The Imago Relationship Therapy (IRT) has been undergoing a second randomized controlled trial which was sponsored by IRI. The study has been ongoing for a year now, and it has been developed to explore the effectiveness of IRT for couples who are having issues in their committed romantic relationships.

The main aim of the study is to extend the findings of Gehlert, Schmidt, Giegerich, and Luquet who published findings in 2017. Elizabeth Hembree, Ph.D. who is an associate professor of clinical psychology at the Psychiatry Department of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the primary investigator of the research. She plans to enroll 90 couples with relationship distress in both New York/Long Island and Atlanta, Georgia.

The study will be conducted by nine to ten clinicians certified in Imago therapy in each city who will provide the IRT and Getting the Love You Want workshops. Everyone is eagerly awaiting the results of this potentially life-changing study.