For Couples:

The journey of two people to become a healthy, functioning partnership, where each feels more fully themselves, is a long journey that starts with initial attraction, goes through learning to manage differences and deepen connection, and finally arrives at the stage of ‘real love’. This takes years. Some people do not make it. Others get stuck in the ‘differences’ stage that can limit severely the quality of their relationship interactions.

My work is focused on facilitating the couple to strengthen their connection and commitment by nourishing the ‘space between’ - the space where the relationship lives. We look at the dance the couple has co-created and where they presently may not be in step. We compassionately look at the natural patterns each has brought into the relationship that may be contributing to these missteps and then work to create new ways of being and interacting together that encourages connection, safety and a sense of committed partnership.

These new tools allow the couple to take their relationship to a deeper, more fulfilling level, and in so doing, each becomes more fully the person they are truly meant to be.

Couples Services offered:

• Couples Counseling/Coaching
• Intensive Couples’ Sessions from 3-12 hours
• Pre-Marital Counseling
• Imago Couples’ Groups

Workshops:

• “Getting the Love You Want” Couples Workshop
• “Start Right- Stay Connected” Pre-Marital Seminars

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For Individuals:

All of us at some point in our lives have a sense of being ‘lost’ and confused about our place in the world or about the stressors with which we are challenged, including relationships.

Using many concepts and tools from life coaching as well as Imago training, I work collaboratively with the individual to define more clearly what they are wishing to be different in their lives. We look compassionately at the patterns they bring into adulthood that served well in the early years but may not so much now, plus we take particular note of the individual's unique, sometimes hidden, strengths and longings. Using these as a base, we move toward actualizing the desired self- that self we meet when we are relaxed- the real self- the authentic self- where the individual is able to manage their lives with satisfaction, humor and confidence.

Areas of interest are life changes and concerns, stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, ADD, grief and loss.

Individual services offered:

• Individual Counseling/Therapy
• Individual Exploration Groups

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Consultation/Teaching:

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About Judith Minter, LCSW

Judith became a Certified Imago Relationship Therapist and Coach in 2000, and has continued with intensive advanced training through the Imago Relationships International Institute where she completed certification as an Imago Couples Workshop Presenter. Receiving her Master of Social Work Degree in 1979, she has been in full-time private practice since 1993, currently with Charlottesville Psychological Associates.. She has experience as well in administration, both in program development and implementation, and as a department head in a large hospital. Additionally,she has received Coach Training from the Institute of Life Coach Training (1999), the Coaches Training Institute (1999-2000), and the Relationship Coaching Institute(2003).

In her personal life, Judith is an amateur painter and lives near Charlottesville with her husband and their two dogs.

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