the things they have not resolved until having come…

  • The Conscious Relationship

    A conscious relationship is an intentional decision requiring the courage to commit and believe that within the power struggles of a relationship, lies the gold. Putting the pieces together: ask for an appointment with your partner when you need to talk about something important: “Do you have the time to talk?”“Is now a good time to talk?” The point to…

  • Getting The Love You Want workshops are for all sexual orientations

    Are the GETTING THE LOVE YOU WANT workshops for heterosexual couples only? Simply put, no. This workshop is designed for married and single couples of all gender and sexual orientations. SAT & SUN, SEPTEMBER 21 & 22, 2019, 9:30-7:00 PM Become the most connected couple you know with this Long Island weekend workshop to help you & your partner enhance…

  • Harville Hendrix

    Consciousness is Key – When we are unaware of the unconscious agenda of romantic love, it is a disaster, for our childhood scenarios inevitably repeat themselves with the same devastating consequences. There is method to this madness, though. The unconscious recreation of the ambiance of childhood has the express purpose of bringing this old impasse to a resolution. When we…

  • “Is Now a Good Time to Talk?”

    Introducing couples to relationship growth and healing through Imago therapy. Communicating in a relationship – learn intentional dialogue in Imago relationship therapy. Make sure that you ask your partner, “Is now a good time to talk?” or “Do you have the time to talk?” Getting The Love You Want – A Workshop for Couples in Long Island, New York. The…