Rescue Your Marriage in 5 Hours
Janet Greenwood's top-selling eBook. Save your marriage with proven Imago methods. The framework that grew into today's Two-Day Couples Intensive.
Read moreImago Couples Therapy in Sacramento
Get the marriage you’ve longed for. Change starts in the first session.
Imago couples counseling in Sacramento, plus nationwide coaching by video.
35 years · thousands of couples
“This two-day intensive saved our marriage.”
- Repair after an affair or rupture
- Two-day intensive, not years of weekly sessions
- In Sacramento, or by video anywhere
Janet Greenwood, PhD, RN, LMFT
Certified Imago Therapist
Whether you’re dealing with infidelity, an emotional affair, or a long-standing conflict that won’t go away – or you simply want more communication, safety, and passion in your relationship – we’ll work together to build a conscious relationship and get the love you deeply desire.
Based in Fair Oaks, I work with couples in Sacramento and throughout California by secure video, and with couples nationwide through coaching.
Specializing in Imago Couples Counseling
The Two-Day 12-Hour Imago Couples Intensive
If you want to bring your marriage back from the brink of separation, or to make changes quickly, this program creates immediate, profound, sustainable change – the equivalent of months of weekly therapy, compressed into two days.
Learn moreThe 10-Hour Imago Program
Ten one-hour sessions over ten weeks. In 35 years of practice, I find couples who complete the 10-Hour Program are the most successful at making – and sustaining – positive change.
Learn moreAffair Recovery
Structured repair after infidelity, emotional affairs, or breaches of trust. Process the impact safely, begin true repair, and gain clarity about your future.
ExploreOnline Couples Therapy by Video
Ongoing therapy and coaching by secure video. Learn practical Imago relationship skills that serve you year after year – wherever you are.
ExploreYou Don't Have to Stay Stuck Here
Most couples don't come in because they've fallen out of love. They come in because:
Couples Come to Me When They Want To:
What Couples Often Tell Janet Greenwood After an Intensive
"This two-day intensive saved our marriage."
"When we saw our unconscious patterns clearly, we made tremendous progress!"
"We used to re-wound each other and started healing each other instead."
Imago therapy teaches a new way to love.
Imago Concepts
The ideas behind the method – written by Janet Greenwood, in plain language.
The Turtle-Tiger Dance
The pursuer/withdrawer pattern almost every couple falls into – one partner pushes, the other retreats. Understanding this changes everything.
Learn moreThe Intentional Dialogue
The structured three-step practice at the heart of Imago: mirroring, validation, empathy. The communication tool couples can actually use.
Learn moreTake the Turtle-Tiger Quiz
Find out where you and your partner fall on the pursuer-withdrawer spectrum – a short interactive quiz.
Take the quizFrom Janet Greenwood
“Love is not effortless – it is a daily commitment to behaving in the best interest of your partner.”
Imago Insights
Relationship advice from Janet Greenwood – drawn from her years as a weekly columnist for the Contra Costa Times.
Constructive Arguing
How to fight in a way that actually moves your relationship forward instead of widening the gap.
Read moreBeyond the Honeymoon Stage
What happens when the early thrill fades – and how couples find their way back to each other.
Read moreIntimacy Check-Up
A practical inventory for couples who want to know where they really stand – emotionally and physically.
Read moreBooks by Janet Greenwood
Four published relationship books, drawn from decades of working with couples.
The Relationship Turnaround
An Imago workbook for couples preparing for or in counseling. Authentic hope that your relationship can be turned around and positively transformed.
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“I Do” Imago Pre-Marital Workbook
Skill-building exercises for consciousness, communication, and closeness – for couples preparing for marriage.
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Bring Your Baby Home
A guide for expecting couples and new parents who want to deepen intimacy and romance while being dedicated parents.
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A personal invitation from Janet Greenwood
You Don't Have to Figure This Out Alone
For over 35 years, I’ve helped thousands of couples make immediate, profound changes that last – without years of therapy. Change begins the first session.