Relationships

The founder of Imago Therapy, and one of the leading experts in couples therapy sits down with Randall C. Wyatt to discuss a bold turn in the way we think about psychotherapy and relationships.

In this film, actual group participants identify negative thoughts or voices toward themselves and others that seriously impair their capacity for intimate relating. 

This compelling film explores three fundamental questions: “What is healthy sexuality?” “What is love?” and “Why do so many men and women find it difficult to sustain closeness, sexuality and love in their intimate relationships?”

Richard Stuart demonstrates his integrative approach to Behavioral Couples Therapy in an actual couples therapy session. 

Part of the 6-Video Series: Couples Therapy with the Experts.

Using a clinical illustration of a family systems approach to treatment, this video offers a framework for understanding the emotional and psychological impact of infertility upon couples who have sought unsuccessfully to conceive.

See Barbara S. McCrady work with a couple struggling with addictions in an actual couples therapy session.

Part of the 7-Video Series: Brief Therapy for Addictions.

This unique series showcases 6 leading couples therapist conducting live sessions and then discussing their work.  Learn from experts Sue Johnson, Pat Love, Gus Napier, Richard Stuart, James Coyne and Richard Schwartz. Save by buying the entire 6-Video Series for the price of 5!

In this video, two renowned couples and marriage experts, Ellyn Bader and Dan Wile discuss what couples therapy is and what it is not. A valuable resource beginning therapists, and for clients this to help them get their couples therapy off on the right track.

Sue Johnson demonstrates Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy in an actual couples therapy session. 

Part of the 6-Video Series: Couples Therapy with the Experts.

Gus Napier demonstrates Experiential Therapy with a couple whose problems have escalated to a matter of life and death. Watch this master therapist and learn how to authentically engage couples in the here-and-now with interventions that really make a difference.

Part of the 6-Video Series: Couples Therapy with the Experts.

Watch Kenneth V. Hardy masterfully demonstrate Family Systems Therapy in an actual therapy session in this 3-part video. 

Part of the 15-Video Series: Psychotherapy with the Experts.

Watch Lenore Walker expertly demonstrate her feminist therapy approach in an actual therapy session in this 3-part video.

Part of the 15-DVD Series: Psychotherapy with the Experts.

This emotionally compelling video features a series of real clinical sessions in which the Depression Project's treatment team works with a severely depressed couple.

Pat Love demonstrates the Imago Dialogue Process in an actual couples therapy session.

Part of the 6-Video Series: Couples Therapy with the Experts.

Richard Schwartz demonstrates Internal Family Systems Therapy in an actual couples therapy session. Learn to help partners in a couple get to know all parts of themselves so that they can engage more fully in relationship.

Part of the 6-Video Series: Couples Therapy with the Experts.

Insoo Kim Berg's unique style and unwavering optimism comes to life in this demonstration of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy.

Gay, lesbian, and bisexual couples and families are different from heterosexual couples and families in issues related to their social context and societal stigmatization. 

Part of the 7-Video Series: Psychotherapy with Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Clients.

Renowned family therapist Steve Lerner presents his work with men who are in crisis after being left by their wives or partners. 

James Coyne demonstrates Strategic Couples Therapy in an actual session with a gay couple. 

Part of the 6-Video Series: Couples Therapy with the Experts.

Watch Mary Goulding demonstrate Transactional Analysis in a live therapy session. By watching how quickly she brings her client to real depth work you'll understand why she was widely regarded as a true master therapist.

Part of the 15-Video Series: Psychotherapy with the Experts.

Learn how to effectively contain high-conflict couples by teaching them conflict management skills, and transforming destructive patterns of fighting into meaningful conversations that can lead to healthier relationships.

Arthur Freeman illustrates the foundations and key techniques of cognitive therapy in a way that’s enriching and easy to follow.

Watch Jon Carlson masterfully demonstrate Adlerian Therapy in an actual therapy session in this 3-part video!

Part of the 15-Video Series: Psychotherapy with the Experts.

Dr. Sue Johnson has been hailed as “the most original contributor to couples therapy to come along in the last 30 years.” Now you’ll have the chance to watch her conduct an actual session with a challenging couple haunted by the “echoes of war.” 

Watch an addiction psychologist work with people in recovery to develop the fundamental social skills needed to start and strengthen rewarding relationships with new friends.

What really happens in therapy over time? Watch from the front row as Richard Schwartz, founder of Internal Family Systems Therapy, conducts six full-length sessions with a real couple facing a devastating crisis.

Watch master family therapist  Monica McGoldrick, MSW, create a genogram on the spot in this live session with a client struggling to understand why he is distancing from his wife.

What exactly is mindfulness and why has it recently become so popular in the mental health field? Here Jon Kabat-Zinn, leading expert on the topic and the pivotal figure in bringing Buddhist meditation to Western medicine, discusses the essence and foundational principles of mindfulness, inspiring all of us to embrace the “full catastrophe” of life. 

The preeminent couples therapy researcher John Gottman discusses what works in couples therapy, what makes for happy marriages, and what he learned from his own marriage.

Susan Heitler outlines how she integrates conflict resolution techniques into couples therapy, the importance of intervening quickly, and what she means by being "pro-marriage."

Renowned family therapist Sue Johnson discusses Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT) in light of new research on attachment in adult love relationships.

The founder of Collaborative Couples Therapy discusses the power of negative thinking, the pleasure of being non-defensive, and other strategies for effective couples therapy.

People don't become grown-ups until they realize that their parents, however wonderful, were badly misinformed and sometimes stark, raving mad.

Learn how to spot the often subtle signs of partner abuse in couples therapy, and how to take effective action. This article includes the author's Abusive Behavior Inventory as a free download.

An unorthodox couples therapist discusses her multicultural, questioning approach to Western notions of romance, the enshrinement of the emotionally exclusive marital relationship, and how sex relates to intimacy and freedom.