Deepening Connection Through the Imago Couple’s Dialogue with Carol Ann Robbins, Ph.D.— 2025

Learn about the power of the Couple’s Dialogue, used in Imago Relationship Therapy, to create emotional safety and deepen the connection between you in a safe and compassionate manner. It’s an ADHD-friendly way to be more present, hear your partner more completely, and reduce reactivity. It’s a powerful way to feel fully heard, understood, and empathized with while honoring the sacred space between you. So many of us create negative narratives about our partners, disconnecting us and putting harmful energy into the space between us. Learn how to repair ruptures, give one another the benefit of the doubt, and ask for what you want, rather than criticize, stonewall, or nag.

ABOUT Carol Ann Robbins, Ph.D.

Carol Ann Robbins, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD across the lifespan at the Annapolis ADHD Center. She is a seasoned speaker and workshop presenter who presents regularly at national and international conferences on ADHD, as well as locally. She has authored journal articles and book chapters for professionals in the field and is a Past President of the Maryland Psychological Association (MPA), as well as the Coordinator of the MPA Post-Doctoral Institute on ADHD Across the Lifespan.

Dr. Robbins is a seasoned Imago Relationship therapist who treats couples, with or without ADHD, and presents and writes about using Imago to help couples with ADHD. She authored the chapter entitled: Imago Relationship Therapy Adapted for ADHD in Gina Pera’s book Adult ADHD-Focused Couple Therapy (2016). Personally, she is married to an ADHD spouse and raised two children with ADHD.