Harville Hendrix began his career as a couples therapist in 1975. He and his wife Helen Hunt co-created Imago Relationship Therapy, a healing process which has been used by more than 2,000 therapists around the world. They are the co-authors of Getting the Love You Want, which has sold more than two million copies and has been translated into more than 50 languages. On this 6 CD Sounds True Audio Learning Course, Hendrix presents the key practices and principles of Imago therapy culled from more than three decades of counseling singles, couples, and parents. According to the author, love is "our most important human project," and it is important to understand both ourselves and others when we develop intimate relationships.

All of us have read a lot about love and picked up thousands of cues from our culture about romance and intimacy. Hendrix believes that we also carry within our subconscious mind ideas about the ideal partner — the "Imago." Part of this image has been created out of our experiences in our birth family, both happy and sad. These concepts are explored in Session One.

Session Two outlines the journey of the self and the challenges we face during the six stages of development, including the cosmic journey, the psychological journey, and the social journey. In other sessions, Hendrix covers the three stages of love and the five stages of the power struggle. Handling all this is possible through the process of "Imago dialogue" which is open and honest discourse. Hendrix concludes with material on the commitment process, observing what is, restructuring frustrations, re-romanticizing, cultivating caring behaviors, and having fun.