Category: Relationship
GIVING AND RECEIVING It is very difficult for me to give freely without expectations and strings attached when my hands are clenched tightly to you or to a belief I have about you. Giving and receiving is on my mind this year. I am keenly aware of the seduction and ease with which giving becomes […]
READ ARTICLEConscious Connection Back in September, I made a decision to start a practice of intentionally exploring my conscious connection to my husband. I was trying to walk the talk of what I tell my clients. I did this by starting each day with a prompt that gave me an opportunity to think about and then […]
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Who’s talking about sex? Did you know that sexual dysfunction and dissatisfaction is more common than anxiety and depression combined in the mental health field? When you work with couples regularly, it is extremely common for sexual issues to come up. Sexual issues can be a multitude of things: mismatched desire, little time for sex, […]
READ ARTICLERecently, a story that has captured the attention of millions around the world is the young Colorado father, Chris Watts, who has been accused of killing his pregnant wife, Shanann Watts and 2 young toddler daughters. Perhaps what is most shocking about this case for so many is the fact that this family (from social […]
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Our entire staff here at the Imago Center of Washington is dedicated to Imago Relationship work! Why? Because if so effective, safe and immediately beneficial to the relationship! Whether you are a therapist who starts to sweat when a couple calls or a couple who needs a tuneup…read on! Right from the very first session, […]
READ ARTICLEImago Clinical Training You will learn effective, transformative, and research-based skills to bring safety and restore connection in couples and relationships where conflict and rupture have occurred. Imago Clinical Training will Benefit You: You will grow your professional capacity to effectively guide a couple toward connection and empathy from the very first session. You will no longer […]
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Masculine and Feminine Reflecting on the relationships of many of my young clients and even my kids, nieces, and nephews, I think this is an interesting era we’re living in when it comes to human pair-bonding. While us older men are trying to figure out how to hold onto our cherished gender distinctions (because that’s […]
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A recent survey on marital satisfaction found that out of 101 adults who had been together as little as a year and as long as 42 years, intimacy rated higher than passion. Sure, passion is important and reigns supreme on the list of ingredients for a happy relationship, but it’s no more important than intimacy. […]
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Hello! Let me introduce myself: I am Anne Contee. Together with my husband Barry Contee, we invite you to join us on a lighted-hearted journey of healing and deep connection. I am a storyteller and enthusiastic facilitator. My optimistic, self-confident view of the world is not merely one in which the glass is half full, […]
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The Center for Erotic Intelligence defines eroticism as “the interplay of desire and arousal with the daily challenges of living and loving,” and describes the five main elements of erotic intelligence as body attunement, social intelligence, emotional intelligence, self-awareness on steroids, and creative imagination. Erotic intelligence thus combines body, mind, heart, and soul and is essential for us to feel […]
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