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These heartfelt imago therapy stories are straight from our clients. Want to chat about your situation? Click below to connect with us!

We wanted to let you know that we completed our two day intensive this past weekend. We just wanted to tell you what a positive experience we had with the therapist. He was an excellent and patient coach. Our time flew by, which is saying a lot considering the reason why we were there. We were very impressed with the
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My husband and I had our intensive sessions this past weekend, and I wanted to thank you so much. The therapist was truly wonderful. He created a calm and safe environment, and guided us through our conversations with wonderful coaching. We left yesterday feeling grateful that we took a leap of faith in a program that we Read More

I was skeptical at first thinking how much could one possibly achieve in two days and am happy to say my fears were wrong. I took much more away from the initial 48 hours than I had ever expected!

We have been consistently seeking help for our relationship for 33+ years even when trying to decide if to marry. We were three months into an in-house separation and I was experiencing my worst depression ever. After one round of the first exercise I experienced more safety, empathy, and breakthrough than EVER before.

This provided powerful emotional experiences and useful information that I believe will serve to improve our relationship.

This program was life changing. Thank you for an amazing 2 days, I am forever grateful. I would definitely recommend this to any friend and especially any couples just starting out, I only wish we would have done this about 20 years ago.

This experience was so different than other sources of help we’ve looked into. I want people to know how helpful this experience was and how much it helped us. Rabbi Slatkin really cares and is so easy to talk to, he was amazing. I felt that the program gave us the insights and tools we lacked
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To those seeking help with their marriage,

Quite simply Rabbi Slatkin’s intensive marriage program helped my wife and I save our marriage. We are both successful, busy professionals with Type A personalities.
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I had the distinct privilege of working with Rabbi Slatkin and my husband for a two day seminar.

Not only is he masterful in translating the skills necessary to incorporate Imago into ones life, but he has a G-d given talent of genuine empathy and understanding of the human psyche. Read More

After spending several months feeling stuck, depressed, and despondent in our marriage, I knew there had to be a way out and that the way out didn’t have to mean divorce lawyers, more anguish, and ruining the lives of our children. My husband was much less certain. But after meeting Rabbi Slatkin
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I wanted to share how my story was/is effected by your awesome work.

For me the first step was reading your book as I was preparing for our 30th wedding anniversary. The Power of Commitment touched me very deeply and opened my eyes not just to the impact it has on our marriage.
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We’d be separated right now if not for Rabbi Shlomo Slatkin. Ten years of marriage, 3 kids under 6, and ongoing arguments about the same issues brought us to a fork in the road. We had a breaking point that started the divorce process. After a week of separation, we agreed to seek counseling. We found a praised relationship
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At the brink of a break-up, after 21 years of marriage, we took one last step to try and save our union. We investigated numerous couple therapists, and researched in detail how they conduct their versions of marriage intensives. After multiple rounds of interviews, we began to feel that Shlomo Slatkin, while being as competent as anyone else, also radiated this special,
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Thank you so much for your book!!! It is the best book that I have ever read about marriage counseling. I finished reading the whole book within 2.5 hours I was not able to put it down. Every single page described me and my marriage and I can not thank you enough for putting it down so black and white! I have been married for 7 years and most of the time
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Your book was very helpful to me. Last year it was (more specifically the Chapter on Commitment) part of a very powerful process leading up to our 30th wedding anniversary, resulting in an opening to myself on a very deep level I never knew was possible before. This opening consequently became a catalyst for a very healing journey for our marriage… still unfolding…I love
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After going through your program, I feel like a completely different person. Although we have spent years in therapy, we were still on the verge of divorce. The skills we have learned with your imago therapy have helped us break the vicious cycle of conflict and we are actually able to enjoy each other’s company again.

I pulled your program down from the shelf on the very day I got an e-mail from you. I put it up there many months before, thinking everything was, shall we say, hunky-dory. It was not. After much insistence and cajoling, my wife started to read the book. I have already finished reading it. Things have started to improve. Just the process of acknowledging and trying to improve our relationship is powerful stuff!

“We are forever grateful to you! The suggestions in your marriage program are working so well, even with our infidelity situation. Outbursts due to the rupture from affair are becoming less frequent!”

