Julie Gallinat, MSW, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Certified Imago Relationship Therapist

Experience the Power of Connection

Marriage & Family Therapy in Hong Kong

   
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Services Provided
Private Therapy:
Couple
Family
Individual
Adolescent
 
Workshops & Courses:
 
Getting the Love You Want
A Weekend Workshop for Couples
 
Keeping the Love You Find
A Workshop for
Individuals and Singles
 
Overcoming Obstacles
to Connection
An 8-Week Relationship Course for
Couples & Individuals
 
Connection Parenting
An 8-Week Course
for Parents
 
Monthly Clinical Supervision
Group & Individual

 

 
Credentials

Master of Social Work (MSW) from the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill



Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), North Carolina, USA.
License #C004751



Certified Imago
Relationship Therapist


C
ertified Imago
Workshop Presenter


Advanced Imago Clinican


Married since ‘81; two grown children, 1 son & 1 daughter

 

 
Affiliations
National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
 
 
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT)
 
 
Psychotherapy Society of Hong Kong (PSHK)
 
 
Imago Relationships International (IRI)
 

 
All cultural backgrounds/sexual orientations welcome

Cash/Cheque accepted
on day of service


Privacy Policy and
Terms of Service
 
 
 
Workshops & Courses

Getting the Love You Want
A Weekend Workshop for Couples

Keeping the Love You Find
A Workshop for Individuals and Singles


Overcoming Obstacles to Connection
An 8-Week Relationship Course for Couples and Individuals

Connection Parenting
An 8-Week Course for Parents

 

 
 
Getting the Love You Want
A Weekend Workshop for Couples

This workshop for couples offers a perspective and set of tools to enhance and deepen your committed relationship. The basis for this workshop rises out of Imago Theory developed by Drs. Harville Hendrix and Helen Hunt and is comparable to 3 to 6 months of weekly therapy sessions in cognitive and experiential learning. It is not a quick fix; however, it is a realistic understanding of the means to a safe and passionate relationship.

Understand the theory behind why you chose each other as partners in a long-term committed relationship; why it is that you will inevitably trigger each other's best and worst selves; and, find out what you can do, in fact need to do, in order to deepen your relationship!

The workshop is designed to provide the safety needed to enable you to fully focus on your partner, yourself and your relationship.

The workshop is appropriate for you if:

  • It is early in your relationship and you would like to establish a solid foundation and healthy communication patterns
  • You want to enrich or deepen a good relationship
  • Your long term relationship is lacking energy, passion and a sense of connection
  • Your relationship is struggling and you want to see if it can be improved.

The workshop format includes:

  • Short lectures
  • Individual reflection and written work
  • Guided Imagery
  • Live demonstrations of communication skills and processes
  • Time to practice new behaviors and skills with your partner
  • Fun and nurturing activities

This workshop is designed to protect the integrity of your relationship. You work privately with your partner in a safe, comfortable and confidential manner. While you are given opportunity to share your experience, you are never required to do so.

This workshop is relationship education, not therapy.

The goals of the workshop are:

  • To provide a conceptual understanding of committed love relationships.
  • To develop new communication skills that break destructive cycles of relating.
  • To shift couples from blame to cooperation.
  • To develop constructive ways to express anger and resolve conflict.
  • To facilitate the healing process and renew passion and pleasure in your relationship.
Workshop Fee:
The workshop costs $5,500 per couple and includes manuals, handouts, tuition and refreshments. Former workshop participants may review the workshop for $3,200.

Registration:
Early registration assures attendance. To register, complete the registration form and mail with your check in full. Upon receipt of your registration, a confirmation letter will be mailed to you.

Arrange your plans to attend the entire workshop. Dress is casual and comfortable and a sweater is suggested as room temperatures vary. You may also consider bringing a pillow for added comfort. It's important not to allow family or business matters to interrupt once you begin the workshop. You are encouraged to stay at a hotel on Friday and Saturday night to maintain focus and avoid distractions.

Cancellation Policy
If you cancel eight (8) days or more prior to the workshop, you will receive a refund less a $500 administrative fee. If you cancel seven (7) days or less prior to the workshop, you will receive a refund minus a $1000 administrative fee. Your registration is nonrefundable if you do not attend or do not complete the workshop. The presenter is not responsible for prepaid, nonrefundable travel arrangements. If the presenter cancels the workshop, a full refund will be made.

 
 
What Participants Are Saying About the "Getting the Love You Want" Couples Workshop...
 
 
 

 
Keeping the Love You Find
A Workshop for Individuals and Singles
 

This workshop offers individuals and singles a chance to uncover the forces at work which have resulted in a pattern of heartbreak and disappointment. Once uncovered, participants develop skills to overcome obstacles to achieving the connection they long for. Discover the positive changes you can make in your life to achieve the lasting love you seek. This workshop is based on the book, Keeping the Love You Find, by Harville Hendrix, PhD.

The workshop is appropriate for you if:

  • If you are single, disillusioned with love and relationships and never quite seem to meet “the right person.”
  • If you are divorced, and struggling to discover “what went wrong” and“ what can I learn from my past”
  • If you are widowed, and searching to “begin again” but are not sure how to be in another relationship.
  • You have completed the Getting The Love You Want workshop and wish to pursue some in-depth personal growth work

The workshop format includes: lectures and guided imagery exercises. There will be written exercises and opportunities to learn new skills in communicating with others. A high degree of confidentiality and safety is maintained throughout the workshop.

