The film demonstrates the Imago Dialogue Process in an actual couple’s therapy session. Pat Love demonstrates the Imago Dialogue process with Dave and Kathy. These clients or couples suffer from inappropriate communication that often results in ‘temper flaring.’ Dave often hesitates to talk over his issues with Kathy, thus, building a repertoire. As a result, Kathy losses trust and patience with Dave. Pat meticulously influences Dave to communicate and express his fears and concerns to Kathy. On the other hand, Pat helps Kathy to reminisce about Dave’s concerns correctly. After the session, the couples went back home with new communication tools to help communicate their difficulties and develop insights on the peculiar approaches to demonstrate their love for each other.
As a type of coaching and counseling, imago relationship therapy helps individuals, who are committed in their relationship, to work out and talk over their indifferences, communicate appropriately, rediscover their bonding approaches, and develop a common (mutual) ground. This therapy involves the process of learning how to identify childhood experiences (relationships) that affect current communication, behavior, and responses that influence adulthood relationships. Imago relationship approach benefits couples, who are in the pursuit to resuscitate their relationships, increase their bonds with their partners, and people with communication difficulties in their relationships.
The therapy is administered through private counseling or group workshops that are dependent on the preferences and needs of the couples in need. The ultimate goal of the therapy is the assist the couples to stop or avoid criticizing, blaming, and overreacting negatively to their partner and, instead become more empathetic, considerate, and understanding. Moreover, people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can also benefit from imago therapy, which can influence such individuals’ listening skills, communication, and self-control. Accordingly, imago relationship therapy has favorable implications for nursing. It can help relieve stress in patients and enhance their relationship with loved ones, relatives, and friends, which may, in turn, affect their response to treatment.