If you’ve had it ‘up to here’ in your marriage, and feel like it’s a losing cause, we suggest you invest in Marriage Mastery. Through a series of thought-provoking questions, engaging audio, and over one hundred pages of text, you’re guided through five meaningful steps that help you re-evaluate the reason you married in the first place, and how to recommit your heart to your mate and marriage.
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Dear Rabbi Slatkin,

My husband and I just got back from our 2 day Intensive couples counseling sessions with you. I’m not even sure where to begin! We are blown away! We are married for close to two years and in recent months our relationship kept spiraling downward as we increasingly became upset with each other due to expectations we deemed

“Thank you for working with us in such a kind, compassionate, competent manner and helping to give us hope – hope that not only can our marriage survive, but actually thrive, flourish and become healing rather than destructive.”

Barb S. New York, NY

“After going through your program, I feel like a completely different person. Although we have spent years in therapy, we were still on the verge of divorce. The skills we have learned have helped us break the vicious cycle of conflict and we are actually able to enjoy each other’s company again.”

Harold, Brooklyn, New York

“Rabbi Slatkin, you have given us such a gift by working with us. After being ready to give up, I have new hope for our relationship. I really feel like I have a willing partner and that our marriage is worth fighting for.”

Maria, Latin America

“My husband and I were on the verge of separating and probably divorcing. Just prior to my taking the necessary steps to make that happen, my husband asked me if I would be willing to consult with Rabbi Slatkin first. We had
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I am feeling very hurt from painful history in our 9 years of marriage. my husbands anger and quick temper made me very doubtful that he’d be able to handle the mirroring process. but it really worked to keep him from lashing back when I shared my hurt. I was for the 1st time able to feel like he was starting to hear me.

“We have tried many things for many years and I literally had to drag my wife along. After the 1st day of the intensive, she looked forward to waking up in the morning again for the first time in a long time.”

Josh, Baltimore, Maryland

“I would like to say how much I appreciate participating in 2 days intense session with Rabbi Shlomo Slatkin, Imago certified counselor. It helped me a lot to understand what issue I have what was missing in our relationship what I’ve done wrong and what I need to do. Book materials, techniques, exercises and
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This two days session of work helped me to understand and realize there is a way, a way to a new you. Where I can be happy again. Thank you Rabbi.

Sara, Rockville, Maryland

Dear Rabbi Slatkin,
When we participated in your Two Day Marriage Intensive about six weeks ago, we were at a crossroads in our relationship. We were recovering from infidelity, separated, and hoping to get some clarity as to whether there was a future for us and our young family.
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I receive your weekly blogposts and read your recent post entitled “ How do you know when your marriage is over?”. You debunked common reasons that couples see as warranting divorce and boldly claim that even the worst marriage can be saved. I wanted to write you so that you can share with

When we listened to your audios, we thought you were talking directly to us. Everything you said was so relevant to our situation.

Margie, Ohio

Thank you for the time we spent with you. It has made a huge difference in the way I look at people and how I want to treat people.

A, Virginia

“Rabbi Shlomo Slatkin has done truly outstanding work in helping couples strengthen their marriages and grow together as human beings and Jews. His emphasis on honest open communication,on self-understanding ,and on using the challenges of life as a springboard for personal Read More

“Rabbi Shlomo Slatkin’s approach to relationship therapy is truly revolutionary. His efforts to mend damaged relationships are widely recognized and are to be commended. The members of the Rabbinical Council of Victoria benefited greatly from their recent meeting with
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Dear Rabbi Slatkin,

I am writing to thank you for your very interesting presentations that I attended in Melbourne in Elul 5770. I heard you speak three times, and I found the Imago Relationship Therapy to be both consistant with Torah Hashkafa and extremely
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“We participated in both the work shop a private session and we found that the methods taught really helped us communicate better in our relationship. Thank you Rabbi Slatkin and Imago therapy.”

– Ephraim and Rochel. Melbourne, Australia

“Rabbi Slatkin’s knowledge of Torah coupled with the Imago therapy dialogue method have made his presentation very palatable to Jewish audiences around the world as he shows how the dialogue process fits completely into Jewish Ideology.

