Thanks you, Michele and Rich, for the the nicely paced discussion of the do's and don'ts in managing some of the issues involved with marital affairs. I would have liked to hear more case vignettes that illustrate Michele's "hunch-based" approach to supporting couples and their healing process. Perhaps the time is too limited for this. A video sequence can sometimes illustrate nicely as well, as with the movie clip from one of the earlier Webinar presenters. The cartoon added a nice perspective, along with the references to cultural differences. Perhaps a few bars about the "Fifty Ways" would have been too much for the hyper-moral temperament of some of the audience, but I always enjoy those moments of levity, especially with this sort of topic. On the other hand, there's an audio clip of Tammy Wynette's song "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" would set a rather captivating/serious introductory tone... hmmm
Dale Pavich, Santa Barbara, California

A wonderful overview of Imago Therapy. I was reminded of Carl Rogers' work and enjoyed the synthesis of theories reflected in the Imago model, e.g. Freudian and neo Freudian. One question that comes to mind is how to use Imago Therapy when working with couples in crisis, i.e. due to discovered affairs or other wounding life events. I often wondered if Imago Therapy is more for stagnating couples vis a vis couples in more acute despair.

A great choice for the "anchor webinar" of the series. Nicely organized, pithy presentation. I would have liked to see the Menninger assessment mentioned, but perhaps there are legal obstacles to the disclosure of that as well? A special thanks to Rich Simon, and each of the presentors in this series for creating such an enlightening and relevant forum assistting those of us engaged in psychotherapy professions. I agree, we clinicians are not adequately prepared and informed so as to effectively engage in the kinds of challenging client issues we frequently find ourselves engaged in.

A refreshing perspective on the power balancing process in psychotherapy. Thankfully the technical glitches have been fixed so the problem of talking over one another did not occur this session. The use of the "In Treatment" video clip was a great example of the ethical transgressions common among clinicians, and nicely woven into the discussion on pitfalls in this aspect of our work. The only subject I thought could have been addressed was the issue of money and how clinicians rationalize continued treatment for financial reasons. How can this topic be incorporated into the conversation here? Or can you refer me to some resource materials addressing this rather gnarly issue on ethical considerations in therapist-initiated termination.
Dale Pavich, Santa Barbara, California