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spiritual connection throughout
, her life, the doctor explained that
she's been able to remove many
of her blocks. "But I have a lot
more. You can't remove them all,
not in the human condition."
Said Mr. Fivenson, "We'll be
talking about ideas of sharing
light." And although Kaballah is
a Jewish tradition, he doesn't ex-
pect all participants to be Jewish.
"Definitely not. The spiritual is-
• sues of Kaballah are really uni-
/ versal," said Mr. Fivenson.
Using spirituality to help im-
prove a relationship can backfire,
according to one Birmingham
therapist who admits that be-
cause of her clinical background,
it's difficult for her to accept spir-
ituality as a counseling technique.
"Whenever you pull God into it,
you're letting God lighten the way,
but you need to self-explore or the
`cure' is short-lived," she explained.
"Mysticism almost raises rela-
tionship problems to a plane of un-
reality," she said, "and most of the
problems between couples are
down to earth, hardcore and far
removed from mysticism."
But Dr. Littleton stresses that
Kaballah is just one part of their
multi-faceted healing approach.
She and her husband also plan to
include Imago Relationship Ther-
apy techniques developed by
Harville Hendrix, author of the
book Getting the Love You Want.
Imago operates on the premise
that people tend to many people
who remind them of their parents.
That familiarity is what attracts
them in the first place but that lat-
er becomes disruptive in the mar-
riage. Once that's realized, couples
then can go on to understand that
marriage can indeed be a place
where you can actually heal
wounds.
Mary Rattner Maze, a licensed
counselor with Counseling Asso-
ciates in Southfield, is a strong
proponent of Imago therapy. "It's
wonderful," she said. "Strong cou-
ples are based on strong individ-
uals and many need to be in touch
with their own wounds first," she
said. "[Imago] asks the question:
When something hurtful comes
up in a relationship, is it touching
an old wound?" Imago, said Ms.
Rattner Maze, often uncovers
some of those wounds. "It helps to
discover what's old, what's new
and how to deal with it."
Even though the workshop is a
/-/ first for the Traverse City duo,
they aim to change the partici-
pants' outlook. "Basically, couples
will be able to communicate bet-
ter with each other...and we hope
to increase their sense of spiritu-
ality," said Mr. Fivenson. ❑

The seminar costs about
$850 per couple, which in-
cludes Saturday-night lodging
and four meals. For more in-
formation, call (800) 949-8210
or (616) 946-2195.

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