The goals of the workshop are:

  • Identify your Imago, the fantasy of "ghost partner" that your unconscious mind, which has a hidden agenda of its own, has chosen for you.
  • Break from those patterns (both good and bad) in your parent's marriage that you have unknowingly internalized as your only acceptable relationship mode.
  • Recognize the "wounded Child" syndrome that may make you place unrealistic expectations on your partner without ever realizing it.
  • Learn and benefit from every past relationship.
  • Achieve the mature, nurishing and enduring love that can immeasurably enrich your life!

Workshop Fee:
The workshop costs $3,500 per person and includes a manual, handouts, tuition and refreshments. Former workshop participants may review the workshop for $2,000.

Registration:
Early registration assures attendance. To register, complete the registration form and mail it with your check in full. Upon receipt of your registration, a confirmation letter will be mailed to you.

Arrange your plans to attend the entire workshop. Dress is casual and comfortable and a sweater is suggested as room temperatures vary. You may also consider bringing a pillow for added comfort. It is important not to allow business or family matters to interrupt you once you begin the workshop.

Cancellation Policy
If you cancel eight (8) days or more prior to the workshop, you will receive a refund less $500 administrative fee. If you cancel seven (7) days or less prior to the workshop, you will receive a refund minus a $1,000 administrative fee. Your registration is nonrefundable if you do not attend or do not complete the workshop. The presenter is not responsible for prepaid, nonrefundable travel arrangements. If the presenter cancels the workshop, a full refund will be made.

 
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Overcoming Obstacles to Connection
An 8-Week Relationship Course for Couples and Individuals

We are created in connection, wounded in disconnection
and healed in reconnection.
 

As a committed couple, regardless of whether you have been together for a few months or many years, you can begin the conscious process of transforming negative interactions into opportunities for connection and wholeness, the purpose for which your relationship was intended.

As an individual, you are in an excellent position to begin to prepare for an intimate, committed relationship. Using information gained from past relationships, you can begin the growth process now and reap the benefits in your next relationship! The group process offers you the support and partnership necessary to work towards growth in relationship.

The concepts that enable couples to transform their relationship also serve to help individuals prepare for a satisfying, long-term, intimate relationship.

Begin the process of growth toward wholeness in relationship by:

  • learning from your past relationships
  • saying “Good-bye” to past relationships
  • identifying your emotional wounds from childhood
  • identifying the character structure and character defenses you unconsciously developed to cope with your wounds
  • understanding the origins of self-hatred and how it functions in developing character structure and partner selection.
 
Course format includes:
  • Lecture
  • Written and experiential exercises
  • Movie Clips
  • Guided Imagery
  • Interactive exercises
 

Each class meets for eight sessions; each session is three hours in length; fee: $3,800HKD per applicant.

A pre-course interview is necessary to assess the fit between course content and applicant's needs.
Class size is limited to eight individuals per group.

 

Course Fee:
The course fee is $3,800 per person and includes course materials and light refreshments. Weekly sessions are 3 hours in length.

Registration:
Groups are small and space is limited so early register is recommended. It is important that when you make the commitment to enter the course, you make it with the intent to attend every meeting. Each week builds on the previous week, thus flow and continuity are important factors for both the individual as well as the group as a whole.

Cancellation Policy:
If you cancel eight (8) days or more prior to the course, you receive a refund less a $500 administrative fee. If you cancel seven (7) days or less prior to the workshop, you will receive a refund minus $1000 administrative fee. Your registration (without cancellation) is nonrefundable if you do not attend or do not complete the course. The presenter(s) is not responsible for prepaid, nonrefundable travel arrangements. If the presenter cancels the course, a full refund will be made.

 
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Connection Parenting
An 8-Week Course for Parents

Parenting through Connection instead of Coercion,
Through Love instead of Fear

The greatest emotional need of every child is to bond securely to at least one other human being. Our most important task as parents, therefore, is to secure and maintain a healthy, strong parent-child bond. Maintaining connection is the key to loving, effective parenting and to our children’s optimal human development.

The level of cooperation parents get from their children is usually equal to the level of connection children feel with their parents.

Parents are always doing the best they can with the information, resources, and support they have at any given moment. When we know more, we can do better.

It is never too late to create a stronger connection with your children.

Join me and other parents in becoming a conscious parent.

Course Fee:
The course fee is $3,800 per person and includes course materials and light refreshments. Weekly sessions are 3 hours in length.

Registration:
Group size is limited to eight participants so early register is recommended. It is important that when you make the commitment to enter the course, you make it with the intent to attend every meeting. Each week builds on the previous week, thus flow and continuity are important factors for both the individual as well as the group as a whole.

Cancellation Policy:
If you cancel eight (8) days or more prior to the course, you receive a refund less a $500 administrative fee. If you cancel seven (7) days or less prior to the workshop, you will receive a refund minus $1000 administrative fee. Your registration (without cancellation) is nonrefundable if you do not attend or do not complete the course. The presenter(s) is not responsible for prepaid, nonrefundable travel arrangements. If the presenter cancels the course, a full refund will be made.

 
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What Participants Are Saying About Julie...
 

"Fun, approachable, understanding, helpful."

 

 

"Julie has a passion for the subject matter and I could tell she practices what she preaches."

 

 

"Very knowledgable and easy to listen to."

 

 

"Very caring; shows a desire to help."

 

 

"Very warm, caring and supportive. Created a very safe environment to open up in."

 

 

"Very supportive and energetic about the subject/information. Very sincere."

 

 

"Great, personable and caring. Felt like Julie cared about every participant."

 

 

"She was energetic and clear when speaking and explaining."

 

 

"I feel there is hope and we are on a path to a different kind of relating we have never had and I could not even have dared to dream about!"

 

 

"We were living without any intimacy for years; I feel I now am interested in what is going on inside my partner."

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