He has now given me the tools to learn how to listen and reflect back in a way that makes the other person feel heard and respected
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Rabbi Slatkin introduced us to an innovative method for effective communication. The real life scenarios that he role-played had us laughing out loud! His presentation was interactive, practical, and laced with good humor. Highly recommended!

We asked Rabbi Shlomo Slatkin to come out to Charlotte, NC and do a couples Imago therapy workshop for our community. We had ten
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“I can’t thank you enough for taking your knowledge and experience and sharing it with us – especially when it’s such an important topic! You should be gebencht!”

“What I liked best about this presentation was that there were demonstration, explanations, and opportunities to practice. Without the practice the presented information may have just remained theoretical and many couples may not even try to do it on their own when they leave and would never see the benefit of it.”

“The most meaningful part of this presentation was that this method could be used for prevention and resolution of issues. But more importantly, a great tool for bonding with your partner.”

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“I really enjoyed the seminar and would be interested in learning more.”

“The demos which you and Rivka did – they made it easier for us to do since it was practical and we were “copying.” It was better than just hearing the methods explained and then we have to try to copy them. It was also great that you threw in personal experiences. It makes us feel that everyone needs to work on a marriage – even a marriage counselor. And it’s nice to see that it is not just in theory, but real issues which you have worked out.”

“The most meaningful part of this presentation was discovering a safe way to talk about issues in “our world”.

“Thank you! We both had a great time and learned great communication techniques.”

“Learned how to really listen to my spouse instead of reacting straight away”

“Learning to really listen without interrupting or making comments”

“This is a very practical workshop/method which teaches both members of a couple how to listen and communicate and show love, care, and appreciation. I would recommend it to all couples. It is like preventative medicine for a marriage because it gave us a way to talk without reacting and speak about each other’s good points.”

32 years in it’s like our honeymoon again!

The Marriage Restoration Project has helped me to renew and restore and revive our marriage. After 32 years, and 5 kids, we were not used to being alone. The easy 5 step program helped us open communication and reconnect with each other. Now we are using the 5 steps to help the next generation heal and help their marriages.
Thank you!

Leah goldford

Thank u! U really nailed it!

It’s amazing to c how u summarized it in five steps.

Thanks again.

H.T

Turns out major relationship improvement is possible! This user-friendly program shows you how.

The videos are professional and inspiring. I was impressed with the way they demonstrated how to turn frustration, blame, and criticism into opportunities for closer connection, better mutual understanding, compassion, and growth as a couple. When I practiced offering appreciation statements, I realized just how valuable and healing this is when done right, and how easy it is to compliment one’s spouse yet miss the mark!

S.G.

Very relevant and practical insights for all couples

The insights provided are practical, relevant, and useful to anyone in a relationship, and can help strengthen the bond between two partners

Zyx

After 20+ years of marriage more insight on how to make it work better

Over 20 years of marriage where you think that’s just the way the person I married is. The marriage project gave us insight on how to make each one of us a better spouse.

Moishe David

Help is on the way

Encourages introspection and taking personal responsibility while offering hope and practical tools to apply to your own marriage. Insightful and helpful – read it now – there’s nothing to lose and everything to gain.

Wendy

Outstanding and Very Informative!

The Marriage Restoration Project is an amazing idea and is brought to us by two amazing people. It seems as if Rabbi Slatkin has really nailed the understanding of how a marriage could and should work and how essential it is to work hard in marriage to make it great. The Marriage Restoration Project is thorough, concise, and clear. I would recommend that anyone who is looking to get married should HIGHLY consider Rabbi Slatkin’s course!

Yoni D.

Knowledgeable and Eye-Opening

I enjoyed the information that was presented to me. It was full of a vast amount of knowledge, eye-opening, and simple for anyone to understand. I would recommend this resource to anyone needing assistance in improving, enhancing, or restoring his or her marriage. Thanks.

