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Farewell from the AIRT Board
An open letter

Harvesting the Fruits of a Simple Dream
Hedy and Yumi Schleifer share some of the excitements of their travels in an Imago World

Looking Back, Looking Ahead
Maya Kollman together with Barbara Bingham reflect on the legacy of AIRT for our community

Couplehood as a Spiritual Path
Harville Hendrix and Helen Hunt share their vision for connecting with a broader community

Imago in Austria
News from a growing Imago community in Europe

Holding the Heart
Tim Atkinson reflects on continuing the vision of Imago passed to us from AIRT

The 22 Needs
AIRT and IRI worked together to compile a list of needs to be met by the organization

Call for Proposals
We invite you to present to the Imago Conference 2005

Around Imago
Find out what’s happening in the Imago World.

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Since 1997, when Hedy and Yumi Schleifer presented Imago in our beautiful country for the first time very much has been done. Started by a small group of dedicated therapists and their partners, we founded the Austrian Imago Society. Out of this small nucleus we developed a living community. We are deeply convinced that Imago can only grow out of people who live Imago themselves. So we had to go through different power struggles not only within our partnerships but also within our young community.

But it was worth to do. In spite of low financial means we are now presenting Imago very professionally on our website www.imagoaustria.at , we have attractive Imago folders and our newspaper “Imago Spiegel” (Imago mirror). If you want you can download the mirror from our website. In October 2004 we successfully organized the 3rd European Imago Congress in Vienna, and we are also presenting Imago at different congresses of other therapeutic schools.

Now we are about 40 Imago therapists and 10 workshop presenters have already completed their training. 2005 they will start a strong wave of seminars for Austrian couples. Our next strategic objective has to be autonomy, because we urgently need German speaking Clinical Instructors. Hedy Schleifer did a great job and Maya Kollman will be our Master trainer in 2006, but we need instructors that are available all the year.

This year we also want to arrange several events to keep our Imago community together. We will take care of Intervision furthermore and we will support several colleagues to complete their certification in order to maintain a high level of professionalism.

We feel the need for a worldwide unity and therefore we strive to establish stronger connections to our European and American Imago colleagues. We set a first step at last years congress in Vienna and we are in dialogue with IRI in order to create cooperation that satisfy the needs of both sides. I want to thank everybody who participates in this dialogue whether personally or by mail for open speaking, careful listening and understanding, both common interests and differences, specially between Europe and America.

Have a happy and successful year 2005!

Dr. Maximilian Schallauer
Chairman Imago Austria