Harville Hendrix is the author or coauthor, with his wife, Helen LaKelly Hunt, of six books, including the best-sellers Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples and Keeping the Love You Find: A Personal Guide. Mo Therese Hannah is associate professor of psychology at Siena College in Latham, New York, and managing editor of the Journal of Imago Relationship Therapy.Wade Luquet is associate professor of sociology at Gwynedd-Mercy College in Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania, and a coeditor of the Journal of Imago Relationship Therapy.

• Foreword: My View of Imago ixRandall C. Mason, Ph.D.Acknowledgments xvIntroduction: A Theory of Relationality 1Wade Luquet, Ph.D.Part One: Perspectives of the Founders 111 The Evolution of Imago Relationship Therapy: A Personal and Professional Journey 13Harville Hendrix, Ph.D.2 Relationship as a Living Laboratory 35Helen LaKelly Hunt, Ph.D.3 Conscious Marriage as Covenant 48Helen LaKelly Hunt, Ph.D.Part Two: Perspectives on Comparisons with Other Models 614 Family Systems Theory and Imago Therapy: A Theoretical Interpretation 63Randy Gerson, Ph.D.5 An Exploration of Imago Relationship Therapy and Affect Theory 91Joseph Zielinski, Ph.D.6 Relationship Knowing: Imago and Object Relations 108Stephen R. Plumlee, M.Div., Ph.D.7 Contemporary Psychoanalytic Relational Theories and Imago: Concepts for Relational Healing 122Mona R. Barbera, Ph.D.Part Three: Perspectives on Clinical Theory 1378 Imago, Relationships, and Empathy 139Randall C. Mason, Ph.D.9 Imago, Relationships, and Empathy: A Response to Mason 162Ted Smith, D.Min.10 Imago: A Theory and Therapy of Connectivity 177Randall C. Mason, Ph.D.11 The Relationship Nightmare as an Expression of Disconnection 193Randall C. Mason, Ph.D., Margaret Mason, Ph.D., and Mo Therese Hannah, Ph.D.12 Envy’s Manifestation in Individuals and Couples: Implications for Imago Therapy 201Bernard J. Baca, Ph.D.13 The Conscious Self in a Creational Paradigm 213Sophie Slade, Ph.D.About the Editors 221About the Contributors 223Index 225

Harville Hendrix is the author or coauthor, with his wife, Helen LaKelly Hunt, of six books, including the best-sellers Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples and Keeping the Love You Find: A Personal Guide. Mo Therese Hannah is associate professor of psychology at Siena College in Latham, New York, and managing editor of the Journal of Imago Relationship Therapy.Wade Luquet is associate professor of sociology at Gwynedd-Mercy College in Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania, and a coeditor of the Journal of Imago Relationship Therapy.

• Foreword: My View of Imago ixRandall C. Mason, Ph.D.Acknowledgments xvIntroduction: A Theory of Relationality 1Wade Luquet, Ph.D.Part One: Perspectives of the Founders 111 The Evolution of Imago Relationship Therapy: A Personal and Professional Journey 13Harville Hendrix, Ph.D.2 Relationship as a Living Laboratory 35Helen LaKelly Hunt, Ph.D.3 Conscious Marriage as Covenant 48Helen LaKelly Hunt, Ph.D.Part Two: Perspectives on Comparisons with Other Models 614 Family Systems Theory and Imago Therapy: A Theoretical Interpretation 63Randy Gerson, Ph.D.5 An Exploration of Imago Relationship Therapy and Affect Theory 91Joseph Zielinski, Ph.D.6 Relationship Knowing: Imago and Object Relations 108Stephen R. Plumlee, M.Div., Ph.D.7 Contemporary Psychoanalytic Relational Theories and Imago: Concepts for Relational Healing 122Mona R. Barbera, Ph.D.Part Three: Perspectives on Clinical Theory 1378 Imago, Relationships, and Empathy 139Randall C. Mason, Ph.D.9 Imago, Relationships, and Empathy: A Response to Mason 162Ted Smith, D.Min.10 Imago: A Theory and Therapy of Connectivity 177Randall C. Mason, Ph.D.11 The Relationship Nightmare as an Expression of Disconnection 193Randall C. Mason, Ph.D., Margaret Mason, Ph.D., and Mo Therese Hannah, Ph.D.12 Envy’s Manifestation in Individuals and Couples: Implications for Imago Therapy 201Bernard J. Baca, Ph.D.13 The Conscious Self in a Creational Paradigm 213Sophie Slade, Ph.D.About the Editors 221About the Contributors 223Index 225

Harville Hendrix is the author or coauthor, with his wife, Helen LaKelly Hunt, of six books, including the best-sellers Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples and Keeping the Love You Find: A Personal Guide. Mo Therese Hannah is associate professor of psychology at Siena College in Latham, New York, and managing editor of the Journal of Imago Relationship Therapy.Wade Luquet is associate professor of sociology at Gwynedd-Mercy College in Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania, and a coeditor of the Journal of Imago Relationship Therapy.

• Foreword: My View of Imago ixRandall C. Mason, Ph.D.Acknowledgments xvIntroduction: A Theory of Relationality 1Wade Luquet, Ph.D.Part One: Perspectives of the Founders 111 The Evolution of Imago Relationship Therapy: A Personal and Professional Journey 13Harville Hendrix, Ph.D.2 Relationship as a Living Laboratory 35Helen LaKelly Hunt, Ph.D.3 Conscious Marriage as Covenant 48Helen LaKelly Hunt, Ph.D.Part Two: Perspectives on Comparisons with Other Models 614 Family Systems Theory and Imago Therapy: A Theoretical Interpretation 63Randy Gerson, Ph.D.5 An Exploration of Imago Relationship Therapy and Affect Theory 91Joseph Zielinski, Ph.D.6 Relationship Knowing: Imago and Object Relations 108Stephen R. Plumlee, M.Div., Ph.D.7 Contemporary Psychoanalytic Relational Theories and Imago: Concepts for Relational Healing 122Mona R. Barbera, Ph.D.Part Three: Perspectives on Clinical Theory 1378 Imago, Relationships, and Empathy 139Randall C. Mason, Ph.D.9 Imago, Relationships, and Empathy: A Response to Mason 162Ted Smith, D.Min.10 Imago: A Theory and Therapy of Connectivity 177Randall C. Mason, Ph.D.11 The Relationship Nightmare as an Expression of Disconnection 193Randall C. Mason, Ph.D., Margaret Mason, Ph.D., and Mo Therese Hannah, Ph.D.12 Envy’s Manifestation in Individuals and Couples: Implications for Imago Therapy 201Bernard J. Baca, Ph.D.13 The Conscious Self in a Creational Paradigm 213Sophie Slade, Ph.D.About the Editors 221About the Contributors 223Index 225