S.S

Hello, first want to say how happy I am that I found your site, system and book. I purchased a digital copy of The Marriage Restoration Project on amazon the moment I finished reading the first two chapters. I stayed up all night that first night reading from it, I reread the first two chapters. The reason I stayed up that while night wasn’t just because of the book, I got the book for the same reason I was up that night. I’d been unable to sleep for almost two months until I
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would pass out after a few nights, only getting 4 hours every other night. That reason was me, well mostly me, and my difficulty understanding my feelings and expressing them openly in spoken words, it had become a crippling fear of mine in regards to my wife. My wife is the greatest wife I could have hoped for, sent from God to save me, and when we got together 12 years ago almost to the day. She is going for her bachelor’s then doctorate right now, and as you can guess, that takes so much time, almost all of her time. We have a 3 and 7 year old boys. Our schedules are opposite for the kids sake and two wonderful grandmothers who help when we have over laps, my wife really only gets two days with the kids and up to 8 or 10 hours a week with me.
The time we get is only intimate in any way maybe two hours, broken up, and physical intimacy has become a scheduled once a week, lasting an hour. My pain comes from a lack of time, affection and intimacy. I know and trust completely that she isn’t cheating, but the mind can be terrible when you have so many scars from before her. The truly wonderful thing, because of your book, I had hit bottom and the end of my rope, luckily I was at the bottom so I didn’t have far to fall. I couldn’t keep going through this, especially silent. So I spent the last few days reading and thinking and focusing. Then today the timing was perfect and so were my thoughts. She has known mostly about how I felt from seeing me weeping but not the why, just the hurting. I can’t cause her or the kids or myself any more pain. This morning
after breakfast before she left, I told her in the clearest, calmest way ever about my feelings and what I needed to do and what she could do to help, this is still my problem with me only I can fix. The relief I felt from telling her why I had such pain was so wonderful I want to cry about my joy and excitement for our future, rather than just pleading prayers to God, which kept me here in every way of course.
But G-d led me to you, when I truly needed it more than I ever imagined I would. I apologize if I’ve rambled, repeated, or jumped the ideas around. I’m certain you understand what such excitement and relief can do. I told her about your program, and even without her if it is, I would like to start it. Thank you Rabbi Shlomo Slatkin, I have purchased and read over and over other books for years trying to fix me, but nothing work more than thoughts to think. Just two chapters was enough to give me the courage to face my greatest fear like a true warrior of God, which was how my grandmother always taught me. With greatest thanks and wishes and joyful hopes to hear from you again.

This program is such an amazing resource and I am honored to support your work. Thank you for all you are doing to make a difference!

Kirk Martin, CelebrateCalm.com

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Thank you very much Rabbi!
I started to read your amazing book yesterday night, first the complete book, and
then I’m planning a second reading together with my beloved husband…to put in
practice each and every one of your advice and exercises.
Thank you very much, it’s totally amazing each and every word…

We went on our first date night last night and had a wonderful time talking this
morning. I look forward to the journey.

Shlomo and Rivka have a wonderful, safe approach to getting me to think more deeply about myself and my relationship.

Really eye opening to see how past childhood hurts DO sill affect relationships even 40-50 years after. Source of conflict isn’t “the conflict” itself.

Shlomo and Rivka are a great and engaging pair!

I learned how to listen and hear my husband again without judgment or resentment. The step by step approach is a valuable tool.

“Any couple interested in restoring their marriage and sustaining it will be blessed if they follow the logical and clear steps and processes described by Rabbi Slatkin in the Marriage Restoration Project. The concepts are clear, the instructions are logical and the heart of the author are evident on every page.”

Harville Hendrix, Ph. D. co-author with Helen LaKelly Hunt of Making Marriage Simple: Ten Truths for Changing the Relationship You Have into the Relationship You Want.

The simple reality is everyone/every couple could benefit from professional support of this type. If you have any thoughts about wanting or needing to attend a marriage retreat, this is the one to attend! It was human, relatable, real and very helpful. Worth the time and money!

My wife and I both felt that the tools we learned will help us build a stronger relationship in the future. Couples can better understand each other’s needs and the reasons they have them along with the tools to focus on the future of the relationship are great.

Rabbi Slatkin, I can’t say thank you enough, your marriage work book is changing mine
and my husbands lives. I am 60 years old and he is 63. I was so fearful of spending
the last years of my life just getting by but with the help of G-d and your book
our marriage is taking on a new level. Thank you so much. for your gift. I hope to
speak with you soon.

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