The Imago Center of Washington DC

10/07/2026

What are the Five Most Important Questions you need to Ask or Secure Agreements on before you get married?

A member of our community asked us that question, and Dr. Latasha McFarland, LCPC, EdD answered it in her new article.

She offers five questions to explore together before you say I do.

Read or Share Dr. McFarland's full piece here: https://imagocenterdc.com/questions-to-ask-before-marriage

Then come back and share your thoughts in the comments.

Five questions to ask before marriage, covering conflict, money, family life, and emotional safety, from Dr. Latasha McFarland, LCPC, EdD.

10/01/2026

We are proud to offer two APA-approved continuing education credits for Monday's training with Michelle Bohls, LMFT, an Imago International Faculty member whose work on the psychology of money has shaped how clinicians understand financial conflict in relationships.

Money is rarely confined to the couples we see together. The shame, scarcity, and control that surface around finances are present in individual work just as often, and Michelle's sentence stems and clinical language translate readily to either setting.

Monday, October 5 | 9 to 11am ET | Zoom | Sliding scale $25 to $110
2 APA CEs available for $35

Register: https://imagocenterdc.com/product/financial-conflict-couples-therapy

We are also honored to have the following colleagues joining our speaker series in the months ahead:

October 16: Disability in the Therapy Room with Lillian Audette, PhD
November 2: Imago Then and Now with Harville Hendrix, PhD, and Helen LaKelly Hunt, PhD
December 7: Healing After Infidelity with Tammy Nelson, PhD

Join Michelle Bohls, LMFT, for a 2-hour experiential training on the emotional dynamics of financial conflict in couples therapy. 2 APA CEs available.

09/12/2026

She is most comfortable in roles where her job is to understand rather than take sides.

That's Leigh Gilman, M.A. Candidate, newest member of our clinical team.

Before her training as a mental health counselor, Leigh spent more than three decades in education, as a teacher, department chair, faculty leader, and director of admission. She watched students navigate the disappointment of not getting the future they had imagined. She watched parents struggle with expectations, hopes, and fears for their children.

She works with young adults, parents, and couples, and she is seeing clients now, in person in Takoma Park, DC and by telehealth for DC, MD, and VA residents.

Read or Share Leigh's new article here: https://imagocenterdc.com/figuring-out-what-comes-next

When you're done, share your thoughts in the comments.

Figuring out what comes next can feel unsteady, especially when the way you have always understood yourself no longer fits. A counselor on what helps.

09/10/2026

This Monday, Imago legend Maya Kollman is with us live.

We're thrilled to welcome her for Becoming an Agent of Safety, a live virtual APA-approved training on the transformative power of the therapist's presence.

Monday, September 14, 2026
9 to 11am ET, on Zoom
Sliding-scale registration. 2 APA CE credits available.

We hope many of you can join us.

Explore how therapist presence, self-regulation, empathy, boundaries, and ongoing couple feedback can create relational safety and support growth and transformation.

08/27/2026

✨ Now Approved for 2 APA CE credits ✨

Join us and MayaKollman.com, PhD, in two weeks for Becoming an Agent of Safety, an experiential presentation on how the therapist's own presence, self-regulation, empathy, and boundaries shape what becomes possible in couples therapy.

Through reflection, discussion, and video, participants will explore the therapist's influence and its limits, how to invite client feedback, and how relational safety differs from comfort, conflict avoidance, or therapist control.

Open to psychotherapists, counselors, social workers, MFTs, psychologists, interns, and other helping professionals working with couples or relational dynamics. All orientations, all experience levels welcome.

Monday, September 14, 2026
9 to 11am ET, on Zoom
Sliding scale registration, $25 to $105
2 APA CE credits available for an additional $30

Register:

Explore how therapist presence, self-regulation, empathy, boundaries, and ongoing couple feedback can create relational safety and support growth and transformation.

07/31/2026

Imago Module 1 training in Bethesda, Maryland starts Aug 13

If you work with couples and want more structure, confidence, and containment in the room, this first 4-day module offers a practical introduction to the Imago approach, with the option to experience the training before committing to the full certification process.

