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CREATING THE RELATIONSHIP OF YOUR DREAMS: PATHWAYS TO HEALING FOR SINGLES AND COUPLES

Topic Outline

I. The Unconscious Sabotage Of Relationships

1. You Will Learn How
   
   1. To uncover hidden expectations that sabotage relationships
   2. To explore yourself through study of your family history
   3. To identify unconscious forces that create conflict in your relationship
   4. To share and express thoughts and feelings in a constructive manner

2. Basic Assumptions of Imago Relationship Therapy
   
   1. Romantic Love
   2. Power Impasse
   3. Awakening
   4. Transformation
   5. Real Love

3. Characteristics of Emotional Allergies
   
   1. Definition: An acute sensitivity to events reminiscent of past hurts

4. Characteristics Of Romantic Love
   
   1. Formation of the Imago
   2. Yearning to resolve unmet needs from childhood
   3. Illusions of romantic love
   4. Unconscious emotional allergies

5. Nurturing Deficits And Socialization Wounds
   
   1. Childhood developmental wounds
   2. Parenting deficits
   3. Adaptive behaviors
   4. Defenses against inadequacies

6. Consequences Of Developmental Woundings
   
   1. Developmental arrests
   2. Adult yearning to meet unmet needs of childhood
   3. Introjects to repress feelings or thoughts
   4. Opposites attract

7. Characteristics Of The Power Struggle
   
   1. Partners stuck at same developmental stage
   2. How partners trigger unconscious emotional allergies
   3. Couples mutually re-injure childhood wounds
   4. All interactions are unconscious
   5. Exploring early developmental issues that emerge in the child

8. Couples Developmental Scale
   
   1. Attachment
   2. Exploration
   3. Identity
   4. Power and Competence
   5. Concern

9. Repressed Socialization And Mate Selection
   
   1. Thinking
   2. Feeling
   3. Acting
   4. Sensing

10. Awakening To A Conscious Relationship
    
    1. Educate yourself and partner about your childhood wounds
    2. See your partner not as a savior but as another wounded person
    3. Communicate your needs in constructive ways

11. Emotional Reactivity And The Three Parts Of The Brain
    
    1. Logical
    2. Mammalian
    3. Reptilian

12. Intentional Dialogue: Listening To Understand And Learn
    
    1. Mirroring
    2. Validation
    3. Empathy

13. Characteristics of Real Love

14. Characteristics of Illusory Love

15. Summary And Concluding Comments

What You Will Learn
Topic Description

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Contact Mark Felber and schedule this series for your group.

Office:
Human Connections Counseling Services
1131 Rockingham Drive
Suite 230
Richardson, Texas 75080

Phone: (214) 796-2323

E-mail: mark@marriagecpr.com

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