ABSTRACT
I had a hard time relating to one couple. My supervisor told me, “Try to look at them as two wounded little children and see if it can change the way you perceive them.” I tried this and it worked. I was able to have much more understanding and empathy for them and the therapeutic relationship improved significantly. It occurred to me that spouses could do this with their partners, too. I credit Imago Couples Therapy (Hendrix, 1988; Luquet, 1996) for giving me a practical and theoretical framework within which I use the intervention I present below.
