Cinematic immersion

Cinematic Immersion is a couples communication, couples therapy, or relationship counseling method. It is a form
of active listening developed by Warren Farrell in . Like all forms of active listening, it focuses on improving the method of communication a couple uses to discuss a problem-- by creating a safe environment for the complaining partner to both be heard, and to experience empathy. It does not focus on analyzing the factors in a person’s family upbringing or family history that might have contributed to any given problem.
Active listening has been the central tool of couples communication, popularized by practitioners such as Carl Rogers, Virginia Satir, Harville Hendrix, and John Gottman. However, [http://books.google.com/books?id2_WiYestq0cC&pgPA366&lpgPA366&dq%22The+Munich+Marital+Study%22&sourcebl&otsia1RBzuXyz&sigkX6KiO9u36HB9N4GJei5yf1UZn0&hlen&eihcHbSfSqMaK6tAOul4GACw&saX&oibook_result&ctresult&resnum=1#PPA367,M1 the Munich Marital Study] discovered active listening is often not used without the facilitator’s guidance, and when used for a while, it is rarely used after six months.
The findings of the Munich Marital Study in 1984 led Farrell to develop a method that addressed what was found to be the two major shortcomings of active listening: failure to use without a facilitator; seem to indicate that the increased safety leads to more use of Cinematic Immersion independent of the facilitator, no significant double-blind studies have verified that.

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