Couplehood as a
Spiritual Path

For the last two years, we have been in the process of designing an Imago education curriculum for churches. The purpose of the course is to expand awareness of Imago to populations that may not be reached through our regular therapeutic and workshop channels and invite those interested into Imago therapy or to couples workshops. We wanted to reach the 40 million couples who attend church each week and introduce them to Imago. In our view, this would not only be a “taste of Imago” for couples, but a tremendous referral resource for Imago therapists and workshop presenters.

The course is called Couplehood as a Spiritual Path. It is, in fact, two courses. One consists of 6-8 two hour sessions that must be taught by Imago therapists to couples in churches. The other is a 4 session course that can be taught by couples who have completed the longer course or attended a couples’ workshop to other couples in their homes. This course can also be used as a follow up guide for couples who attend the longer course. We anticipate this as a grass roots movement that should reach thousands of couples. Imago therapists who have taught the course can become mentors to the couples who teach the shorter course.

The longer course is now in pilot phase and the shorter course is being developed. All responses from the pilots have been enthusiastic. If you wish to pilot the longer course, you can order manuals from the website. After developing a business plan, with Tim Atkinson’s help, we will launch it at a two day training session, June 27-28, at the Smart Marriage conference in Dallas, Texas. All Imago therapists are qualified and encouraged to teach the course, and if you wish to view it first hand, you are invited to attend the conference. We invite every Imago therapist to join us in this new expansion of Imago to a larger public.

Harville and Helen