Therapists will learn immediately usable skills, including how to structure a first couples session, use strategies to build safety, facilitate the Imago Dialogue, and follow a clear template for subsequent sessions.

More info & registration:

Take advantage of this hybrid training offer: Modules 1 and 2 in person in Washington DC area Aug and Nov 2025 + Module 3 online Jan 2026

07/29/2026

Join world-renowned Harville & Helen for a live conversation at The Imago Center of Washington DC's monthly speaker series.

Monday, November 2 | 9 to 11am ET, virtual.
Imago Then and Now: A Conversation on Dialogue, Real Love, and the Future of Relational Therapy.

Experience a live two-hour conversation reflecting on the evolution of Imago Relationship Therapy, the deeper clinical meaning of the Imago Dialogue, real love as a relational practice, and the future of relational therapy.

This is for couples therapists, psychotherapists, counselors, coaches, educators, Imago practitioners, and anyone drawn to dialogue and relational healing.

Registration is a self-selected sliding scale, $25 to $75.
Register or share:

Join Imago’s co-creators for a live conversation on Dialogue, real love, relational healing, and the future of Imago Relationship Therapy.

07/23/2026

Fathers are physically present in clinical spaces, yet often remain psychologically invisible within them.

Research suggests that approximately one in ten fathers experience symptoms consistent with Paternal Postpartum Depression during the perinatal period.

Paternal depression does not always mirror its maternal counterpart. Rather than presenting as overt sadness or withdrawal, it may manifest through irritability, anger, emotional disengagement, compulsive work patterns, or risk-taking behaviors.

Strength is too often conflated with stoicism, leaving many fathers to internalize their struggles in silence.

Latasha McFarland, LCPC wrote about this through an Imago lens, as disturbances in the space between partners.

Read or Share Latasha's full piece here: https://imagocenterdc.com/can-new-dads-get-postpartum-depression

When you're done, share your thoughts in the comments.

About 1 in 10 new fathers experience symptoms of paternal postpartum depression. Support is available across DC, MD, and VA. Here's what to know.

07/22/2026

What does it mean to create safety in couples therapy, and how can the therapist become an agent of growth?

Join Maya Kollman, PhD for an experiential presentation on becoming an agent of relational safety, through self-awareness, emotional regulation, empathy, boundaries, and intentional use of influence.

Participants will examine their influence and its limits while considering how empathy, boundaries, and self-regulation contribute to an intentional therapeutic presence.

Open to psychotherapists, counselors, social workers, MFTs, psychologists, interns, and other helping professionals working with couples or relational dynamics. All orientations, all experience levels welcome.

Monday, September 14, 2026
9 to 11am ET, on Zoom
Sliding scale, $25 to $105
CE credit available for an additional $30 (approval pending)

Register here:

Explore how therapist presence, self-regulation, empathy, boundaries, and ongoing couple feedback can create relational safety and support growth and transformation.

06/16/2026

What might become possible if you and your partner had six weeks to nurture your connection?

Getting the Love You Want™ is a live virtual workshop grounded in more than 30 years of research and practical application by Dr. Harville Hendrix, Ph.D. and Dr. Helen LaKelly Hunt, Ph.D., internationally respected couples therapists, educators, speakers, and New York Times bestselling authors.

Over six evenings, couples learn the Imago Dialogue, explore the patterns shaping their relationship, and practice new ways of being heard and seen, together, in real time, from the comfort of home.

If you support couples, you are welcome to share this with clients who are ready to go deeper. Or join us yourself for a space where your relationship gets to be the priority.

Facilitated by Dr. Latasha McFarland, Certified Imago Relationship Therapist, and Winston McFarland, who bring more than 30 years of public service and a steady, compassionate presence to every space they hold.

Six Thursday evenings, September 3 through October 8
7:00 to 9:00 PM ET, fully virtual

$500 per couple.
Register or share with a couple you serve: https://imagocenterdc.com/product/getting-the-love-you-want-virtual