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This PowerPoint presentation provides information for a 3-hour introduction to Imago Relationship Therapy, a therapy based on a theory of couplehood and a process of helping couples deepen and transform their relationship. The presentation includes materials on the birth of LoveSense, the purposes of the 3-hour couple’s seminar and key concepts of Imago, including overcoming reactivity, recognizing how to contribute to the shared space between a couple, therapists as facilitators, partners as healers, the purpose to attraction, and the purpose to conflict. Additional information is provided on: romantic feelings; making LoveSense statements; understanding reactive styles; different relationship styles; strategies for preserving connections; discovering the other through dialogue; using mirroring, validation, and empathy; using appreciation dialogue; moving from an unconscious and reactive relationship to a conscious one; and stages in a conscious love relationship.